-
Period: to
1920's
-
The 18th Amendment
The 18th Amendment goes into effect at midnight. This prohibited the manufacture, sale, transport, import, or export of acoholic beverages. Although the law is challenged in some states, such as New Jersey, the Surpreme Court later declares the law valid. -
Fatty Arbuckle Scandal
On September 5, 1921, at a raucous Hollywood party, Virginia Rappe, a young starlet, became severely ill and died four days later. The newspapers claimed that popular silent-screen comedian Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle had raped her and killed her with his weight. There was little evidence against Arbuckle, but the public was quick to blame him. -
Insuline is discovered
Medical researcher Frederick Banting and research assistant Charles Best studied the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas of dogs at the University of Toronto. Banting believed that he could find a cure for the "sugar disease" (diabetes) in the pancreas. In 1921, they isolated insulin and successfully tested in on diabetic dogs, lowering the dogs' blood sugar level. -
Treaty of Lausanne
The Treaty of Lausanne was a peace treaty that settled the Anatolian and East Thracian parts of the Ottoman Empire. This treaty was ratified by the Greek government on February 11, 1924. The treaty was the consequence of the Turkish War of Independence between the allies of World War I. -
Hitler Jailed After Failed Coup
Ten years before Hitler came to power in Germany, he tried to take it by force. On the night of November 8, 1923, Adolf Hitler and some of his confederates stormed into a beer hall and attempted to force the triumvirate, the three men that governed Bavaria, to join him in a national revolution. The men of the tiumvirate disagreed. Hitler was arrested three days later and after a short trial, he was sentenced to five years in prison. -
First Winter Olympic Games
The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France, and held in association with the 1924 Summer Olympics, the sports competitions held at the foot of Mont Blanc in Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France between January 25 and February 5, 1924, organized by the French Olympic Committee, were in retrospect design -
Flapper Dresses
Flappers were young women in the 1920s who dressed like the image of the ideal woman just a generation earlier. The waist of flapper clothes were dropped to the hemline. The hem of the skirts also started to rise in the 1920s. At first, the hem only rose a couple inches, but from 1925-1927 a flapper's skirt fell just below the knee. -
Spirit of St, Louis
The Spirit of St. Louis was flown solo by Charles Lindbergh on May 20-21, 1927. It is a custom-built, single engine, single seat monoplane. Lindbergh flew the first non-stop flight from New York to Paris for which he won the $25,000 Orteig Prize. -
Babe Ruth Makes Home-Run Record
Babe Ruth was known as the Home Run King and the Sultan of Swat because of his powerful and effective swing. In 1927, Babe Ruth was playing for the New York Yankees. Throughout the 1927 season, Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig (who was on the same team as Babe Ruth) competed for who was going to end the season with the most home runs. -
Wall Street Crash
The Stock Market Crash of 1929 was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States. Most people refer to the Stock Market crash as "Black Tuesday." On this day, all stocks lost 13% of all their value. This date is basically known as the beginning of the Great Depression because people lost tons of money and were in debt.
