event of the 1920s

19

Sep 8, 1920

19 amendment prevents the government from denieing the citizens the right to vote because of thier gender

votes

Nov 2, 1920

November 2: First Radio broadcast; President Warren Harding elected; women get their first vote

unknown

Nov 11, 1921

November 11: Unknown soldier of World War I buried

egypt

Nov 27, 1922

November 26: Archaeologist Howard Carter finds tomb of Tutankhamen near Luxor, Egypt

harding

Aug 2, 1923

August 2: President Harding dies; in san francisco on a stroke around 7:30pm

cool

Aug 3, 1923

August 3: Vice President Calvin Coolidge is sworn into office as president

election

Feb 3, 1924

February 3: Former President Woodrow Wilson dies; November 4: Calvin Coolidge is elected President

tv

Oct 2, 1925

October 2: Scottish inventor John Baird invents the first form of a television

movies

May 20, 1927

First talking movie, The Jazz Singer released; May 20: Spirit of St. Louis and pilot Charles Lindbergh land in Paris

mold

Sep 8, 1928

penicillin discovered In 1928, Sir Alexander Fleming observed that colonies of the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus could be destroyed by the mold Penicillium notatum

gum

Sep 8, 1928

bubble gum invented

mouse

Sep 19, 1928

September 19: First Mickey Mouse talking film, Steamboat Willie, released by Walt Disney;

hoover

Nov 6, 1928

November 6: Herbert Hoover elected President

crash

Oct 24, 1929

• October 24: Start of the Stock Market Crash