World Events By nathan.dev Jan 1, 1918 German revolution begins Jan 1, 1919 •Treaty of Versailles Ends World War I Jan 1, 1920 •First Commercial Radio Broadcast Aired Jan 1, 1921 •Lie Detector Invented Jan 1, 1922 •Insulin Discovered Jan 1, 1923 •Hitler Jailed After Failed Coup Jan 1, 1924 •First Olympic Winter Games Jan 1, 1925 •Hitler Publishes Mein Kampf Jan 1, 1926 •Houdini Dies After Being Punched Jan 1, 1927 •BBC Founded Jan 1, 1928 •Penicillin Discovered Jan 1, 1929 •Car Radio Invented Jan 1, 1930 •Pluto Discovered Jan 1, 1931 •Empire State Building Completed Jan 1, 1932 •Scientists Split the Atom Jan 1, 1933 •Adolf Hitler Becomes Chancellor of Germany Jan 1, 1934 •Cheeseburger Created Jan 1, 1935 •Germany Issues the Anti-Jewish Nuremberg Laws Jan 1, 1936 Spanish civil war begins Jan 1, 1937 •Japan Invades China Jan 1, 1938 •Hitler Annexes Austria Jan 1, 1939 •World War II Begins