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The IBM Corporation is founded
A computer company -
The 18th amendment goes into affect
Congress ratified the 18th Amendment, which prohibited the manufacturing, transportation and sale of alcohol within the United States -
The Palmer Raids arrest and deport over 6,00 suspected "radicals"
under the leadership of the Attorney General Alexander M. Palmer, sought to arrest and/or deport all radicals and anarchists living in the United States. -
The League of Nations is founded
Result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. It was the first international organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. -
19th Amendment is ratified by congress
“the rights of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex,” passed both houses of Congress and was sent to the states for ratification. -
Radio station KDKA airs the first commercially broadcast program
a world pioneer of commercial radio broadcasting. Transmitting with a power of 100 watts on a wavelength of 360 meters, KDKA began scheduled programming with the Harding-Cox Presidential election returns on November 2, 1920. -
Warren G. Harding is elected president
29th President of the United States from 1921 until his death in 1923, a member of the Republican Party. -
Sacco and Vanzetti Trial concludes
The trial of Sacco and Vanzetti for the South Braintree murders was held in Dedham, Massachusetts -
Readers Digest is founded
Reader's Digest is an American general-interest family magazine, published ten times a year. Formerly based in Chappaqua, New York, it is now headquartered in Midtown Manhattan. -
The Teapot Dome Scandal is uncovered
Fall secretly granted to Harry F. Sinclair of the Mammoth Oil Company exclusive rights to the Teapot Dome -
First game in the newly built Yankee Stadium is played
New stadium first game -
President Warren G. Harding dies
he died -
President Calvin Coolidge is elected president
American politician and the 30th President of the United States. A Republican lawyer from New England, born in Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor. -
Adolf Hitler leads a failed attempt to overthrow the German government
Leaded a failed attempt to overthrow German Government -
The National Origins Act is passed limiting immigration
During the Harding administration, a stop-gap immigration measure was passed by Congress -
The first Winter Olympics are held
The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France. -
George Gerschwin releases "Rhapsody in Blue"
musical composition by American composer George Gershwin for solo piano and jazz band, which combines elements of classical music with jazz-influenced effects -
The Great Gatsby is published
The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald that follows a cast of characters living in the fictional towns of West Egg and East Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922. -
Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf
autobiographical book by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler. The work describes the process by which Hitler became antisemitic and outlines his political ideology and future plans for Germany. -
Scopes Monkey Trial begins in Dayton, TN
John Thomas Scopes, a young high school science teacher, accused of teaching evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law. -
Langston Hughes publishes his first set of poems in his The Weary Blues
poems -
Gertrude Ederle is the first woman to swim the English channel
she became the first woman to swim across the English Channel. -
The Ford Motor Company announces the creation of a 40 hour week
Created a 40 hour work week -
Charles Lindbergh makes his first non-stop Trans-Atlantic flight
Charles Lindbergh became the first person to make a nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean, soaring from New York to Paris and capturing the imaginations of people all over the world. -
The Great Mississippi Flood displaces 700,000 people
The flood inundated 16 million acres of land, displacing nearly 700,000 people in states from Illinois to Louisiana. In Vicksburg, Mississippi, the river swelled to 80 miles wide. -
Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs
Babe Ruth hits his 60th home run of the 1927 season and with it sets a record that would stand for 34 years. -
The Holland Tunnel connecting NYC and NJ opens
The tunnel, which runs under the Hudson River between New York City and Jersey City, New Jersey, had opened to traffic the week before, at the stroke of midnight on November 13. -
The first film with sound "The Jazz Singer" debuts
the first commercially successful full-length feature film with sound, debuts at the Blue Mouse Theater at 1421 5th Avenue in Seattle. -
Alexander Fleming discovers Penicillin
discovered penicillin, made from the Penicillium notatum mold, but he did not receive the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery until 1945. -
Amelia Earhart attempts to fly around the world
First person to fly the globe -
Mickey Mouse makes his first appearance in the short film "steamboat willie"
Mickey Mouse made his movie debut in Steamboat Willie, one of the earliest animated cartoons. This seven-minute film, directed by Walt Disney, was the first to combine animation technology with synchronized sound. -
Chicago's St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Valentine's Day murder of seven members and associates of Chicago's North Side Gang. The men were gathered at a Lincoln Park garage on the morning of Valentine's Day, where they were made to line up against a wall and shot by four unknown assailants. -
Herbert Hoover is elected president
American engineer, businessman and politician who served as the 31st President of the United States from 1929 to 1933 during the Great Depression. -
Stock Market crashes on 'Black Tuesday'
when share prices on the New York Stock Exchange collapsed. -
Ellis Island closes as an immigration point to the U.S.
Allowed too many immigrants to enter so the island had to be closed
