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19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment is ratified, granting women the right to vote.
The 19th Amendment is ratified, granting women the right to vote. -
World Series Broadcast on the Radio
World Series Broadcast on the Radio
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. -
Harding Dies
Aug 2, 1923
Harding Dies
President Warren G. Harding dies of stroke in a San Francisco hotel room. Vice President Calvin Coolidge ascends to presidency. -
Stock Market Collapse
oct 1929
Stock Market Collapse
The American stock market collapses, signaling the onset of the Great Depression. The Dow Jones Industrial Average peaks in September 1929 at 381.17—a level that it won't reach again until 1954. The Dow will bottom out at a Depression-era low of just 41.22 in 1932. -
A best-selling book by Walter Millis, Road to War
Dec 31 A best-selling book by Walter Millis, Road to War, has been giving people a new vision about World War I. Some in the US are saying that Americans had been "saps" or "suckers -
pearl harbor
The Attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii