1920s's By Pierce Schumacher Period: Jan 1, 1920 to Jan 1, 1930 1920's Jan 19, 1920 Prohibition began May 7, 1920 Bernice Bobs Her Hair was published May 22, 1920 The Ice Palace was published Aug 18, 1920 Women get the right to vote in the U.S. Sep 6, 1920 Flappers was published Oct 4, 1920 Dalyrimple Goes Wrong was published Date Unknown Oct 4, 1920 Tales from the Jazz Age was published Oct 4, 1920 This Side of Paradise was published Nov 4, 1920 May Day was published Jan 11, 1922 Insulin was discovered Apr 13, 1922 The Jelly Bean was published Sep 13, 1922 The Diamond as Big as the Ritz was published Oct 4, 1922 The Beautiful and the Damned was published Nov 4, 1922 King Tut's Tomb was discovered Nov 8, 1923 Hitler is jailed after failed coup Jan 21, 1924 Vladimir Lenin dies Jan 25, 1924 First Olympic Winter Games Oct 4, 1925 The Great Gatsby was published Apr 7, 1926 First assassination attempt on Benito Mussolini Aug 6, 1926 Gertrude Ederle becomes the first women to swim across the English Channel Oct 14, 1926 A.A. Milne publishes Winnie-the Pooh May 20, 1927 Charles Lindergh flies solo over the Atlantic Ocean Sep 30, 1927 Babe Ruth makes the homerun record Feb 14, 1929 St. Valentine's Massacre May 16, 1929 The First Academy Awards Oct 29, 1929 The Great Depression Begins
