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Pennsylvania ended prohibition of theatrical performances.

Texas declared its independence from Mexico.

National Association of Professional Baseball Players officially adopted the batter’s box.

The Platt Amendment was passed giving Cuba its independence in exchange for the withdrawal of American troops. This came after the Spanish-American War.

President Woodrow Wilson signed the Jones-Shafroth Act, granting U.S. citizenship to Puerto Ricans.

Time magazine made its debut.

The motion picture “King Kong” made its debut at New York’s Radio City Music Hall and the RKO Roxy.

President Herbert Hoover issued a proclamation creating Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument in Colorado.

Months before Rosa Parks action, teenager Claudette Colvin was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama for refusing to give her bus seat to a white person.

Morocco gained independence from France.

Playing for the Philadelphia Warriors, in a game against the New York Knicks, Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points, breaking the previous record of 78 points in one game, also by Wilt Chamberlain. The scene of the record was Hershey, Pennsylvania, Hershey Arena.