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Germany and the Allies sign an armistice to end the fighting in World War 1.
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Congress ratifies the Eighteenth Amendment, prohibiting the sale of alcohol anywhere in the United States.
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In Paris, diplomats representing the combatant nations of World War I sign the Treaty of Versailles, which promises to sustain peace through the creation of the League of Nations but also plants the seed of future conflict by imposing mercilessly stiff reparations upon Germany.
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Under heavy strain while on a speaking tour promoting the League of Nations, President Woodrow Wilson suffers a stoke, leaving him largely incapacitated for the final 18 months of his term. He later died on February 3, 1924
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The Senate Refuses to ratify the Versailles Treaty or authorize United States participation in the League of Nations.
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The Nineteenth Amendment is ratified, granting women the right to vote.
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Baseball's World Series is broadcast on radio for the first time; the New York Giants defeat the New York Yankees; five games to three.
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Yankee Stadium, "The House that Ruth Built," is constructed in the Bronx, New York.
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President Warren G. Harding Dies of stroke in a San Francisco hotel room. Vice President Calvin Coolidge ascends to presidency.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald publishes "The Great Gatsby".
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Tennessee schoolteacher John Scopes is arrested for teaching evolution, in violation of new state law banning the teaching of Darwin. The ensuing "Scopes Monkey Trial," pitting defense attorney Clarence Darrow against three-time presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan in a proxy debate of modernity versus fundamentalism, captivates the nation. Scopes is eventually found guilty.
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Buster Keaton's comedy classic "The General," consiidered by many to be the greatest silent film ver made, premieres.
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Aviator Charles Lindbergh completes the first solo transatlantic flight, landing his "Spirit of Saint Louis" in Paris 33 hours after departing from New York. Lindbergh becomes a national hero.
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New York Yankees star Babe Ruth hits his 60th home run of the season, breaking his own record of 59. Ruth's record will stand for more than 30 years.
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Al Jolson's "The Jazz Singer", the first "talking" motion picture, premieres, marking the beginning of the end of the silent film era.
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Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie" premieres, introducing the world to a new animate character- Mickey Mouse.
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The American Stock Market Collapes, signaling the onset of the Great Depression. The Dow Jones Industrial Average peakin September 1929 at 381.17- a level that it will not reach again until 1954. The Dow will bottom out at a Depression-ear low of just 41.22 in 1932.
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In the "Saint Valentine's Day Massacre." the single bloodiest incident in a decade-long turf war between rival Chicago mobsters fighting to control the lucrative bootlegging tade, members of Al Capone;s gang murder 7 followers of rival Bugs Moran.
