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Founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference which ended World War I.
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On January 17, 1920, alcohol becomes illegal in the U.S.
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Women are given the right to vote.
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The first Reader's Digest is published in 1922 by DeWitt and Lila Wallace.
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The Lincoln Memorial is dedicated to Washington D.C.
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Nellie Tayloe Ross is inaugurated as the first woman governor of Wyoming.
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The first flight to the North Pole and back is done by Floyd Bennett and his navigator, Richard Byrd.
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Charles Lindbergh takes off on the first non-stop flight to Europe (Paris, France)
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Babe Ruth hits 60 homeruns in one baseball season. He hit his 60th on 9/30/1927
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Martin Luther King Jr. is born in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Al Capone and his thugs shoot around 7 rival gangsters
