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the IBM corporation is founded
IBM also known as international business machines. a technology company located in new York -
the palmer raids arrest and deports over 6000 suspected "radicals"
series of raids conducted by during the first red scare by the us department of justice -
the league of nations is founded
the league of nations is a intergovernmental organisation. it was to maintain world peace -
the 18th amendement
it was completed by jan 16 and was in action jan 17. it prohibited alcohol. -
19th amendement is ratified by congress
passed congress june 4th and ratified on august 18 1920. gave the woman the right to vote -
warren g Harding is elected president
the 29th president of the us. died during his term -
radio station KDKA airs the first commercially broadcast program
class A radio station owned and operated in Pittsburgh. -
the teapot dome scandal is uncoverd
it was a bribery scandal involving the administration the us president warren g Harding -
readers digest is founded
a family magazine that only gets published 1 times a year -
the great gatsby
published by f. Scott Fitzgerald. its about characters living on the east and west egg on prosperous long island of the summer of 1922 -
president gerchwin is eleceted president
a republican. 30th president of the us -
first game in the newly built yankee stadium is played
the red soxs vs yankees -
warren g hardings death
he suffered a heart attack -
hitler failed at trying to over throw the german government
hitler was quickly arrested and charged with treason -
the national origins act is passed limiting immigration
only 2 % of total population of any ethnic group in the us in 1890 could be admitted in the us. -
the first winter olympics were held
the games were held in Chamonix France -
langston huges published his first set of peoms in his the weary blues
a collection of poems. was published in the first urban league magazine -
adolf hitler publishes mein kampf
volume one of his autobiography -
scopes monkeys trial begins in dayton TN
a trial. the state of Tennessee v john scopes. he was accuessed of violating Tennessee butler act. -
the ford motor company announces the creation of a 40 hours work week
it was a 5 day 40 hour work week. the pay was $5 per 8 hour day -
gertrude ederle is the first woman to swim the english channel
she was an Olympic champion she was the first woman to swim it -
Charles Lindbergh makes the first non stop trans Atlantic flight
Charles would make the first non stop flight from new York to Paris -
the great mississippi flood
flooding the lower valley of Mississippi. the big natural disaster of the us -
sacco and vanzetti trial concludes
2 Italian anarchists were convicted on murdering a guard and a paymaster -
babe ruth hits 60 home runs
babe Ruth sets homerun record of 60 -
the first film with sound the jazz singer debuts
first film with sound. directed by alan Crosland -
the holland tunnel opens
a tunnel that connected ny to nj underwater -
Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
he made penicillin from the penicillium no Tatum mold -
mickey mouse makes his first apperence
a short black and white film the was one of the first to feature sound -
Herbert hoover is elected president
he was our 31st president of the us -
Chicago st valentines day massacre
7 members of the north side gang were stood up on a wall and shot down -
stock market crash
stock market crashes on black Tuesday leaving 15 million people unemployed. -
ameiia earheart attempts to fly around the world
she started in Oakland California. Earhart, Noonan , henry manning Paul Mentz were also on board -
Ellis island closes as an immigration point to the us
it closes after letting in more than 12 million immigrants. -
george gerschwin releases "rhaposdy in blue"
a song that is 13 mins long
