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The IBM Corporation is founded
International Business Machines Corporation is an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States, with operations in over 170 countries. -
The ford Motor Company announces the creation of a 40 hour work week
The Ford Motor Company advanced the idea in 1914, when it scaled back from a 48-hour to a 40-hour workweek after founder Henry Ford believed that too many hours were bad for workers' productivity. -
Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs
Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs. -
The 18th Amendment goes into affect
From State to Federal Prohibition Legislation. By 1916, 23 of 48 states had passed anti-saloon legislation. -
19th Amendment is ratified by congress
The 19th Amendment stated that the rights of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied by the United States. -
The Palmer Raids arrest and deport over 6000 suspected "radicals"
Palmer Raids, also called Palmer Red Raids, 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. -
The League of Nations is Founded
League of Nations. League of Nations, an organization for international cooperation established on January 10, 1920, at the initiative of the victorious Allied Powers at the end of World War I. -
Radio station KDKA airs the first commercially broadcast program
Westinghouse Radio Station KDKA was a world pioneer of commercial radio broadcasting. Transmitting with a power of 100 watts on a wavelength of 360 meters. -
Sacco and Vanzetti Trial concludes
Sacco and Vanzetti meant that the men were guilty of something like a payroll murder. -
Readers Digest is founded
Reader's Digest is an American general-interest family magazine, published ten times a year. -
The Teapot Dome Scandal is uncovered
After Harding's death, the Teapot Dome Scandal and other instances of corruption came to light, damaging his reputation. -
Warren G. Harding is elected President
Warren Gamaliel Harding was the 29th President of the United States from 1921 until his death in 1923. -
First game in the newly built Yankee stadium is played
Yankee Stadium was a stadium located in the Bronx. It was the home ballpark of the New York Yankees -
President Calvin Coolidge is elected President
President Calvin Coolidge dies on 1933. He eventually became Governor. -
Adolf Hitler leads a failed attempts to overthrow the German government(Beer Hall Putsch)
Adolf Hitler is sentenced for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch of November 8, 1923. -
The first winter Olympics are held
The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games (French: Les Iers Jeux olympiques d'hiver), were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France. -
The National Origins Act is passed limiting immigration
The Immigration Act of 1924 limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota. -
Scopes Monkey Trial begins in Dayton, TN
A young high school science teacher, accused of teaching evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law. -
The Great Gatsby is published by F.Scott Fitzgerald
First published by Scribner's in April 1925, The Great Gatsby received mixed reviews and sold poorly; in its first year, the book sold only 20,000 copies. Fitzgerald died in 1940, believing himself to be a failure and his work forgotten. -
Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf
The work describes the process by which Hitler became antisemitic and outlines his political ideology and future plans for Germany. -
Langston Hughes publishes his first set of poems in his the weary blues
Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance in New York City. -
Gertrude Ederle is the first woman to swim the English channel
Gertrude Ederle was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in five events. -
Charles Lindbergh makes the first non-stop Trans- Atlantic flight
It was the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic and the first to link the two major cities. -
The Great Mississippi Flood displaces 700,000 people
The Great Flood of 1927 was one of the most powerful natural disasters of the 1900s. ... After the failure of a levee at Mounds Landing, Mississippi, the flooding river flowed ... Over 130,000 homes were lost and 700,000 people were displaced. -
The Holland Tunnel connecting NYC and NJ opens
At the time of its opening, the Holland Tunnel was the longest continuous underwater vehicular tunnel in the world. -
The first film with sound "The Jazz Singer" debuts
The first commercially successful full-length feature film with sound. -
Alexander Fleming discovers Penicillin
In 1928 Alexander Fleming (1881–1955) discovered penicillin, made from the Penicillium notatum mold, but he did not receive the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery until 1945. -
Mickey Mouse makes his first appearance in the short film "Steamboat Willie"
On November 18, 1928, Mickey Mouse made his movie debut in Steamboat Willie, one of the earliest animated cartoons. -
Chicago's St. Valentines Day Massacre
Murder of seven members and associates of chicago's North Side Gang. -
Stock Market crashes on 'Black Tuesday'
The stock market crash that occurred in October. -
Herbert Hoover is elected president
Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was an American engineer, businessman and politician who served as the 31st President of the United States from 1929 to 1933 during the Great Depression. -
Amelia Earhart attempts to fly around the world
Amelia Earhart is about to attempt to fly around the world. ... Amelia Rose Earhart plans to take off from Oakland, Calif., sometime between June 23 and 26, and return two and a half weeks later. If successful, she 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 immigration center shuts down, Nov. 12, 1954. On this day in 1954, the federal government shut down the Ellis Island immigrant reception station in New York Harbor.
