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Ireland Becomes Independent
After the Irish War of Independence and the Anglo-Irish Treaty, most of Ireland seceded from the United Kingdom to become the independent Irish Free State. -
Washington Conference
Was a military conference called by U.S. President Warren G. Harding and held in Washington, D.C., from 12 November 1921 to 6 February 1922. Conducted outside the auspice of the League of Nations. Also known as the first arms control conference in history. -
Harlem Shadows is published
A poem written in 1922 showing “ Harlem Shadows” is the negative side of the Harlem and the darkness during those times. -
Mussolini and Fascists take power in Italy
Mussolini was the founder of Fascism and leader of Italy from 1922 to 1943. He allied Italy with Nazi Germany and Japan in World War Two. -
Teapot Dome Scandal Erupts
Albert B. Fall, who served as secretary of the interior in President Warren G. Harding's cabinet, is found guilty of accepting a bribe while in office. Fall was the first individual to be convicted of a crime committed while a presidential cabinet member, sparking a huge fude. -
Hitler writes Mein Kampf
autobiographical book by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler. The work describes the process by which Hitler became anti semitic and outlines his political ideology and future plans for Germany -
France Invades Ruhr
Poincaré decided to occupy the Ruhr on January 11, 1923 to extract the reparations himself. The real issue during the Ruhrkampf (Ruhr struggle), as the Germans labelled the battle against the French occupation, was not the German defaults on coal and timber deliveries but the sanctity of the Versailles Treaty. -
Congress Passes National Origins Act
A discriminatory immigration law that restricted the immigration of Southern and Eastern Europeans and practically excluded Asians and other nonwhites from entry into the United States. ... The National Origins Act drastically lowered the annual quota of immigration, from 358,000 to 164,000. -
Vladimir Lenin dies
The architect of the Bolshevik Revolution and the first leader of the Soviet Union, dies of a brain hemorrhage at the age of 54. -
Scopes trial begins
The Scopes Monkey trial began in Dayton, Tennessee. High school teacher John Thomas Scopes was charged with violating Tennessee's law against teaching evolution instead of the divine creation of man. The trial was the first to be broadcasted on live radio. -
British General Strike
Was a general strike that lasted 9 days, from 3 May 1926 to 12 May 1926. It was called by the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in an unsuccessful attempt to force the British government to act to prevent wage reduction and worsening conditions -
Stalin gains control of Soviet Union
Was the dictator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) from 1929 to 1953. Under Stalin, the Soviet Union was transformed. After Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924) died, Stalin outmaneuvered his rivals for control of the party. -
Lindbergh completes first flight over atlantic
On May 21, 1927, the aviator Charles A. Lindbergh landed his Spirit of St. Louis near Paris, completing the first solo airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Lindbergh was just 25 years old when he completed the trip. -
Kellogg-Briand Pact signed
Is a 1928 international agreement in which signatory states promised not to use war to resolve "disputes or conflicts of whatever nature or of whatever origin they may be, which may arise. -
Chiang Kai-shek becomes leader of China
Chiang became the Commandant of the Kuomintang's Whampoa Military Academy and took Sun's place as leader of the KMT following the Canton Coup in early 1926.