Remake of The Roaring Twenties: A Timeline of 1920s America by Yelysei Bondar

1920 Warren G Harding elected President

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Warren G. Harding became the 29th president of the United States. He promised a "return to normalcy" after World War I, meaning he wanted to bring stability and peace.

1921 Sacco and Vanzetti are convicted

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Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, two Italian immigrants, were convicted of robbery and murder in Massachusetts. Many people believed they were treated unfairly because they were immigrants and had radical political beliefs. Their trial became famous worldwide.

1921 Chinese Communist Party founded on Shanghi

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The Communist Party of China was created in Shanghai. This party later became very powerful and, in 1949, took control of China, making it a communist country.

1922 Louis Armstrong plays for King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band in Chicago

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Louis Armstrong, a talented trumpet player, moved to Chicago to join King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band. This was an important moment in jazz history because Armstrong became one of the most famous and influential jazz musicians of all time.

1922 Benito Mussolini is appointed prime minister of Italy

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Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician and journalist who was the Prime Minister of Italy from the March on Rome in 1922 until his overthrow in 1943 he was also Duce of Italian fascism from the establishment of the Italian Fasces of Combat in 1919 until his summary execution in 1945.

1922 King Tut's tomb is discovered in Egypt

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The tomb was discovered on November 4 1922, by Howard Carter and his team, including Egyptian workers in the Valley of the Kings Egypt. An excavation directed by British archaeologist Howard Carter sponsored by the fifth Earl of Carnarvon Carter had been searching for the tomb since 1917.

1923 TIME magazine begins publication

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TIME magazine began publication on March 3 1923 marking a significant milestone in the history of journalism founded by Yale's classmates Henry Luce and Briton Hadden the magazine's goal was to provide a concise weekly summary of current events. Over the years TIME expanded its reach influencing public opinion and becoming a benchmark for news analysis.

1923 Mustafa Kemal becomes first president of the new Republic of Turkey

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The Turkish national movement led by Mustafa Kemal began in 1919 in response to the Allied occupation of the Ottoman Empire after World War I. The movement aimed to establish an independent Turkish state. On October 29 1923 Mustafa Kemal Atatürk became the first president of the newly declared Republic of Türkiye.

1924 Calvin Coolidge is elected prsident

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1924 Vladimir Ilich Lenin, founder of the Soviet Union dies

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1925 Philip Randolph organized the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

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1925 The Scopes trial takes place in Tennessee

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1926 British laborers declare a general strike

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1926 Hirohito become emperor of Japan

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1927 Charles Lindbergh makes the first non stop solo transatlantic flight

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Charles Lindbergh made the first non-stop solo transatlantic flight, flying the Spirit of St Louis from New York to Paris in 33.5 hours where the journey was 3,600 miles and revolutionized aviation.

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1928 Herbert Hoover is elected president

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In the 1928 election Herbert Hoover won by a landslide against al Smith with 444 electoral votes to 87 although Hoover came in with optimism his presidency was marked by the Crash of '29 and the Great Depression.

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1928 President Alvaro Obregon of Mexico is assassinated

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The elected president of Mexico was assassinated by José de León Toral a radical Catholic in the midst of tensions over the Cristero War the death provoked a political crisis that started the Maximato.

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1928 Joseph Stalin launches the first of his Five-Year Plans in the USSR

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Joseph Stalin implemented the First Five-Year Plan to transform the USSR from an agricultural economy to an industrial power where he ushered in a planned economy for an elimination of private property and increased financial resources.

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