1920s

By MKumher2015

  • A victory for women

    The 19th amendment is passed and women get the right to vote.

  • Emergency Quota Act

    The emergency quota act is established, putting a limit of the number of immigrants allowed in the US.

  • Brothers Inc.

    Warner Brothers Inc. is created.

  • Winter in Chamonix, France

    Held in the French Alps, the first Winter Olympic Games are played.

  • The first presidential radio broadcast

    Calvin Coolidge's becomes the first to have his presidential inauguration broadcast on radio.

  • Air Commerce Act

    This act assisted the airline industry, and provided civil air safety.

  • The Great Mississippi Flood

    This flood affected over 700,000 Americans. and lasted from April 22, 1927 to May 5, 1927.

  • Philo Taylor Farnsworth

    The first success with the invention of television happened today because of the American inventor, Philo Taylor Farnsworth.

  • Earheart

    Today, Ameila Earheart becomes the first woman to fly over the Alantic Ocean.

  • Black Tuesday

    The stock market crashed today. This was the start of the worst economic depression in the United States.