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The 1920s is sometimes referred to as the "Jazz Age" or the "Roaring Twenties", usually when speaking about the United States. A millennium (pl millennia) is a period of Time equal to one thousand Years (from Latin la mille, thousand and la annum The second millennium is a period of time that commenced on January 1, 1001, and ended on December 31, 2000. A century (from the Latin centum, meaning one hundred is One hundred consecutive Years Centuries are numbered ordinally (e The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar The twentieth century of the Common Era began on The 21st century is the current century of the Christian Era or Common Era in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the " Mauve Decade" because William Henry Perkin 's aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that The 1910s decade ran from January 1 1910 through December 31 1919 The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression. The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949 Events and trends The 1940s was a period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s which also leads the period to be The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Jazz Age describes the period from 1918-1929 the years after the end of World War I, continuing through the Roaring Twenties and ending with the rise of the Roaring Twenties is a phrase used to describe the 1920s principally in North America, that emphasizes the period's social artistic and cultural dynamism The United States of America —commonly referred to as the In Canada the decade is usually referred to as the "Roaring Twenties", much like in the United States. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Roaring Twenties is a phrase used to describe the 1920s principally in North America, that emphasizes the period's social artistic and cultural dynamism In Europe the decade is sometimes referred to as the "Golden Twenties". Golden Twenties is a term mostly used in Europe, to describe the 1920s, in which most of the continent had an economic boom following the First World War Since the closing of the 20th century, the economic strength during the 1920s has drawn close associations with the 1950s and 1990s, especially in the United States. The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 These three decades are regarded as periods of economic prosperity, which lasted throughout almost the entire decades following a tremendous event that occurred in the previous decade (World War I and Spanish flu in the 1910s, World War II in the 1940s, and the end of the Cold War in the late 1980s). World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All The 1918 flu pandemic (commonly referred to as the Spanish flu) was an Influenza Pandemic that spread to nearly every part of the world The 1910s decade ran from January 1 1910 through December 31 1919 World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949 Events and trends The 1940s was a period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s which also leads the period to be Cold War is the state of conflict tension and competition that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR and their respective allies from the The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989.

However, not all countries enjoyed this prosperity. The Weimar Republic, like many other European countries, had to face a severe economic downturn in the opening years of the decade, because of the enormous debt caused by the war as well as the one-sided Treaty of Versailles. The term Weimar Republic ( ˈvaɪmarɐ repuˈbliːk is used by historians to signify the democratic and Republican period of Germany from 1919 to 1933 The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. Such a crisis would culminate with a devaluation of the Mark in 1923, eventually leading to severe economic problems and, in the long term, favour the rise of the Nazi Party. The, officially National Socialist German Workers' Party, ( abbreviated NSDAP) was a Political party in Germany between 1919 and 1945

Additionally, the decade was characterized by the rise of radical political movements, especially in regions that were once part of empires. Communism began attracting large numbers of followers following the success of the October Revolution and the Bolsheviks' determination to win the subsequent Russian Civil War. Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based The October Revolution (Октябрьская революция Oktyabrskaya revolyutsiya) also known as the Soviet Revolution The Bolsheviks, originally also Bolshevists ( Большевик Большевист (singular, derived from bolshe, "more" were a faction The Russian Civil War (1917–1923 was a multi-party war that occurred within the former Russian Empire after the Russian provisional government collapsed The Bolsheviks would eventually adopt a policy of mixed economics, from 1921 to 1928, and also give birth to the USSR, at the end of 1922. For the Malaysian New Economic Policy see Malaysian New Economic Policy. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991

The twenties marked the first time in America that the population in the cities surpassed the population of rural areas. This was due to rapid urbanization starting in the 1920s.

The 1920s also experienced the rise of the far-right in Europe and elsewhere, starting with Fascism in Italy as a perceived antidote to Communism. Far right, extreme right, ultra-right, or radical right are terms used to discuss the qualitative or quantitative position a group Fascism is a totalitarian nationalist and corporatist ideology Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based The knotty economic problems also favoured the rise of dictatorships and monarchies in Eastern Europe and the Balkans, such as Józef Piłsudski in Poland and Peter and Alexander Karađorđević of Yugoslavia. The title Aleksandar of Yugoslavia also has other uses. Alexander I also called Alexander the Unificator ( Serbo-Croatian

