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The International Business Machines Corporation, a U.S. I.T. company, was founded by Charles Ranlett Flint
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Palmer raids were a series of violent and abusive law-enforcement raids directed at leftist radicals and anarchists in 1919 and 1920, beginning during a period of unrest known as the “Red Summer.”
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This was intended by President Wilson to keep the peace after WWI.
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Republican Senator Warren G. Harding of Ohio defeated Democratic Governor James M. Cox of Ohio.
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This popular family magazine was first published in 1922 by Dewitt and Lila Wallace.
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From November 8 to November 9, 1923, Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) and his followers staged the Beer Hall Putsch in Munich, a failed takeover of the government in Bavaria, a state in southern Germany.
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1924 Winter Olympics. The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games (French: Les Iers Jeux olympiques d'hiver), were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France.
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The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald that follows a cast of characters living in the fictional towns of West Egg and East Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922.
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Nationally publicized creationism vs evolution debate.
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Ford Motor Company becomes one of the first companies in America to adopt a five-day, 40-hour week for workers in its automotive factories. The policy would be extended to Ford’s office workers the following August.
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Charles Lindbergh flew the "Spirit of St. Louis" solo from NYC to Paris.
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On September 30, 1927, Babe Ruth hits his 60th home run of the 1927 season and with it sets a record that would stand for 34 years.
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penicillin, the first true antibiotic, was discovered by Alexander Fleming, Professor of Bacteriology at St. Mary's Hospital in London.
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Republican Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover defeated the Democratic nominee, Governor Al Smith of New York.
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7 members of Chicago's North Side gang were executed on the morning of valentine's day.
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This major stock market crash marks the beginning of the great depression.
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The first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic disappears while attempting to fly around the world.
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The gateway to America was shut down by the government on this day after processing some 12 million immigrants.
