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Marcus Garvey
Black nationalist leader Marcus Garvey, a Jamaican immigrant, "convenes the first International Convention" of the "Negro Peoples of the World" in New York's Madison Square Garden. -
Women can vote
The Nineteenth Amendment is "ratified", granting women the right to vote. -
Warren G Harding
Republican Warren G. Harding is elected to the presidency, running against Democrat James Cox and Socialist Eugene Debs (who still ran despite campaigning from prison, where he is "incarcerated for violating the wartime Espionage Ac"t by giving an antiwar speech in 1918.) -
Immigration Quota
Congress passes immigration restrictions, for the first time creating a quota for European immigration to the United States -
Baseball World Series
Baseball's World Series is broadcast on radio for the first time; the New York Giants defeat the New York Yankees, five games to three. -
Yankee Stadium
Yankee Stadium,is constructed in the Bronx, New York. -
Harding dies
President Warren G. Harding dies of stroke in a San Francisco hotel room. Vice President Calvin Coolidge takes his place in the role of presidency. -
Ford Motor Company
The "market capitalization" of Ford Motor Company exceeds $1 billion. -
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald publishes The Great Gatsby. -
Scopes arrested for Evolution.
Tennessee schoolteacher John Scopes is arrested for teaching evolution, in violation of new state law banning the teaching of Darwin. He is eventually found guilty. -
Racism Marches
KKKlan History WebsiteForty thousand Ku Klux Klansmen march on Washington, Penn. avenue. -
Charlie Chaplin's The Gold Rush
Charlie Chaplin's popular silent comedy The Gold Rush premieres . -
Buster Keaton's The General
Buster Keaton's comedy classic The General premieres. -
First Solo Transatlantic Flight.
"Aviator" Charles Lindbergh completes the first "solo transatlantic flight", landing his "Spirit of Saint Louis" in Paris 33 hours after departing from New York. Lindbergh becomes a national hero. -
Babe Ruth Breaks Record.
New York Yankees star Babe Ruth hits his 60th home run of the season, breaking his own record of 59. This record will not be broken for another thirty years. -
Al Jolson's The Jazz Singer
Al Jolson's The Jazz Singer, the first "talking" motion picture, premieres, marking the beginning of the end of the silent film era. -
Kellogg-Briand Pact
Fifteen nations, including the United States, sign the Kellogg-Briand pact "outlawing" war. -
Hoover President
Herbert Hoover is elected to the presidency, beating Catholic Democrat Al Smith by a landslide. -
Steamboat Willie
Walt Disney's Steamboat Willie premieres, introducing the world to a new animated character—Mickey Mouse. -
Stock Market Collapse
The American stock market collapses, bringing with it the Great Depression. The "Dow Jones Industrial Average"peaks in September 1929 at 381.17. This is a level that it will not reach again until 1954. -
Chicago Mob
In the "Saint Valentine's Day Massacre," the "single bloodiest fight" in a decade-long turf war between rival Chicago mobsters, members of Al Capone's gang murder six followers of rival "Bugs Moran".
