1920s Timeline

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    1920s Timeline

  • League of Nations Created

    League of Nations Created
    Founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference which ended World War I.

  • Prohibition

    Prohibition
    On January 17, 1920, alcohol becomes illegal in the U.S.

  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment
    Women are given the right to vote.

  • Reader's Digest

    Reader's Digest
    The first Reader's Digest is published in 1922 by DeWitt and Lila Wallace.

  • Lincoln Memorial

    Lincoln Memorial
    The Lincoln Memorial is dedicated to Washington D.C.

  • Nellie Tayloe Ross

    Nellie Tayloe Ross
    Nellie Tayloe Ross is inaugurated as the first woman governor of Wyoming.

  • Flight to the North Pole

    Flight to the North Pole
    The first flight to the North Pole and back is done by Floyd Bennett and his navigator, Richard Byrd.

  • Charles Lindbergh's flight

    Charles Lindbergh's flight
    Charles Lindbergh takes off on the first non-stop flight to Europe (Paris, France)

  • Babe Ruth Hits 60 in a Season

    Babe Ruth Hits 60 in a Season
    Babe Ruth hits 60 homeruns in one baseball season. He hit his 60th on 9/30/1927

  • Martin Luther King Jr.

    Martin Luther King Jr.
    Martin Luther King Jr. is born in Atlanta, Georgia.

  • St. Valentine's Day Massacre

    St. Valentine's Day Massacre
    Al Capone and his thugs shoot around 7 rival gangsters