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Warren G. Harding is elected president
Warren Gamaliel Harding is elected as the 29th president of the United States -
The IBM Corporation is founded
International Business Machines Corporation was founded -
The 18th Amendment goes into effect
The 18th Amendment prohibited the manufacturing, transportation and sale of alcohol within the United States -
19th Amendment is ratified by Congress
The 19th amendment granted women the right to vote -
Charles Lindbergh makes the first non-stop Trans-Atlantic flight
Charles Lindbergh flew non-stop from New York to Paris. -
The League of Nations is founded
The intergovernmental organization was founded to keep peace in the world -
Radio Station KDKA airs the first commercially broadcast program
Westinghouse Radio Station KDKA was a world pioneer of commercial radio broadcasting -
The Palmer Raids arrest and deport over 6,000 suspected "radicals"
Raids conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice in 1919 and 1920 in an attempt to arrest foreign anarchists, communists, and radical leftists, many of whom were subsequently deported. -
Sacco and Vanzetti Trial concludes
The authorities concluded that the behavior of Sacco and Vanzetti meant that the men were guilty of something, and it was probably the payroll murders -
Readers Digest is founded
Readers Digest was founded by DeWitt Wallace -
The Teapot Dome Scandal is uncovered
Fall secretly granted to Harry F. Sinclair of the Mammoth Oil Company exclusive rights to the Teapot Dome -
First game in the newly built Yankee Stadium is played
On April 18, 1923 Yankee Stadium was opened for major league baseball. -
President Calvin Coolidge is elected president
John Calvin Coolidge became the 30th president of the United States -
Adolf Hitler leads a failed attempt to overthrow the German government (Bell Hall Putsch)
A failed coup d'état by the leader Adolf Hitler to seize power in Munich, Bavaria, on 8–9 November 1923 -
The first Winter Olympics are held
A winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France -
George Gershwin releases "Rhapsody in Blue"
Rhapsody in Blue is a 1924 musical composition by American composer George Gershwin for solo piano and jazz band, which combines elements of classical music with jazz-influenced effects -
The Nationals Origins Act is passed limiting immigration
Limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota -
The Great Gatsby is published by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald that follows a cast of characters living in the fictional towns of West Egg and East Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922 -
Scopes Monkey Trial begins in Dayton, TN
Scopes was accused of teaching evolution in violation of a Tennessee law -
Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf
While in prison Hitler wrote a book which outlined all his plans once he got out of prison -
Langston Hughes publishes his first set of poems in his The Weary Blues
Langston Hughes was just twenty-four years old when his debut poetry collection The Weary Blues was published in 1926 -
The Ford Motor Company announces the creation of a 40 hour work week
Ford Motor Company becomes one of the first companies in America to adopt a five day, 40 hour work week for workers in automotive factories -
Gertrude Ederle is the first woman to woman to swim in the English Channel
On August 6, 1926, she became the first woman to swim across the English Channel -
The Great Mississippi Flood displaces 700,000 people
One of the worst natural disasters in the history of the United States -
Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs
In 1927 Babe Ruth became the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs -
The Holland Tunnel connecting NYC and NJ opens
The Holland Tunnel, the longest continuous underwater vehicular tunnel in the world, opened -
The first film with sound "The Jazz Singer" debuts
The Jazz Singer, the first commercially successful full-length feature film with sound, debuts at the Blue Mouse Theater at 1421 5th Avenue in Seattle -
Alexander Fleming discovers Penicillin
Alexander Fleming discovers the antibiotic Penicillin -
Herbert Hoover is elected president
Herbert Clark Hoover was elected the 31st president of the United States -
Mickey Mouse makes his first appearance in the short film "Steamboat Willie"
Mickey Mouse made his movie debut in Steamboat Willie, one of the earliest animated cartoons -
Chicago's St. Valentines Day Massacre
Seven members of the North Side Gang were murdered on Valentine's Day -
Stock Market crashes on 'Black Tuesday'
The market crashed that occurred in October because the New York Stock exchange collapsed -
Amelia Earhart attempts to fly around the world
Amelia Earhart would become the youngest woman ever to circumnavigate the globe in a single-engine airplane -
Ellis Island closes as an immigration point to the United States
Ellis Island shuts its doors to immigration
