Timeline of the Twentieth Century: 1920-1929

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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.

Pancho Villa Retires

Women Granted the Right to Vote in U.S.

"Fatty" Arbuckle Scandal

Extreme Inflation in Germany

Irish Free State Proclaimed

Lie Detector Invented

Insulin Discovered

Kemal Atatürk Founds Modern Turkey

Tomb of King Tut Discovered

Michael Collins Killed in Ambush

Mussolini Marches on Rome

The Reader's Digest Published

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

First Olympic Winter Games

J. Edgar Hoover Appointed FBI Director

Leopold and Loeb Murder a Neighbor Out of Boredom

V.I. Lenin Dies

Flapper Dresses in Style

Hitler Publishes Mein Kampf

The Scopes (Monkey) Trial

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

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

Bubble Gum Invented

First Mickey Mouse Cartoon

First Oxford English Dictionary Published

Kellogg-Briand Treaty Outlaws War

Penicillin Discovered

Sliced Bread Invented

Byrd and Bennett Fly Over South Pole

Car Radio Invented

First Academy Awards

New York Stock Market Crashes

St. Valentine's Day Massacre

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