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Babe Ruth was traded to the New York Yankees for $125,000. This was the largest trade in baseball at that time.
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Prohibition is a period of time that means that alchol was illegal. It was during January 16, 1920-December 5, 1933.
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The Negro Major League was formed on February 13, 1920.
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The first radio broadcast was on November 2, 1920. It was broadcast on KDKA by Leo Rosenburg. KDKA is located in Pittsburgh, PA.
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Wheaties were created accidently in 1922.
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In 1922, insulin was discovered by Frederick Banting and his assisstant Charles Best.
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The t.v. station, the BBC(British Broadcasting Corporation) was founded on October 18,1922.
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The Chrysler brand of cars were founded on June 6, 1925 by Walter Chrysler.
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The Scopes Trial was famous at the time because it was the first trial over evolution, John Scopes was found guilty for teaching evolution in a Tennassee school. He was fined $100.
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Don Juan is the first movie with a soundtrack. It was released by The Warner Brothers in 1926.
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On October 24, 1929(Black Thursday) the stock market crashed. It made the economy around the world go bad. Alot of people ilost their jobs.
