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the IBM corporation is founded
International Business Machines Corporation is an American multinational information technology company -
the ford motor company announces the creation of a 40 hour work week
ford motor company makes there employees work five-day, 40-hour week shifts and there one of the first big company to adopted this principle -
the 18th amendment goes into affect
put a transporting tax on alcohol within the united states -
Charles Lindbergh makes the first non-stop trans Atlantic flight
Charles Lindbergh flew from new York to Paris and win the Orteg prize -
the Palmer raids arrest and deport over 6000 suspected radicals
The Palmer Raids were a series of raids conducted during the First Red Scare by the United States Department of Justice -
the league of nations is founded
It was the first international organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. -
Warren G. Harding is elected president
Warren G. Harding was the 29th President of the United States from 1921 until his death in 1923 -
Sacco and Vanzetti trial concludes
The authorities concluded that the behavior of Sacco and Vanzetti meant that the men were guilty of something presumably the payroll murders. -
reader's digest is found
Reader's Digest is an American general-interest family magazine -
beer hall putsch
Hitlers failed attempted to overthrow the German government -
first winter Olympics
the first annual Olympics were held chamonix France -
the national origins act
the national origins act is passed limiting immigration -
the great Gatsby is published by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald that follows a cast of characters living in the fictional towns of West Egg and East Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922. -
scopes monkey trial begins in Dayton, TN
John Thomas Scopes a high school science teacher is accused of teaching evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law. -
the great Mississippi flood
there was a flood in Mississippi that displaced 700,000 people and 246 people died -
Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs
Babe Ruth has a baseball season where he hit 60 home runs -
the Holland tunnel opens
long tunnel connecting NYC and NJ underwater opens for faster and easier travel in and out of the city -
Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin to help in medical advances -
mickey mouse makes his first appearance
mickey mouse is seen for the first time in a short black and white film called steamboat Willie -
Herbert hoover is elected president
herbert hoover is elected president -
chicago's St. Valentine's Day Massacre
murder of seven members and associates of Chicago's North Side Gang. The men were gathered at a Lincoln Park garage on the morning of Valentine's Day, where they were made to line up against a wall and shot by four unknown people -
stock market crashes on black Tuesday
It started on October 24 Black Thursday and continued until October 29, 1929 Black Tuesday, when share prices on the New York Stock Exchange collapsed. -
Amelia Earhart attempts to fly around the world
Amelia Earhart attempts to fly around the world by herself in her plane -
Ellis island closes as an immigration point to the united states
the federal government shut down Ellis Island. and didn't allow immigrants to gain passage from there any longer
