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19th Amendment
The 19th amendment is ratified. This gave the women the right to vote -
World Series Broadcast on the Radio
Baseball's World Series is broadcast on radio for the first time. The New York Giants defeat the New York Yankees, five games to three. -
Immigration Quota Established
Congress passes immigration restrictions, for the first time creating a quota for European immigration to the United States. Targeted at undesirable immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe, the act sharply curtails the quota for those areas while retaining a generous allowance for migrants from Northern and Western Europe. -
Yankee Stadium
Yankee Stadium, the "House that Ruth Built," is constructed in the Bronx, New York. -
Ford Motor Company
The market capitalization of Ford Motor Company exceeds $1 billion. -
The Great Gatsby Published
F. Scott Fitzgerald publishes The Great Gatsby. This falls under culture -
Klansmen March
40,000 Ku Klux Klansmen march on Washington, their white-hooded procession filling Pennsylvania Avenue. -
Mickey Mouse Is Born
Walt Disney's Steamboat Willie premieres, introducing the world to a new animated character: Mickey Mouse. -
Stock Market Collapse
The American stock market collapses, signaling the onset of the Great Depression. The Dow Jones Industrial Average peaks in September 1929 at 381.17—a level that it won't reach again until 1954. The Dow will bottom out at a Depression-era low of just 41.22 in 1932. -
Chicago Mob
In the "Saint Valentine's Day Massacre," the single bloodiest incident in a decade-long turf war between rival Chicago mobsters fighting to control the lucrative bootlegging trade, members of Al Capone's gang murder six followers of rival Bugs Moran.