The Stock Market collapsed during October 1929 (see Black Tuesday) and drew a line under the prosperous 1920s. The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as the ’29 Crash, the Crash of 1929, the Great Crash of 1929, the Great Crash of October 1929

Contents 1 Technology 2 War, peace and politics 3 Economics 4 Literature and Arts 5 Culture and religion 6 People 6.1 World leaders 6.2 Entertainers 6.3 Sports figures 7 Styles

Technology

• John Logie Baird invents the first working mechanical television system (1925). John Logie Baird (August 13 1888 – June 14 1946 was a Scottish engineer and inventor of the world's first working television system Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic In 1928 he invents and demonstrates the first color television.
• Warner Brothers produces the first movie with a soundtrack Don Juan in 1926, followed by the first Part-Talkie The Jazz Singer in 1927, the first All-Talking movie Lights of New York in 1928 and the first All-Color All-Talking movie On with the Show 1929. Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and Don Juan ( 1926) is a Warner Brothers film directed by Alan Crosland. The Jazz Singer is a 1927 American Musical film. The first feature-length motion picture with synchronized Dialogue This article is for the 1928 film For the 1916 film see Lights of New York (1916 film. On with the Show! ( 1929) is historically important in cinema history as the first modern Sound film photographed
• Charles Lindbergh becomes the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean (20 May-21 May 1927)
• Karl Ferdinand Braun invented the modern electronic cathode ray tube in 1897. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Events 325 - The First Council of Nicaea &ndash the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. Karl Ferdinand Braun ( 6 June 1850 in Fulda, Germany &ndash 20 April 1918 in New York City, U The cathode ray tube (CRT is a Vacuum tube containing an Electron gun (a source of electrons and a Fluorescent screen with internal or The CRT became a commercial product in 1922.
• Record companies (such as Victor, Brunswick and Columbia) introduce an Electrical Recording process on their phonograph records in 1925 (that had been developed by Western Electric), resulting in a more life-like sound. Western Electric Company (sometimes abbreviated WE and WECo) was an American Electrical engineering company the manufacturing arm
• Robert Goddard makes the first flight of a liquid-fueled rocket in 1926. Robert Hutchings Goddard, PhD ( October 5, 1882 &ndash August 10 1945 U
• In the 20s new speed records were set almost daily due to the new popularity and development.

War, peace and politics

See also Social issues of the 1920s

• Rise of communism after World War I
• The Red Scare in the United States (1920-1921)
• In the United States, peak of the Ku Klux Klan (about five million members)
• In the United States, KKK auxiliaries established. Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All In American history, the First Red Scare took place in the period 1917–1920 and was marked by a widespread fear of Anarchism, as well as the effects of radical The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Ku Klux Klan ( KKK) is the name of several past and present secret domestic terrorist organizations in the United States, generally in the southern states that are The second Ku Klux Klan (KKK often called the Klan of the 1920s was officially the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
• Irish War of Independence (1919-1921) and Irish Civil War (1922-23)
• The Irish Free State gains independence from the United Kingdom in 1922
• Marie C. Brehm becomes temperance movement leader. The Irish War of Independence (or Tan War, or Anglo-Irish War, Irish: Cogadh na Saoirse) from January 1919 to July 1921 was a guerrilla The Irish Civil War ( June 28 1922 &ndash May 24 1923) pitted supporters of the Anglo-Irish Treaty against its opponents The Irish Free State (Saorstát Éireann (1922&ndash1937 was the state established as a Dominion on 6 December 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty, signed by The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Suffragette Marie Caroline Brehm was the first legally qualified female candidate to run for the vice-presidency of the United States, which she did in 1924 on the See also Prohibition, Teetotalism The Temperance Movement attempted to reduce the amount of Alcohol consumed within a community or society in
• Turkish War of Independence
• Moderation League of New York worked for repeal of prohibition. The Turkish War of Independence (Kurtuluş Savaşı May 19, 1919 October 29, 1923) refers to the political and military resistance developed The Moderation League of New York was founded in 1923 to change the legal definition of the "intoxicating liquors" prohibited by the Eighteenth Amendment to the This article discusses the repeal of (alcohol Prohibition in the United States.
• Polish-Soviet war
• First Labour Government of Ramsay MacDonald formed in the United Kingdom
• Kellogg-Briand Pact to end war
• Prohibition leaders were at the height of their power. The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the James Ramsay MacDonald ( 12 October 1866 &ndash 9 November 1937) was a British politician and twice Prime Minister of the United The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Kellogg-Briand Pact, also known as the Pact of Paris, after the city where it was signed on August 27, 1928, was an international treaty "providing The Anti-Saloon League was the leading organization Lobbying for Prohibition in the United States in the early 20th century
• The Qajar dynasty ended under Ahmad Shah Qajar and Reza Shah Pahlavi formed the Pahlavi Dynasty, which would later become the last monarchy of Iran. The Qajar dynasty (also known as Ghajar or Kadjar ( ( - or دودمان قاجار) is a common term to describe Iran (then known as Persia) under Ahmad Shah Qajar (احمد شاه قاجار in Persian) ‎( January 21, 1898 - 21 February, 1930) was Shah of Persia For the Afghan serial killer see Reza Khan (Taliban. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics.
• Hitler publishes Mein Kampf, a book that foreshadows many of the events in the 1930s. Mein Kampf ( English: My Struggle/My Battle) is a book by Adolf Hitler.
• Mussolini became Italy's Prime Minister and started a fascist dictatorship. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Fascism is a totalitarian nationalist and corporatist ideology
• Women in the United States received the right to vote when the 19th amendment was passed. The Nineteenth Amendment ( Amendment XIX) to the United States Constitution prohibits each of the states and the federal government from .

