1920
Warren Harding - President
Calvin Coolidge - Vice President
18th Amendment bans alcohol
19th Amendment Women Vote
ACLU is founded
Band-Aids are introduced
Zorro debutes
Cleveland Indians win World Series
Miss America Pageant debutes
1921
Insulin is isolated
Unemployment at 5.7 million
Betty Crocker is created
Outer Mongolia independece
Paddock sets 100 meter record
Einstein wins Nobel Prize
Iodized salt is introduced
Chanel No. 5 Introduced
Cleveland Indians win World Series
1922
Rebecca Felton first US Senator
Andrews discovers dinosaur eggs
Technicolor film discovered
N.Y. Giants win World Series
Mah-jongg is introduced
Meteor falls in Virginia
Tsutankhamen Tomb found
Radio is founded
Mussolini goes to Rome
1923
President Harding dies
Calvin Coolidge - President
The Bulldozer is invented
First Electric Shaver introduced
The Boogie Woogie is popular
The Ten Commandment debutes
Tilden wins US Tennis Open
1st White House Tree Lighting
Time Magazine Launches
N.Y. Yankees win World Series
1924
Calvin Coolidge re-elected
Charles Dawes Vice President
Winter Olympics in France
Paavo wins 5 Gold Metals
Gandhi fasts for peace
Texas elects Woman Govenor
Charlie Chaplin marries
Round the world flight successful
J. Egar Hoover head FBI
Scarlett Fever isolated
Kleenex introduced
IBM is organized
Washington Senators win Series
1st Macy Thanksgiving Parade
Little Ophan Anne comic debutes
1925
National Spelling Bee begins
Birdeye markets frozen food
Chrylser Corp. is Founded
Pittsburgh Priates win Series
Lou Gehrig joins Yankees
Wills wins US Open Tennis
1st Motel opens in Calif.
1926
Safety Glass is introduced
Rudolph Valentino dies
Book of the Month starts
Byrd flys to North Pole
Anti-tetanus serum discovered
Princess Elizabeth Born
Ancient Maya Cities discovered
Tunney wins Heavy Weight title
St Louis Cardinals win Series
Carter invents miniature golf
Globetrotters get started
Goddard launches rocket
1927
Lindbergh Solos to France
Mississippi flood claims 300 lives
Wonder Bread introduced
Hostess Cakes hit market
Model A Ford rolls out
Babe Ruth hits 60th Homer
N. Y. Yankees win World Series
Golden Glove Boxing introduced
Mt. Rushmore is dedicated
1st total eclipse visible
Talking movies are introduced
1928
Herbert Hoover - President
Charles Curtis - Vice President
Penicillium is discovered
Iron Lung Machine introduced
St. Francis Dam claims 350 lives
1st Quartz clock is built
Rice Krispies is introduced
Peter Pan Peanut Butter debutes
Boeing Company is founded
Micky in Steamboat Willy hits
Ty Cobbs retires
N. Y. Yankees win World Series
Earhart solos Atlantic
Woman Athletes at Olympics
1929
Stock Market Crashes
Hubble proves galaxy beyond
Wyatt Earp dies
St. Valentine's Day Massacre
1st Academy Awards
7-Up is introduced
Philadelphia Athletics win series
Yo-Yo's hit the market
Pinball machines debute
Popeye hit's the screens
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 They were called the "Flapper Girls". They wore make-up, lipstick, wore shapeless dresses and and allowed their legs and ankles to be seen. The hairstyle was called the "Bob" but many women hid their hair underneath the fashionable cloche hats. Women went back to work and won the right to vote in 1920. They proved that they were as equal as men.
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 BABE RUTH
In 1920, George Herman Ruth, known as Babe Ruth, was signed to the New York Yankees. He was 26 years old at the time, and helped the Boston Red Sox win the World Series in 1919 where he hit 29 home runs his last season with them.
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The Charleston
The Charleston became the craze for dance as well as the Era of Jazz Music developed in the 1920s. There was promise of big money is dance contests. Many men and women competed in halls hoping to out dance each other.
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Earthquake Strikes Japan
In 1923 a catastropic earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama. Over 300,000 die and millions are left homeless. If the earthquake didn't get the homes that were standing the fires did. Three rivers burst their banks and flooded many areas.
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Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Dies
The founder of the Soviet Union suffered a stroke in 1923 which left him paralyzed, died in January 1924. He requested a simple burial, but his request was ignored and his body was placed on display permanently in Red Square.
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 Gertrude Ederle
She was the first woman to swim from France to England at 19. Gertrude swam the Channel in 14 hours and 31 minutes and took more than two hours off the previous record. In 1924 she won a Bronze Medal in the 400-meter freestyle in Paris at the Olympics.
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Harry Houdini
In October 1926 Houdini, a Hungary born native, dies. His real name was Erich Weiss. He was famous for escaping from chains, handcuffs and straitjackets. He boasted that his stomach muscles were very strong. After taking two blows to the abdomen, doctors worked to save him, but could not stop the infection that set in.
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Winnie-the-Pooh
In 1926, A. A. Milne creates the loving and adorable characters of Winnie the Pooh after his son Christopher Robin. Introduced were Tigger, Piglet, Eyore, an Owl, Kanga, Roo, and of course a cuddly bear called Pooh. They all lived in the Hundred Acre Woods. It was Christopher that inspired his father with playing with his toys and games.
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Charles Lindbergh
May 21, 1927 Charles Lindbergh landed at Le Bourget airfield, France in the Spirit of St. Louis. He had a compass to help him navigate across the ocean. He won the $25,000 prize money for being the first man to fly the Atlantic alone.
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The Jazz Era Begins
Louis Armstrong, Al Jolson and Duke Ellington are a few of those entertainers that brought Jazz music to many clubs and radio. It was a European and African traditions coming together and giving Jazz its name. It was also called "Ragtime" music.
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