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Warren G. Harding is elected president
Warren Gamaliel Harding was the 29th President of the United States from 1921 until his death in 1923, a member of the Republican Party. -
The IBM Corporation is founded
An American multinational information technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States, with operations in over 170 countries. -
The 18th Amendment goes into effect
Congress ratified the 18th Amendment, which prohibited the manufacturing, transportation and sale of alcohol within the United States; it would go into effect the following January. -
19th Amendment is ratified by congress
The 19th Amendment, which stated that “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 Palmer Raids arrest and deport over 6,000 suspected "radicals"
The Justice Department launches a raids arrest and deports over 6,000 suspected "radicals" -
The League of Nations is founded
League of Nations, an organization for international cooperation established on January 10, 1920, at the initiative of the victorious Allied Powers at the end of World War I. -
Sacco and Vanzetti Trial
Italian-born anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are executed for murder, a paymaster for a shoe company in South Braintree, Massachusetts, was shot and killed along with his guard. -
Radio stations KDKA airs the first commercially broadcast program
Class A (clear channel) radio station, owned and operated by Entercom and licensed to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. -
The Teapot Dome Scandal is uncovered
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 -
Readers Digest is founded
Reader's Digest is an American general-interest family magazine, published ten times a year. The magazine was founded in 1922, by DeWitt Wallace and Lila Bell Wallace. -
First game in the newly built yankee stadium is played
It was the home ballpark of the New York Yankees, one of the city's Major League Baseball (MLB) franchises, from 1923 to 1973 and then from 1976 to 2008. The stadium hosted 6,581 Yankees regular season home games during its 85-year history. -
President Warren G. Harding dies
Died of a heart attack. -
Calvin Coolidge is elected for President
Coolidge rose through the ranks of Massachusetts government as a Progressive Republican. Elected U.S. vice president in 1920, he became president following the death of Warren G. Harding in 1923. Coolidge, also known as "Silent Cal" -
Adolf Hitler leads a failed attempt overthrow the German Government
Adolf Hitler and his followers staged the Beer Hall Putsch in Munich, a failed takeover of the government in Bavaria, a state in southern Germany. -
The First Winter Olympics
The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France. -
George Gershwin 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 National Origins Act is passed limiting immigration
The Immigration Act of 1924 limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota -
Ellis Island closes as an immigration point to the U.S.
designated as America’s first federal immigration center. Before that time, the processing of immigrants had been handled by individual states. -
The Great Gatsby
This was published by F. Scott Fitzgerald inspired by the parties he had attended while visiting Long Island's North Shore—began planning the novel in 1923, desiring to produce, in his words, "something new—something extraordinary and beautiful..." -
Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf
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. -
Scopes Monkey Trial begins in Dayton, TN
Monkey Trial begins. In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called “Monkey Trial” begins with John Thomas Scopes, a young high school science teacher, accused of teaching evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law. -
Langston Hughes publishes his first set of poems in his the weary blue
A poet, novelist, fiction writer, and playwright, ... His parents divorced when he was a young child, and his father moved to Mexico. ... D. C. Hughes's first book of poetry, The Weary Blues, (Knopf, 1926) -
The Ford motor Company announces the creation of a 40 hour work week
In 1926, 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. -
Gertrude Ederle is the first woman to swim the English Channel
Gertrude Ederle 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 displaces 700,000 people
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. -
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. -
Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs
In 1927, Babe Ruth set the first truly long-term single season home run standard. However, his first Major League home run record was established during the 1919 season when he connected a then unbelievable twenty-nine times with the Boston Red Sox. -
The Holland Tunnel connecting NYC and NJ open
The Holland Tunnel is a vehicular tunnel under the Hudson River. It connects Manhattan in New York City, New York, to the east, and Jersey City, New Jersey, to the west. -
The First Film with sound "The Jazz Singer" debuts
The first commercially successful full-length feature film with sound, debuts at the Blue Mouse Theater at 1421 5th Avenue in Seattle. The movie uses Warner Brothers' Vitaphone sound-on-disc technology to reproduce the musical score and sporadic episodes of synchronized speech. -
Alexander Fleming discovers Penicillin
Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin but he did not receive the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery -
Mickey Mouse makes his first appearance in the short film "Steamboat Willie"
Mickey Mouse made his movie debut in Steamboat Willie, one of the earliest animated cartoons. This seven-minute film, directed by Walt Disney. -
Chicago's St. Valentine's Day Massacre
The Valentine's Day 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 is 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 crashes 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 when share prices on the New York Stock Exchange collapsed. -
Amelia Earhart attempts to fly around the world
Amelia Earhart returned two and a half weeks later. If successful, she would become the youngest woman ever to circumnavigate the globe in a single-engine airplane