Economics

• The New Economic Policy is created by the Bolsheviks in Russia. For the Malaysian New Economic Policy see Malaysian New Economic Policy.
• The Dawes Plan, which lasted from 1924-1928
• Economic boom ended by "Black Tuesday" (October 29, 1929); the stock market crashes, leading to the Great Depression

Literature and Arts

See also: List of years in literature#1920s

• Virginia Woolf publishes Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, and A Room of One's Own
• George Gershwin writes Rhapsody in Blue
• T. S. Eliot publishes The Waste Land
• James Joyce publishes Ulysses
• Franz Kafka publishes The Trial
• Erich Maria Remarque publishes All Quiet on the Western Front
• Rene Magritte paints The Treachery of Images
• Walter Gropius builds the Bauhaus in Dessau
• F. Scott Fitzgerald publishes This Side of Paradise and The Great Gatsby
• Hermann Hesse publishes Siddhartha
• Ernest Hemingway publishes The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms
• Thornton Wilder publishes The Bridge of San Luis Rey
• Alexey Tolstoy publishes Aelita
• George Bernard Shaw publishes Back to Methuselah
• Eugene O'Neill awarded Pulitzer Prizes for Beyond the Horizon in 1920, Anna Christie in 1922, and Strange Interlude in 1928. The Dawes Plan (as proposed by the Dawes Committee chaired by Charles G The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as the ’29 Crash, the Crash of 1929, the Great Crash of 1929, the Great Crash of October 1929 Events 437 - Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A stock market crash is a sudden dramatic decline of Stock prices across a significant cross-section of a Stock market. This page gives a chronological list of years in literature (descending order with notable publications listed with their respective years (Adeline Virginia Woolf (née Stephen; 25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941 was an English Novelist and Essayist, regarded as one of the foremost Mrs Dalloway (published on 14 May, 1925) is a Novel by Virginia Woolf that details a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway in To the Lighthouse ( 5 May 1927) is a novel by Virginia Woolf. A Room of One's Own is an extended Essay by Virginia Woolf. First published during 24 October 1929, it was based on a series George Gershwin (September 26 1898 &ndash July 11 1937 was an American Composer. Rhapsody in Blue is a musical composition by George Gershwin for solo piano and jazz band written in 1924 which combines elements of classical music with Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM (September 26 1888 – January 4 1965 was a poet Dramatist, and Literary critic. The Waste Land ( 1922) is a highly influential 434-line modernist poem by T James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 &ndash 13 January 1941 was an Irish expatriate writer widely considered to be one of the most influential writers of the Ulysses is a novel by James Joyce, first serialized in parts in the American journal The Little Review from March 1918 to December 1920 The Trial ( Der Process) is a novel by Erich Maria Remarque (Erich Paul Remark 22 June 1898 &ndash 25 September 1970) was a German author. All Quiet on the Western Front (Im Westen nichts Neues is an Anti-war Novel written by Erich Maria Remarque, a German veteran René François Ghislain Magritte ( 21 November 1898 - 15 August 1967) was a Belgian Surrealist artist The Treachery of Images ( La trahison des images 1928&ndash29 is a series of paintings by Belgian Surrealist painter René Magritte Walter Adolph Georg Gropius ( May 18, 1883 &ndash July 5, 1969) was a German Architect and founder of Bauhaus ("House of Building" or "Building School" is the common term for the, a school in Germany that combined crafts and the fine arts and was famous Dessau is a town in Germany on the junction of the rivers Mulde and Elbe, in the Bundesland (Federal State of Saxony-Anhalt Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24 1896 – December 21 1940 was an American writer of Novels and Short stories, whose works are evocative of the This Side of Paradise is the debut Novel of F Scott Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby is a Novel by the American author F Scott Fitzgerald. Hermann Hesse (ˈhɛʀman ˈhɛsə ( 2 July, 1877 — 9 August, 1962) was a German - Swiss poet novelist and painter Siddhartha is an allegorical Novel by Hermann Hesse which deals with Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21 1899 — July 2 1961 was an American novelist short-story writer, and Journalist. The Sun Also Rises is the first major Novel by Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms is a semi-autobiographical Novel written by Ernest Hemingway, first published in 1929 Thornton Niven Wilder ( April 17, 1897 &ndash December 7, 1975) was an American Playwright and Novelist. The Bridge of San Luis Rey is American author Thornton Wilder 's second novel first published in 1927 to worldwide acclaim Aleksei Nikolaevich Tolstoi (Алексей Николаевич Толстой ( January 10, 1883 ( December 29, 1882 ( O Aelita (Аэлита also known as Aelita or The Decline of Mars is a 1923 Science fiction novel by Russian author Alexei Tolstoy George Bernard Shaw ( (26 July 1856 &ndash 2 November 1950 was an Irish Playwright. Back to Methuselah (A Metabiological Pentateuch, by George Bernard Shaw consists of a preface ( An Infidel Half Century) and a series of five plays The Pulitzer Prize, ˈpʊlɨtsɚ PULL-it-sər is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in Newspaper journalism, Beyond The Horizon is the sophomore album of the Welsh Indie rock band People in Planes. Anna Christie is a play in four acts by Eugene O'Neill. It tells the story of a former prostitute who falls in love but runs into difficulty in turning her Strange Interlude is an experimental play by American playwright Eugene O'Neill.
• Sinclair Lewis publishes Babbitt, Dodsworth, Arrowsmith, and Elmer Gantry
• Wallace Stevens publishes his first book of poetry, Harmonium

