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World Events
U.S. Events
- The one millionth Ford automobile rolls off the assembly line.
- The Superior Court in Fulton County, Ga. accepts the charter for the establishment of the new Ku Klux Klan (Dec. 4).
Economics
Federal spending: $0.75 billion
Consumer Price Index: 10.1
Unemployment: 8.5%
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.02
Sports
World SeriesBoston Red Sox d. Philadelphia Phillies (4-1)Stanley CupVancouver Millionaires (PCHA)WimbledonWomen: Not held (World War I)
Men: Not held (World War I)Kentucky Derby ChampionRegretNCAA Football ChampionsCornell (9-0-0)
Entertainment
Events- D.W. Griffith's technically brilliant Civil War epic, The Birth of a Nation, introduces the narrative close-up, the flashback and other elements that endure today as the structural principles of narrative filmmaking.
- Ruth St. Denis and her husband, Ted Shawn, establish the Denishawn dance school in Los Angeles, where Martha Graham and Doris Humphrey study.
- Audrey Munson, playing a model for a sculptor in the film Inspiration, becomes the first actress to shed her clothes on screen.
Science
Nobel Prizes in Science
Chemistry: Richard Willstätter (Germany), for research into coloring matter of plants, especially chlorophyll Physics: Sir William Bragg and William L. Bragg (UK), for analysis of crystal structure by X-rays Physiology or Medicine: None awarded
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