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August 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment is ratified . The U.S Constitution grants American women the right to vote.
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Johnny Torrio, an organized crime boss in Chicago, hires Capone and his rank rises in Torrio's organization. Capone eventually becomes America's best known gangster.
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A new type of woman emerged. Girls drank, smoked and voted. Dresses and hair got shorter and they wore make-up.
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The first winter Olympics took place in Chamonix, France. Instead of calling the games "Olympics", it was called “The International Winter Sports Week” and went on for 11 days. http://www.infoplease.com/ipsa/A0300756.html#ixzz2yJOyAmjB
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F. Scott Fitzgerald publishes his book, The Great Gatsby, a book about the roaring twenties.
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Charles A. Lindberghmade the first non-stop flight from the United States to Europe by flying from New York to Paris, a distance of 3,610 miles
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Babe Ruth hit his 60th home run in one season, making a new record. Babe Ruth's single season home-run record was not broken for 34 years.
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Doane Robinson, from South Dakota, wanted a monument to be built in South Dakota to help the economy by attracting tourism.
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Mickey's first ever appearance was in Disney's film, Steamboat Willie, at the Colony Theatre in New York City.
http://inventors.about.com/od/dstartinventors/a/Walt_Disney_2.htm -
On October 29, 1929, the stock market crashed. A giant number of people were trying to sell their stocks and almost no one was buying.
http://history1900s.about.com/od/1920s/a/stockcrash1929.htm
