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Period: to
The Roarin' Twenties
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League of Nations is formed
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Prohibition is put into effect
result of 18th amendment -
Women are given the right to vote in the U.S.
Result of 19th amendment -
Warren G. Harding is inaugurated as President.
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Tulsa Race Riots start in Oklahoma.
Atleast 39 dead -
Adolf Hitler becomes Fuhrer of Nazi Party in Germany
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Insulin is discovered
By Frederick Banting -
Mussolini takes over Rome and brings National Fascist Party to power in Italy.
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Tomb of King Tut is found
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First issue of Time magazine
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Vladimir Lenin steps down as Chairman of USSR for health reasons
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Warner Bros. Company is founded
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First WInter Olympics open in France
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Calvin Coolidge becomes first president to deliver a radio broadcast from the White House
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J. Edgar Hoover becomes director of FBI
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Scopes Trial begins in Tennesee
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Hitler publishes autobiography "Mein Kampf"
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40,000 KKK members march down Pennsylvania Ave.
Membership is estimated at 5 million -
Robert Goddard launches first liquid-fuel rocket
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U.S. Route 66 is established
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Hirohito becomes Emperor of Japan
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Great Mississippi Flood begins
hits 700,000 people. Worst natural disaster of the decade. -
Charles Lindbergh flies alone across the Atlantic.
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FIrst talking movie is released in America
Titled "The Jazz SInger" -
Pre-sliced bread is on shelves for the first time
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Alexander Fleming discovers Penicillin
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Congress approves the building of the Hoover Dam
It was originally named Boulder Dam -
St. Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago, connected to Al Capone
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Geneva Convention is held, discussing treatment of POWs
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Stock Market crashes, Great Depression begins
