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The 19th Amendment to the US Constitution allows women to vote.
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Calvin Coolidge becomes the 30th president of the United States.
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A disastrous hurricane hits the Bahamas and Florida, killing over 4,000 people.
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Wall Street crashes, resulting in the start of the Great Depression.
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Herbert Hoover becomes the 31st president of the United States.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt becomes the 32nd president of the United States.
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The beginning of World War II stimulates the economy and the Great Depression comes to an end.
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World War II begins, with Germany and Italy forming the beginning of the Axis powers and beginning their conquest.