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Women's freedom to vote was secured by the Nineteenth Amendment. Non-white women will also be subject to the same voting limits that apply to non-white men. It will be like this for years.
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Around the mid-1920s, the infamous gangster and his crew were said to be making up to US$85 million a year. Al Capone's wealth, on the other hand, was almost untraceable by the time he died.
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In 1920, the American Professional Football League (APFL) was formed with eleven teams and Jim Thorpe as its founder. In 1922, the name was changed to the National Football League.
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Warren G. Harding wins a landslide victory in both the Electoral College and the popular vote, restoring the Republican Party to the White House. Harding received over 16 million votes in the popular vote, compared to 9 million for Democratic nominee James M. Cox, and won the Electoral College by a landslide of 404 to 127. Women were given the freedom to vote for the first time in this referendum.
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The Emergency Quota Act, enacted by the United States Congress, establishes a nationwide quota scheme for the number of new refugees, limiting legal immigration.
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Atlantic City, New Jersey hosts the very first Miss America pageant. Margaret Gorman is crowned Miss America after winning the Golden Mermaid award.
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The Congress on Arms Limitation meets in Washington, D.C
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The Congress on Armaments comes to a close. It will result in three negotiations between the major world powers and the United States, including the Five Power Disarmament Treaty, to limit naval construction, ban mustard gas, limit submarine attacks on merchant fleets, and respect China's sovereignty.
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In Washington, D.C., the Lincoln Memorial, which is located on the opposite end of the National Mall from the Capitol building, is dedicated.
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Lee de Forest presents Phonofilm, the first sound on film motion picture, at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City.
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The first Winter Olympic Games was held in Chamonix, France, in the French Alps, with sixteen countries sending athletes, including the United States, who received four medals. Norway won the most medals in both divisions, with four golds and eighteen overall. Except for World War II, the Winter Olympic Games have been held every year since this year.
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The Grand Ole Opry transmits its first radio broadcast ever.
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The Air Commerce Act is enacted, giving aid and support to the aviation industry as well as federal regulation for civil air safety under the Department of Commerce.
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The civil war in China prompts a thousand US marines to land in order to defend US property.
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Philo Taylor Farnsworth, an American inventor, is the first to succeed in inventing tv. Three years later, on August 26, 1930, the complete electrical television technology was copyrighted.
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Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly over the Atlantic Ocean.
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Herbert Hoover defeats Democratic nominee Alfred E. Smith, the Catholic governor of New York, in the Electoral College, 444 to 87, and is elected President of the United States.
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In Atlanta, Georgia, future civil rights pioneer Martin Luther King is born in his grandfather's home.
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The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre occurred on Saint Valentine's Day in 1929, when seven members and allies of Chicago's North Side Gang were murdered. On the morning of the feast day, February 14th, the men assembled in a Lincoln Park garage.
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The Great Crash of 1929, also known as the Wall Street Crash, was a massive stock market crash in the United States that resulted in the fall of 1929. It began in September and concluded in late October, when the New York Stock Exchange's stock prices plummeted.