Important Happenings in the 20's

   January 16,1920 - Volstead Act passed
   August 18, 1920 - 19th Amendment passed
   1921 - Warren G. Harding inaugurated
   1921 - Ku Klux Klan resurrgence
   October 5, 1921 - First radio coverage of World Series
   May 30, 1922 - Lincoln Memorial dedicated
   January 10, 1923 - U.S. troop in Germany ordered home
   April 18, 1923 - First game at Yankee Stadium
   August 3, 1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes president after death of Harding
   1924 - Dawes Plan introduced
   1924 - Coolidge re-elected
   July 10-25, 1925 - John Scopes arrested and convicted of violating state law relating to teaching
   theory of evolution in schools
   1925 - Trinity College in Durham, N.C. becomes Duke University
   1926 - Congress creates Army Air Corps
   1926 - Don Juan premieres in New York City
   May 20, 1927 - Charles Lindbergh flies solo from New York to Le Bourget, France
   January 27, 1927 - First transatlantic telephone service created (AT&T)
   1928 - Herbert Hoover elected president
   1928 - Women compete in Olympic field events for first time
   September 22, 1929 - Empire State Building construction begins
   October 24, 1929 - Black Thursday (Stock Market Crash)