Culture and religion

• Prohibition — legal attempt to end consumption of alcohol in Canada, the USA, Norway and Finland
  

  Prohibition agents destroying barrels of alcohol. Sinclair Lewis ( February 7, 1885 – January 10, 1951) was an American Novelist, Short-story writer and Babbitt, first published in 1922, is a work of fiction by the American Novelist, Short-story writer and playwright Sinclair Dodsworth is a satirical Novel by American writer Sinclair Lewis first published by Harcourt Brace & Company in 1929. Arrowsmith is a Novel by American Author and Playwright Sinclair Lewis that was published in 1925 For the film based on the novel see Elmer Gantry (film For information on the UK singer Elmer Gantry aka Dave Terry see Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Wallace Stevens ( October 2, 1879 – August 2, 1955) was a major American Modernist Poet. A harmonium is a free-standing musical keyboard instrument similar to a Reed Organ or Pipe Organ Prohibition of alcohol, often referred to simply as prohibition, also known as Noble Experiment, refers to a Sumptuary law which prohibits Alcohol Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe.
• Youth culture of The Lost Generation; flappers, the Charleston, and bobbed hair
• "The Jazz Age" — jazz and jazz-influenced dance music widely popular
• F. Scott Fitzgerald publishes some of the most enduring novels characterizing the Jazz Age. The ' Lost Generation' is a phrase made popular by American author Ernest Hemingway in his first published novel The Sun Also Rises. The term flapper in the 1920s referred to a "new breed" of young Women who wore short skirts bobbed their hair listened to the new Jazz music The Charleston is a Dance named for the city of Charleston South Carolina. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24 1896 – December 21 1940 was an American writer of Novels and Short stories, whose works are evocative of the This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and Damned, and The Great Gatsby, as well as three short story collections, were all published in these years. This Side of Paradise is the debut Novel of F Scott Fitzgerald. The Beautiful and Damned, first published by Scribner's in 1922 is F The Great Gatsby is a Novel by the American author F Scott Fitzgerald.
• Women's suffrage movement continues to make gains as women obtain full voting rights in Denmark in 1915, in the USA in 1920, and in the UK in 1918 (women over 30) and in 1928 (full enfranchisement); and women begin to enter the workplace in larger numbers
• In the US, gangsters and the rise of organized crime, often associated with bootleg liquor, in defiance of Prohibition. The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Gangsters redirects here For the computer game see Gangsters (video game. "Crime syndicate" redirects here For the DC Comics group of villains see Crime Syndicate. Production Uses Usually large scale distillation is practiced for the purpose of making ethanol for drinking, yet it may also practiced for creating Biofuel
• Rum rows are established to import bootleg alcoholic beverages into U. A rum row refers to any line of ships that anchored beyond the three mile limit near large U S.
• First commercial radio station in the U. Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. S. goes on air in Pittsburgh, in 1920, and radio quickly becomes a popular entertainment medium
• Methodist Board of Temperance, Prohibition, and Public Morals defends alcohol prohibition in U. The Methodist Episcopal Church Board of Temperance Prohibition and Public Morals was a major organization in the American Temperance movement which led S.
