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League of Nations is established in Geneva by Woodrow Wilson and other world leaders.
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The Ku Klux Klan launches a recruitment campaign using mass marketing techniques to gain 85,000 new recruits by October.
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Women win the right to vote with the ratification of the 19th Amendment.
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A joint resolution to officially end World War I in the U.S. finally passes.
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Warren G. Harding dies 2 and a half years into his presidential term and is succeeded by Calvin Coolidge.
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France hosts the very first Winter Olympics.
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Harry Houdini dies.
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Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
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Walt Disney makes his first first Mickey Mouse cartoon.
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After reaching an all time high in September, the stock market crashes creating a worldwide economic crisis.
