BY MAHER ALSHAWA

BOXING, SWIMMING, BASEBALL,TENNIS

BIG BILL BECOMES FIRST AMERICAN TO WIN WIMBLEDON (1920)

AMERICAN BOXER, JACK DEMPSEY DEFEATS A FRENCHMAN IN NEW JERSEY

STEVE DONOGHUE WINS THE DERBY

JOHNNY WEISSMULLER SWIMS 100mETERS IN 58.6 SECS (1922)

HAROLD ABRAHAMS SET AN OLYMPIC RECORD OF 10.6SECS FOR THE 100 METERS

RALPH SAMUELSON OF MINNESOTA INVENTED WATERSKIING (1922)

DOUGLAS LANE REPEATS HIS 800 METERS GOLD-MEDAL VICTORY

ERIK LIDDELL RAN THE 400 METERS IN 47.6 SECS

BABE RUTH BREAKS HOME RUN RECORD (1927)

HELEN WILLS WINS HER FIRST WIMBLEDON (1927)

106,521,537 PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES

UNEMPLOYMENT 52%

MALE:53.6% FEMALE:54.6%

343,000 ENLISTED IN THE MILITARY

GANGLAND CRIMES INCLUDED MURDER, SWINDLES OF THE POPULATION

A SOCIAL STATEMENT AMD TREND