• First feature-length motion picture with a sound track (Don Juan) is released in 1926. A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image as opposed to a Silent film. Don Juan ( 1926) is a Warner Brothers film directed by Alan Crosland. First part-talkie (The Jazz Singer) released in 1927, first all-talking feature (Lights of New York) released in 1928 and first all-color all-talking feature (On with the Show) released in 1929. The Jazz Singer is a 1927 American Musical film. The first feature-length motion picture with synchronized Dialogue This article is for the 1928 film For the 1916 film see Lights of New York (1916 film. On with the Show! ( 1929) is historically important in cinema history as the first modern Sound film photographed
• Beginning of surrealist movement
• Beginning of the Art Deco movement
• Fads such as marathon dancing, mah-jongg, crossword puzzles and pole-sitting are popular
• The height of the clip joint
• The Harlem Renaissance
• The Scopes Monkey Trial (1925) which declared that John T. Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early-1920s and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members Art Deco was a popular international design movement from 1925 until 1939 affecting the decorative arts such as Architecture, Interior design, and Industrial Marathon dancing is a Dance activity that became popular in the 1920s and 1930s Mahjong (also called mah-jongg by the American association Traditional Chinese 麻將 Pinyin: májiàng is a Game for four players that originated in Pole-sitting is the practice of sitting on a pole for extended lengths of time generally used as a test of endurance A clip joint or fleshpot is an establishment usually a Strip club or entertainment bar, typically one claiming to offer adult entertainment The Harlem Renaissance was named after the anthology The New Negro, edited by Alain Locke in 1925 The " Scopes Trial " ( Scopes v State 152 Tenn 424 278 S Scopes had violated the law by teaching evolution in schools, creating tension between the competing theories of creationism and evolution. eVolution is the third Album by eLDee, it was due to be released in 2008 "Creationism" can also refer to Creation myths in general or to a concept about the origin of the soul. eVolution is the third Album by eLDee, it was due to be released in 2008
• Bishop James Cannon, Jr. becomes a U. Bishop James Cannon Jr ( 13 November 1864 &ndash 6 September 1944) was an American Bishop of the Methodist S. temperance movement leader. See also Prohibition, Teetotalism The Temperance Movement attempted to reduce the amount of Alcohol consumed within a community or society in
• The Group of Seven (artists)
• Repeal organizations organized to fight national prohibition in U. The Group of Seven was a group of Canadian landscape painters in the 1920s originally consisting of Franklin Carmichael, Lawren Harris As increasing numbers of people became disillusioned with the negative effects of national Prohibition in the United States a variety of repeal organizations emerged S.
• Minister Daisey Douglas Barr heads Women's Ku Klux Klan (WKKK). Daisy Douglas Barr was Imperial Empress (leader of the Indiana Women's Ku Klux Klan (WKKK in the early 1920s and an active member of the Women's Christian Temperance Union The WKKK (also known as the Women's Ku Klux Klan or Women of the Ku Klux Klan) was one of a number of auxiliaries of the Ku Klux Klan.
• The tomb of Tutankhamun is discovered intact by Howard Carter (1922). Howard Carter ( May 9 1874 March 2 1939) was an English Archaeologist and Egyptologist, noted as a primary discoverer This begins a second revival of Egyptomania. Egyptomania is a concept that describes the Western fascination with ancient Egyptian culture and history.
• Edward Higgins becomes the third General ( international leader) of The Salvation Army . The Salvation Army is a Christian charity and church that is internally organised like a military service. His term is from 1929-1934.

