-
women are given to rigth to vote
19th amendment -
American Football is formed
-
landslide victory for Warren G. Harding in both the Electoral College and popular vote returns the Republican Party to the White House
-
A national quota system on the amount of incoming immigrants is established by the United States Congress in the Emergency Quota Act, curbing legal immigration.
-
Immigration Quota
Congress passes immigration restrictions, for the first time creating a quota for European immigration to the United States. Targeted at "undesirable" immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe, the act sharply curtails the quota for those areas while retaining a generous allowance for migrants from Northern and Western Europe. -
World Series
Baseball's World Series is broadcast on radio for the first time; the New York Giants defeat the New York Yankees, five games to three. -
Harding Dies
President Warren G. Harding dies of stroke in a San Francisco hotel room. Vice President Calvin Coolidge ascends to presidency -
Ford Motor Company
The market capitalization of Ford Motor Company exceeds $1 billion. -
Fitzgerald Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald publishes The Great Gatsby -
Klansmen March
Forty thousand Ku Klux Klansmen march on Washington, their white-hooded procession filling Pennsylvania Avenue -
First liquid-fueled rocket fires.
-
The Sun Also Rises
Ernest Hemingway publishes The Sun Also Rises -
The General
Buster Keaton's comedy classic The General, considered by many to be the greatest silent film ever made, premieres. -
Kellogg-Briand Pact
Fifteen nations, including the United States, sign the Kellogg-Briand pact "outlawing" war. The unenforceable pact will be made a mockery through the rise of European fascist states in the 1930s. -
Babe Ruth 60
New York Yankees star Babe Ruth hits his 60th home run of the season, breaking his own record of 59. Ruth's record will stand for more than thirty years -
The Jazz Singer
Al Jolson's The Jazz Singer, the first "talking" motion picture, premieres, marking the beginning of the end of the silent film era. -
Hoover President
Herbert Hoover, running on a slogan of "A chicken in every pot, a car in every garage," is elected to the presidency, crushing Catholic Democrat Al Smith to maintain Republican dominance of the Oval Office.