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Important events 1920s

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  • End of Spanish Flu Pandemic

    End of Spanish Flu Pandemic
    (photo: Barry, 2017)

  • Vladimir Lenin: Russia/Soviet Union Head of State

    Vladimir Lenin: Russia/Soviet Union Head of State
    Lenin was the dictator of Russia and the Soviet Union from 1917 to 1924.
    (Photo: Resis, 2024)

  • Alfonso XIII

    Alfonso XIII
    King of Spain, part of the House of Bourbon
    (photo: Keystone, n.d.)
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    Women's Suffrage Movement

    1. 19th Amendment (Women’s suffrage) in America 1920
    2. Women’s suffrage in Mongolia 1924
    3. Primary education required for Egyptian girls 1925
    4. Women’s suffrage in Uruguay 1927
    5. Women’s suffrage in Ecuador 1927
    6. Italian decree barring election of women 1926
    7. First Olympics (Amsterdam) with women (1928)

  • President Warren G. Harding

    President Warren G. Harding
    U.S. President from 1921-1923.
    (photo Britannica, 2023)

  • Passage of 19th Amendment

    Passage of 19th Amendment
    Gave women in the US the right to vote.
    (photo: Bettman, n.d.)

  • Gandhi: Head of South Africa's Congress Party

    Gandhi: Head of South Africa's Congress Party
    Mohandas Gandhi became head of the Congress Party in South Africa.
    (Photo: Nanda, 2024)

  • Mussolini: Italian Fascist

    Mussolini: Italian Fascist
    Benito Mussolini led Italy from 1922 to 1943.
    (Photo: Hibbert, 2024)

  • President Calvin Coolidge

    President Calvin Coolidge
    U.S. President from 1923-1929.
    (photo Britannica, 2024).

  • Japan earthquake

    Japan earthquake
    Struck by a 7.9 magnitude quake killing 140,000 civilians.
    (Photo: Britannica, 2023)

  • Ku Klux Klan Washington DC march

    Ku Klux Klan Washington DC march
    In 1925, 35,000 KKK members marched openly in Washington DC., denouncing blacks, Catholics, and Jews.
    (Photo: Schoppa, 2021, p. 38).

  • Mein Kampf

    Mein Kampf
    Hitler wrote this book while he was in jail. It became the "blueprint" for Hitler's future plans.
    (Photo Amazon, n.d.)

  • Queen Elizabeth II

    Queen Elizabeth II
    Born on April 21, 1926, in London, England she ruled from 1952-2022.
    (photo: Britannica, 2024)

  • Stalin: Soviet Union Leader

    Stalin: Soviet Union Leader
    Architect of Soviet totalitarianism
    (Photo: Hingley, 2024)

  • Transatlantic telephone call

    Transatlantic telephone call
    First transatlantic telephone call
    (photo: O'Dell & Hochheiser, n.d.)

  • Lindbergh’s transatlantic flight

    Lindbergh’s transatlantic flight
    Charles Lindbergh made the first transatlantic flight in an airplane, the Spirit of St. Louis, May 20-21, 1927.
    (photo: Britannica, T. Editors of Encyclopaedia, 2023)

  • Electronic Television transmission

    Electronic Television transmission
    Philo Farnsworth makes the first electronic television transmission
    (Photo: Gregersen, 2023)

  • Talking motion picture

    Talking motion picture
    The Jazz Singer was the first talking motion picture. It starred Al Jolson and Eugenie Besserer.
    (Photo: Pfeiffer, 2024)

  • Discovery of penicillin

    Discovery of penicillin
    Discovered by Dr. Alexander Fleming.
    (photo Kalb, 2021)

  • Great Depression

    Great Depression
    Originating in the U.S., it began with the stock market crash on Oct 29, 1929, and lasted until the late 1930s.
    (Photo: Romer and Pells, 2024)