1920's Timeline
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Bubonic Plague in India
First Commercial Radio Broadcast Aired
Harlem Renaissance Begins
League of Nations Established
Prohibition Begins in the U.S.
Women Granted the Right to Vote in U.S.
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Extreme Inflation in Germany
Irish Free State Proclaimed
Lie Detector Invented
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Kemal Atatürk Founds Modern Turkey
Michael Collins Killed in Ambush
Mussolini Marches on Rome
The Reader's Digest Published
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Charleston Dance Becomes Popular
Hitler Jailed After Failed Coup
Ruhr Occupied by French and Belgian Forces
Talking Movies Invented
Teapot Dome Scandal
Time Magazine Founded
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First Olympic Winter Games
J. Edgar Hoover Appointed FBI Director
Leopold and Loeb Murder a Neighbor Out of Boredom
V.I. Lenin Dies
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Hitler Publishes Mein Kampf
The Scopes (Monkey) Trial
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A.A. Milne Publishes Winnie-the-Pooh
Houdini Dies After Being Punched
Robert Goddard Fires His First Liquid-Fuel Rocket
A Woman Swims the English Channel
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Babe Ruth Makes Home-Run Record
BBC Founded
The First Talking Movie, The Jazz Singer
Lindbergh Flies Solo Across the Atlantic
Sacco and Venzetti Executed
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Bubble Gum Invented
First Mickey Mouse Cartoon
First Oxford English Dictionary Published
Kellogg-Briand Treaty Outlaws War
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Byrd and Bennett Fly Over South Pole
Car Radio Invented
St. Valentine's Day Massacre