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KDKA in Pittsburgh
The KDKA was was a radio startion. It was the world first radio station. -
The 19th Amendent to the U.S. Constitution is adopted.
The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits any United States citizen from being denied the right to vote on the basis of sex. It was ratified on August 18, 1920. -
Congress enacts Emergency Quota Act.
The Emergency Quota Act, also known as the Emergency Immigration Act of 1921, the Immigration Restriction Act of 1921, the Per Centum Law, and the Johnson Quota Act restricted immigration into the United States. -
The boll weevil ruins more than 85% of the Souths cotton crop
The boll weevil is a beetle which feeds on cotton buds and flowers. Thought to be native to Central America, it migrated into the United States from Mexico in the late 19th century and had infested all U.S. cotton-growing areas by the 1920s, devastating the industry and the people working in the American south. -
The stock market begins is spectacular
The stock market begins its spectacular rise. Bears little relation to the rest of the economy. -
Ku Klux Klan members stage a major march through Washington, D.C.
While other Washington State chapters may have had more members at their peak, probably the strongest and longest lasting Ku Klux Klan presence in the 1920s and 1930s was in Whatcom and Skagit Counties -
Langston Hughes publishes "the weary blues"
Langston Hughes was just twenty-four years old when his debut poetry collectionThe Weary Blues was published in 1926. -
herbert hoover is elected U.S. president
Herbert Hoover , America’s 31st president, took office in 1929, the year the U.S. economy plummeted into the Great Depression.