1910-1930

By lilymwhitney

  • The National Hockey Association commences its inaugural season

  • Oxford wins the 67th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race

  • Octave Lapize wins the 8th Tour de France

  • The United States Bureau of Mines is authorized by an act of the Untied States Congress

  • The Baseball World Series won by Philadelphia Athletics

  • The annual Brownlow Medal is awarded to Ivor Warne-Smith

  • Silent Movies

    Silent movies became popular by D.W. Griffith. some of his popular films were The Birth of a Nation, Intolerance, Broken Blossoms, Way Down East, and Orphans of the Storm.
  • Titanic

    Titanic

    RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early morning of 15 April 1912, after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City.

  • St. Louis Cardinals defeats New York Yankees to win the 1926 World Series by four games to three

  • Babe Ruth makes a major league debut

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    World War 1

    World War I, also known as the First World War, or the Great War, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918

  • National Football League Formed

    IN 1920 the National Football League formed

  • 18th Amendment

    Prohibition of alcoholic beverages.

  • Cleveland Rosenblums win three games to none over the Brooklyn Arcadians

  • Women's Suffrage

    With the passing of the 19th ammendment, women gained the right to vote. This was a huge deal because women had been denied their constitutional right for more than 100 years. They had just as much right as men to vote, but the right wasn't given to them until this event.

  • Schooner Bluenose

    In 1921 The Schooner Bluenose begins her career in racing, winning the International Fisherman's Trophy.

  • Bobby Jones becomes the first golfer to win the British and US open titles in the same year

  • First 100m Freestyle Swim

  • First Winter Olympics

  • First Ryder Cup of Golf Won