1920's Events

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    The 1920's

  • The 18th amendment came into effect

    The 18th amendment came into effect

  • Warren G. Harding is elected president

    Warren G. Harding is elected president

  • 19th amentment gives women the right to vote

    19th amentment gives women the right to vote

  • New York topped the list of big cities.

    New York topped the list of big cities.

  • Sacco and Vanzetti are comvicted of murder and armed robbery

    Sacco and Vanzetti are comvicted of murder and armed robbery

  • Chinese Communist Party is founded in Shanghai

    Chinese Communist Party is founded in Shanghai

  • China's Communist party is formed

    China's Communist party is formed

  • Federal-Aid Road Act finds a national highway system

    Federal-Aid Road Act finds a national highway system

  • The American Birth Control League is founded

    The American Birth Control League is founded

  • Benito Mussolini is appointed prome minister of Italy

    Benito Mussolini is appointed prome minister of Italy

  • King Tut's tomb is discovered in Egypt

    King Tut's tomb is discovered in Egypt

  • Louis Armstrong plays for King Oliver's Jazz band in Chicago

    Louis Armstrong plays for King Oliver's Jazz band in Chicago

  • President Harding dies and Clavin Coolidge becomes president

    President Harding dies and Clavin Coolidge becomes president

  • German economic crisis

    German economic crisis

  • Time magazine begins publication

    Time magazine begins publication

  • Vladimir Lenin, founder of the Soviet Union, dies.

    Vladimir Lenin, founder of the Soviet Union, dies.

  • The scopes trial takes place in Tennessee

    The scopes trial takes place in Tennessee

  • British laborers declare a general strike

    British laborers declare a general strike

  • Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan

    Hirohito becomes emperor of Japan

  • Henry Ford introduces the Model A

    Henry Ford introduces the Model A

  • Charles Lindbergh makes the fisrst flight nonstop and solo across the Atlantic

    Charles Lindbergh makes the fisrst flight nonstop and solo across the Atlantic

  • Joseph Stalin launches the first of his Five-Year-Plans in the USSR

    Joseph Stalin launches the first of his Five-Year-Plans in the USSR

  • Herbert Hoover is elected president

    Herbert Hoover is elected president

  • President Alvaro Obregon of Mexico is assassinated

    President Alvaro Obregon of Mexico is assassinated

  • National Revolutionary Party is orgaized in Mexico

    National Revolutionary Party is orgaized in Mexico