1920's Timeline

By lshelow

  • The 19th Amendment

    Women were granted the right to vote.

  • Presidential Election

    President Warren G. Harding wins the presidential election by a landslide. He won 60% of the popular vote and 75% of the electoral vote.

  • World Series Broadcast

    The baseball world series was broadcast on the radio for the first time as the Giants beat the Yankees.

  • Sacco/Vanzetti Trial

    The Sacco/Vanzetti trial begins. Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were involved in the case.

  • Teapot Dome Scandal

    The Teapot Dome Scandal begins. It was a bribery scandal involving President Warren and the Secretary of the Interior, Albert B. Fall.

  • Yankee Stadium

    Yankee Stadium was built in the Bronx, New York.

  • The Great Gatsby

    F. Scott Fitzgerald publishes The Great Gatsby. It is a book about fictional characters that live in Long Island in the summer of 1922.

  • Klansmen March

    40,000 Ku Klux Klansmen marched on Washington as their white hoods fill Pennsylvania Avenue.

  • The Great Bambino

    George Herman Ruth Jr. (Babe Ruth) hits his 60th homerun. He played for 22 seasons. (1914-1935)

  • The Birth of Mickey Mouse

    Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie" premieres introducing the world to the now famous, Mickey Mouse.