1920's Events By kamakaze2395 Period: Jan 1, 1920 to Dec 1, 1930 The 1920's Jan 23, 1920 The 18th amendment came into effect Mar 23, 1920 Warren G. Harding is elected president May 23, 1920 19th amentment gives women the right to vote May 23, 1920 New York topped the list of big cities. Feb 23, 1921 Sacco and Vanzetti are comvicted of murder and armed robbery May 23, 1921 Chinese Communist Party is founded in Shanghai Jun 23, 1921 China's Communist party is formed Jul 23, 1921 Federal-Aid Road Act finds a national highway system Nov 23, 1921 The American Birth Control League is founded Mar 23, 1922 Benito Mussolini is appointed prome minister of Italy Jun 23, 1922 King Tut's tomb is discovered in Egypt Sep 23, 1922 Louis Armstrong plays for King Oliver's Jazz band in Chicago Mar 23, 1923 President Harding dies and Clavin Coolidge becomes president May 23, 1923 German economic crisis Jun 23, 1923 Time magazine begins publication Mar 23, 1924 Vladimir Lenin, founder of the Soviet Union, dies. Mar 23, 1925 The scopes trial takes place in Tennessee Mar 23, 1926 British laborers declare a general strike Apr 23, 1926 Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan Mar 23, 1927 Henry Ford introduces the Model A Jun 23, 1927 Charles Lindbergh makes the fisrst flight nonstop and solo across the Atlantic Mar 23, 1928 Joseph Stalin launches the first of his Five-Year-Plans in the USSR Apr 23, 1928 Herbert Hoover is elected president Jun 23, 1928 President Alvaro Obregon of Mexico is assassinated Mar 23, 1929 National Revolutionary Party is orgaized in Mexico