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The IBM Corporation is Founded
At its beginning, it was a merger of three manufacturing businesses, a product of the times orchestrated by the financier, Charles Flint. -
Great War Ends
World War 1 ended 1918 and the United States is now a world power. U.S.has a new wave of peace and prosperity. -
18th Amendment goes into Effect
which prohibited the manufacturing, transportation and sale of alcohol within the United States; -
Charles Lindbergh Trans-Atlantic Flight
First non-stop from New York to Paris -
19th Amendment ratified by Congress
Passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment granted women the right to vote. The 19th amendment guarantees all American women the right to vote. -
Prohibition
The 18th Amendment of the Constitution becomes official. There can be no selling, making, or transportation of alcohol in the U.S. -
Palmer Raids
A. Mitchell Palmer conducted two raids in November (1919) and January (1920) of suspected radicals and anarchists. 500 foreign citizens were deported as a result and this led to the Red Scare. Much of the public was upset about the disrespect for the legal process during these raids. -
League of Nations
An international organization, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, created after the First World War to provide a forum for resolving international disputes. Many Americans were excited for peace and not having war. -
Radio Station KDKA
first commercial radio station was KDKA in Pittsburgh, which went on the air in the evening of Nov. 2, 1920, with a broadcast of the returns of the Harding-Cox presidential election. -
Warren G. Harding Elected President
He promised a "return to normalcy" but died of heart attack in San Francisco in August 2, 1923. -
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
It was first published in 1922 as a digest of condensed articles of topical interest and entertainment value taken from other periodicals. -
Teapot Dome Scandal Exposed
After Pres. Warren G. Harding transferred supervision of the naval oil-reserve lands from the navy to the Department of the Interior in 1921, Fall secretly granted to Harry F. Sinclair of the Mammoth Oil Company exclusive rights to the Teapot Dome (Wyoming) reserves (April 7, 1922). -
First Game in new Yankee Stadium
"The House That Ruth Built" opened for business.Before the Yankees went to bat for the first time, the bat that Babe Ruth used to hit his first home run at the old Yankee Stadium in 1923 was placed momentarily on home plate. Jorge Posada hit the first Yankee home run in the new ballpark hitting his off Lee in the same game. -
President Warren G. Harding dies
died of heart attack in San Francisco -
President Calvin Coolidge Elected President
John Calvin Coolidge Jr. was an American politician and the 30th President of the United States. A Republican lawyer from New England, born in Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor. -
Beer Hall Putsch
Beer Hall Putsch secures Hitler's rise to power. Adolf Hitler is sentenced for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch of November 8, 1923. The attempted coup in Munich by right-wing members of the army and the Nazi Party was foiled by the government, and Hitler was charged with high treason. -
National Origins Act is Passed
The 1924 National Origins Act made immigration restriction a permanent US government policy and gave preference to the "Old Immigrants". -
George Gerschwin "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. -
First Winter Olympics are Held
at the first Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France, where 16 countries gathered to compete in sports like figure skating, speed skating, hockey, curling and more between Jan. 25 and Feb. 5, 1924. -
The Great Gatsby published by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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. -
Scopes Monkey Trial
It was a nationally-famous Tennessee court case that upheld a state law banning the teaching of evolution in public schools in that state in 1925. ... In 1925, John Scopes, a biology teacher in the small town of Dayton, Tennessee, disobeyed the law. -
Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf
Mein Kampf (German: [maɪ̯n kampf], My Struggle) is a 1925 autobiographical book by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler. The work describes the process by which Hitler became antisemitic and outlines his political ideology and future plans for Germany. Volume 1 of Mein Kampf was published in 1925 and Volume 2 in 1926. -
Langston Hughes; The Weary Blues
Born in 1902 in Joplin, Missouri, Langston Hughes grew up mainly in Lawrence, Kansas, but also lived in Illinois, Ohio, and Mexico. By the time Hughes enrolled at Columbia University in New York, he had already launched his literary career with his poem "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" in the Crisis, edited by W E. B. -
Gertrude Ederle swims English Channel
Gertrude Ederle. Gertrude Caroline Ederle (October 23, 1905 – November 30, 2003) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in five events. On August 6, 1926, she became the first woman to swim across the English Channel. -
The Great Mississippi Flood
The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 was the most destructive river flood in the history of the United States, with 27,000 square miles inundated up to a depth of 30 feet. Displaced 700,000 people. -
Babe Ruth hits 60 Home Runs
Babe Ruth hits his 60th home run of the 1927 season and with it sets a record that would stand for 34 years. George Herman Ruth was born February 6, 1895, in Baltimore, Maryland. -
Holland Tunnel Opens
At the time of its opening, the Holland Tunnel was the longest continuous underwater vehicular tunnel in the world. -
Alexander Fleming discovers Penicillin
a Scottish researcher, is credited with the discovery of penicillin in 1928. ... Often described as a careless lab technician, Fleming returned from a two-week vacation to find that a mold had developed on an accidentally contaminated staphylococcus culture plate. -
Mickey Mouse makes first Appearance
Walt Disney, Ub Iwerks Steamboat Willie 1928. Disney's Steamboat Willie is a landmark in the history of animation. It was the first Mickey Mouse film released and the first cartoon with synchronized sound. It threw silent animation into obsolescence, and launched an empire. -
Chicago's St. Valentine's Day Massacre
The murder of seven members and associates of Chicago's North Side Gang. The men were gathered at a Lincoln Park garage on the morning of Valentine's Day, where they were made to line up against a wall and shot by four unknown assailants. -
Herbert Hoover Elected President
Herbert Clark Hoover was an American engineer, businessman and politician who served as the 31st President of the United States from 1929 to 1933 during the Great Depression. -
Stock Market on 'Black Tuesday'
The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as the Stock Market Crash of 1929 or the Great Crash, is the stock market crash that occurred in late October, 1929. It started on October 24 ("Black Thursday") and continued until October 29, 1929 ("Black Tuesday"), when share prices on the New York Stock Exchange collapsed. -
Amelia Earhart attempts to Fly around the World
Amelia Earhart is about to attempt 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. -
Ford Motor Company creates 40 Hr. Work Week
The Ford Motor Company advanced the idea in 1914, when it scaled back from a 48-hour to a 40-hour workweek after founder Henry Ford believed that too many hours were bad for workers' productivity. -
Ellis Island closes as an Immigrant point
Ellis Island closes after admitting millions of immigrants. From 1892 to when it officially closed its doors on this day in 1954, New York's Ellis Island processed more than 12 million immigrants coming to the U.S.
