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The famous perfume "Chanel No. 5" is created by Coco Chanel.
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The Emergency Quota Act was passed into law which limits the number of immigrants admitted into the US.
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On November 12, 1921, the United States, British Empire, France, Italy, and Japan signed a treaty to limit Naval Armaments in Washington D.C. The Armaments ended in February, 5 1922.
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In 1922, in Oak park, Illinois Betty White, one of the most beloved actresses in the United States, was born.
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Reader's Digest is founded and the first issue published by Dewitt and Lila Wallace.
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The Teapot Scandal was a scam, (that infuriated thousands of Americans), with the oil companies under President Harding in 1922. Harding's Cabinet member, Albert Fall, got involved in accepting bribes of up to $100,000. Fall became the first Cabinet member to go to prison.
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Construction begins on Yankee Stadium in New York City, becoming one of the most famous stadiums in the world.
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The Lincoln Memorial, located on the opposite end of the National Mall from the Capitol building, is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
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Insulin was discovered in 1921 but did not begin to be mass-produced until 1923. Invented by Frederick Banting and several others, insulin saved thousands of lives of people who had type one diabetes that would typically only survive a year. In 1923 Banting and the others were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Time Magazine is published for the first time, becoming one of the most dominant media companies of the Twentieth Century.
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Warner Brothers Pictures is incorporated a huge film industry.
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The first sound on film motion picture Phonofilm is shown in the Rivoli Theatre in New York City by Lee de Forest.
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After the death of President Harding, Calvin Coolidge is sworn in as the 30th President of the United States. He served from 1923-1929.
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Macy's staged its first Thanksgiving Day parade in New York City.
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J. Edgar Hoover is appointed to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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In 1925, a significant event happened for women in America, Nellie Tayloe Ross is inaugurated as the first woman governor of the United States in Wyoming.
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Radiovision is invented by Charles Jenkins.
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The Grand Ole Opry transmits its first radio broadcast.
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Ford announces 40-hour workweek. Ford said it was to increase productivity, but his son said it was for workers to spend more times with their families.
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Robert H. Goddard demonstrates the viability of the first liquid fueled rockets with his test in Auburn, Massachusetts. The rocket flew one hundred and eighty-four feet over 2.5 seconds.
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The first flight to the North Pole and back occurs when pilot Floyd Bennett, with Richard Evelyn Byrd as his navigator, guided a three-engine monoplane. They were awarded the Medal of Honor for their achievement.
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Air Commerce Act is passed, providing aid and assistance to the airline industry, plus federal oversight under the Department of Commerce for civil air safety.
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Marilyn Monroe was one of the most famous models and actresses of her time. She was an icon for women and men all over the world.
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The Great Mississippi Flood that occurred in April, 1927 and lasted to May 5, 1927. It affected the lives of over 700,000 people.
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During China's Civil War, the United States sent over one thousand troops there to protect the U.S. property.
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Charles Lindbergh leaves Roosevelt Field, New York on the first non-stop transatlantic flight in history. He would reach Paris thirty-three and one-half hours later in the Spirit of St. Louis, his aircraft.
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Television was invented by Philo Taylor Farnsworth and became one of the best sources of entertainment for families.
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In South Dakota in 1927 one of greatest in America sculptures began to be carved into the side of a mountain. The carvings were of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt. It would completed fourteen years later.
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The "Iron Lung," a device used to help polio patients breathe, is created by Philip Drinker and Louis Shaw.
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Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin in 1928 which changed the world of modern medicines by introducing the age of antibiotics.
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Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly over the Atlantic Ocean.
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Herbert Hoover was elected 31st President of the United States, he was know as the "The Great Humanitarian." He served as President from 1929 to 1933.
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The United States Congress approves the construction of Boulder, later named Hoover Dam.
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Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlantic, Georgia. He was America's future greatest Civil Rights leader.
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In Chicago, Illinois, gangsters working for Al Capone kill seven rivals and citizens in the act known as the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.
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The golden age of post-war ends when the Stock Market crashes. Losing over 50 billion dollars, America is plunged into the worst depression in U.S. history, known as "Black Tuesday."
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The Great Depression started after the stock market crash in Wall Street. More than 3.2 million people were unemployed, and around 1,350 banks failed. By 1932, stocks were worth just 20% their value from their peak in summer 1929, and the worldwide decline reached its worst point in 1933 when unemployment reached almost 30%.
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American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovers the planet Pluto at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizonam, Tombaugh was also known as one of the few serious astronomers to have claimed to sight UFO's.
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The Dust Bowl was a huge dust store that ruined thousands of crops for farmers. The Dust Bowl was started by the mass wheat planting and cattle grazing that overused the soil along with a catastrophic drought. Over 27 states were affected by the storm.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the 32nd President of the United States. His famous line was, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
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The 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is passed, ending prohibition.
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The United States pulls its troops from Haiti, due to various uprisings.
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The Hoover Dam is completed and is dedicated by President Roosevelt.
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- At Lakehurst, New Jersey, the German airship Hindenburg bursts into flames while mooring. The fire consumes the largest airship in the world, 804 feet long, within one minute, causing the death of thirty-six people. Source Desc: https://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1930.html Image Desc: https://www.history.com/news/the-hindenburg-disaster-9-surprising-facts
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The Golden Gate Bridge opens in San Francisco, California. At first it was for pedestrians, but right after opened to vehicles.
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The National Minimum Wage is made law, known as the Fair Labor Act. It made minimum wage .25 cents as well as adding overtime for employees.
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The United States declares it will remain neutral to the War that broke out in Europe. Ignoring European attempts to appease, Hitler, dictator of Nazi Germany, had invaded Poland, and started World War II.
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Albert Einstein informs President Roosevelt that he could create a deadly bomb-the Atomic Bomb. Thus began the Manhattan Project. Einstein had escaped from Nazi, Germany to the U.S. and knew that the Germans were working on a atomic bomb as well.
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The U.S. Congress approves of making a draft that made all men between the ages of 21 and 45 to join the military. This was the first peacetime draft in American History.
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The Lend-Lease act was created for the United to lend or lease war supplies to anyone who vitally needed them.
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The U.S. takes over Iceland and the defense for Great Britain attempting to prevent Nazi Germany from possible invasion.
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Signed by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill from Britain, The Atlantic Charter was a eight point principles that the U.S. and Britain would follow post-war.
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At 7:55 a.m. December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor located in Hawaii was attacked by surprised by Japanese fighter planes. They Destroyed the U.S. Pacific Fleet that was dock at the base harbor. The Japanese's took the lives of 1,777. Four days later The United States declared war on Germany and Italy in response.
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