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The IBM Corporation is founded
The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company, the precursor to IBM, was founded on June 16, 1911. -
The Palmer Raids arrest and deport over 6,000 suspected "radicals"
Palmer Raids, also called Palmer Red Raids, raids conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice in 1919 and 1920 in an attempt to arrest foreign anarchists, communists, and radical leftists, many of whom were subsequently deported. -
The 18th Amendment goes into effect
The 18th Amendment prohibited the alcohol. Congress ratified the the amendment. -
19th Amendment is ratified by Congress
“the rights of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex,” passed both houses of Congress and was sent to the states for ratification. -
The League of Nations is founded
It was founded on January 10, 1920. It was the result of the Paris Peace conference that ended WWI -
Radio station KDKA airs the first commercially broadcast program
On November 2, 1920, station KDKA made the nation's first commercial broadcast -
Warren G. Harding is elected president
Warren G. Harding was elected the 29th President of the United States of America. -
Sacco and Vanzetti Trial concludes
The authorities concluded that the behavior of Sacco and Vanzetti meant that the men were guilty of something—presumably the payroll murders. The trial of Sacco and Vanzetti for the South Braintree murders was held in Dedham, Massachusetts, from May 31 to July 14, 1921. -
Readers Digest is founded
Reader's Digest was founded in 1922 through the joint efforts of DeWitt Wallace and Lila Bell Acheson Wallace. -
The Teapot Dome Scandal is uncovered
also called Oil Reserves Scandal or Elk Hills Scandal, in American history, scandal of the early 1920s surrounding the secret leasing of federal oil reserves by the secretary of the interior, Albert Bacon Fall. After Pres. Warren G. Harding transferred supervision of the naval oil-reserve lands from the navy to the Department of the Interior in 1921. -
First game in the newly built Yankee Stadium is played
The Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox 4-1 for the first game. -
President Warren G. Harding dies
Warren G. Harding dies from heart failure. -
President Calvin Coolidge is elected president
Calvin Coolidge is elected President after Waren G. Harding's death. -
Adolf Hitler leads a failed attempt to overthrow the German government (Beer Hall Putsch)
Adolf Hitler tries to overthrow the German government. It is also called the Beer Hall Putsch -
George Gerschwin releases "Rhapsody in Blue"
Rhapsody in Blue is a 1924 musical composition by American composer George Gershwin for solo piano and jazz band, which combines elements of classical music with jazz-influenced effects. The composition was commissioned by bandleader Paul Whiteman. -
The first Winter Olympics are held
The first Winter Olympics was held in France in 1924 -
The National Origins Act is passed limiting immigration
In 1924 Congress passed a discriminatory immigration law that restricted the immigration of Southern and Eastern Europeans and practically excluded Asians and other nonwhites from entry into the United States -
The Great Gatsby is published by F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald published the Great Gatsby in 1925. -
Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf
Adolf Hitler wrote Mein Kamf while in jail. It describes the process of how he became antisemitic -
Scopes Monkey Trial begins in Dayton, TN
The Scopes Trial, formally known as The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes and commonly referred to as the Scopes Monkey Trial, was an American legal case in July 1925 in which a substitute high school teacher, John T. Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which had made it unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school. -
Langston Hughes publishes his first set of poems in his The Weary Blues
Hughes published his poetry collection, The Weary Blues -
The Ford Motor Company announces the creation of a 40 hour work week
The Ford Motor company adopts a 40 hour work week for workers in its automotive factories. -
Gertrude Ederle is the first woman to swim the English Channel
She swims the English Channel. -
The Great Mississippi Flood displaces 700,000 people
The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 was the most destructive river flood in the history of the United States. -
Charles Lindbergh makes the first non-stop Trans-Atlantic flight
Charles Lindbergh would make his historic flight between New York and Paris to win the Orteig Prize. It was the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic and the first to link the two major cities. Lindbergh was, however, the 19th person to cross the Atlantic in an airplane. -
Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs
Babe Ruth hits his 60th Home Run of the 1927 season. -
The Holland Tunnel connecting NYC and NJ opens
The Holland Tunnel officially opened to vehicular traffic at 12:01 a.m. on November 13, the next day; over a thousand vehicles had gathered on the New Jersey side, ready to pay a toll. -
The first film with sound "The Jazz Singer" debuts
The Jazz Singer, the first commercially successful full-length feature film with sound, debuts at the Blue Mouse Theater at 1421 5th Avenue in Seattle. -
Alexander Fleming discovers Penicillin
Fleming was a scientist who discovered the life saving medicine, Penicillin, by accident -
Herbert Hoover is elected president
Herbert Hoover is elected the 31st President of the United States of America -
Mickey Mouse makes his first appearance in the the short film "Steamboat Willie"
Mickey Mouse made his movie debut in Steamboat Willie, one of the earliest animated cartoons. -
Chicago's St. Valentine's Day Massacre
The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre is the name given to the 1929 Valentine's Day murder of seven members and associates of Chicago's North Side Gang. -
Stock Market crashes on 'Black Tuesday'
The Stock Market crash of 1929, also known as the Great Crash. The Stock Market collapsed on Black Thursday, October 24, and continued until Black Tuesday, October 29, 1929 -
Amelia Earhart attempts to fly around the world
Amelia Rose Earhart plans to take off from Oakland, Calif., sometime between June 23 and 26, and return two and a half weeks later. If successful, she would become the youngest woman ever to circumnavigate the globe in a single-engine airplane. She disappears. -
Ellis Island closes as an immigration point to the United States
Ellis Island stops accepting immigrants for the first time since 1892.
