| 1920 |
The
League of Nations is formed in Paris. Nineteenth
Amendment gives U.S. women the right to vote.
American Professional Football Association formed.
World population was 1.8 billion.
Prohibition of alcohol takes effect in the United States. |
| 1921 |
Warren
G. Harding takes office as President. Albert Einstein
wins Nobel for photoelectric effect.
KDKA transmits from Pittsburgh as the first commercial
radio station.
The Unknown Soldier is buried at Arlington. |
| 1922 |
Mussolini
forms fascist government in Italy. Gandhi sentenced
to six years in prison for civil disobedience.
Ulysses by James Joyce is published, U.S. post office burns
copies.
Neils Bohr wins Nobel for work on atomic theory.
Soviet states merge into U.S.S.R. |
| 1923 |
Process
for sound motion pictures developed. 200,000 attend
Klan rally in Kokomo.
First swimmer crossing of the English Channel.
Calvin Coolidge succeeds the late Warren Harding as
President. |
| 1924 |
U.S.
Immigration rules ban Japanese. Calvin Coolidge wins
presidential election.
J. Edgar Hoover is appointed director of the FBI.
The first Winter Olympics are held with 16 nations
competing. |
| 1925 |
Hitler
publishes Mein Kampf. F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great
Gatsby published.
Scopes trial starts controversy over teaching evolution.
The Charleston is the dance of the Jazz Age. |
| 1926 |
Republic
of Lebanon proclaimed. A. A. Milne published Winnie
The Pooh.
Fritz Lang's movie Metropolis hits theaters.
U.S. population is 115 million. |
| 1927 |
Charles
Lindbergh makes first trans-Atlantic crossing. Leon
Trotsky kicked out of Russia's Communist Party.
The first "talkie" movie, The Jazz Singer,
released. |
| 1928 |
Chiang
Kai-Shek elected President of China. Herbert Hoover
elected U.S. President.
Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin.
Mickey Mouse is "born."
First scheduled TV programs broadcast. |
| 1929 |
U.S.
Stock Exchange collapses, economic crisis worldwide. Arab-Jew
dispute flares in Palestine.
Thomas Wolfe publishes Look Homeward, Angel.
U.S. produces more than a third of the world's goods. |