People

World leaders

• President Mustafa Kemal (Atatürk) (Turkey)
• President Woodrow Wilson (United States)
• President Warren G. Harding (United States)
• President Calvin Coolidge (United States)
• President Herbert Hoover (United States)
• President Alexandre Millerand (France)
• President Gaston Doumergue (France)
• Prime Minister James Scullin (Australia)
• Prime Minister Stanley Bruce (Australia)
• Prime Minister William Hughes (Australia)
• Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King (Canada)
• President Sun Yat-sen (Republic of China)
• President Chiang Kai-shek (Republic of China)
• President Friedrich Ebert (Germany)
• President Paul von Hindenburg (Germany)
• President Eamon De Valera (Ireland)
• Ahmad Shah Qajar of Qajar dynasty (Persia/Iran)
• Reza Shah Pahlavi of Pahlavi Dynasty (Iran)
• King Victor Emmanuel III (Italy)
• Prime Minister Benito Mussolini (Italy)
• President W. T. Cosgrave (Irish Free State)
• Regent Miklós Horthy (Hungary)
• Emperor Hirohito (Japan)
• Pope Pius XI
• Józef Piłsudski (Poland)
• Vladimir Lenin (Soviet Union)
• Joseph Stalin (Soviet Union)
• King Alfonso XIII (Spain)
• King George V (United Kingdom)
• Prime Minister David Lloyd George (United Kingdom)
• Prime Minister Andrew Bonar Law (United Kingdom)
• Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin (United Kingdom)
• Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald (United Kingdom)

Entertainers

• Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle
• Louis Armstrong
• Mary Astor
• Josephine Baker
• John Barrymore
• Lionel Barrymore
• Irving Berlin
• Clara Bow
• Louise Brooks
• Eddie Cantor
• Lon Chaney
• Charlie Chaplin
• Joan Crawford
• Bebe Daniels
• Marion Davies
• Duke Ellington
• Douglas Fairbanks
• Greta Garbo
• Janet Gaynor
• George Gershwin
• John Gilbert
• Dorothy Gish
• Lillian Gish
• William Haines
• Kelly Harrell
• William S. Hart
• Harry Houdini
• Al Jolson
• Buster Keaton
• Harold Lloyd
• Tom Mix
• Colleen Moore
• Mae Murray
• Jelly Roll Morton
• Pola Negri
• Ramon Novarro
• Will Rogers
• Mary Pickford
• Cole Porter
• Norma Shearer
• Bessie Smith
• Gloria Swanson
• Chief Tahachee
• Norma Talmadge
• Rudolph Valentino
• Rudy Vallee
• Paul Whiteman
• Florenz Ziegfeld

Sports figures

• Warwick Armstrong (Australian cricket captain)
• Gordon Coventry (Australian rules football player)
• Jack Dempsey (American boxer)
• Red Grange (American football player)
• Jack Hobbs (Surrey & England cricketer)
• Alex James (Arsenal & Scotland footballer)
• Bobby Jones (American golfer)
• Kenesaw Mountain Landis (American Baseball Commissioner)
• Suzanne Lenglen (French tennis player )
• Helen Wills Moody (American tennis player)
• Paavo Nurmi (Finnish runner)
• Wilfred Rhodes (Yorkshire & England cricketer)
• Babe Ruth (American baseball player)
• Herbert Sutcliffe (Yorkshire & England cricketer)
• Bill Tilden (American tennis player)
• Lou Gehrig (American baseball player)

Styles

• Robert Sobel The Great Bull Market: Wall Street in the 1920s (1968)

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (19 May 1881 &ndash 10 November 1938 was an army officer revolutionary Statesman Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (19 May 1881 &ndash 10 November 1938 was an army officer revolutionary Statesman Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28 1856—February 3 1924 was the twenty-eighth President of the United States. Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2 1865 August 2 1923 was the twenty-ninth President of the United States, serving from 1921 until his death from a heart attack aged John Calvin Coolidge Jr (July 4 1872 January 5 1933 was the thirtieth President of the United States (1923–1929 Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10 1874 &ndash October 20 1964 was the thirty-first President of the United States (1929–1933 Alexandre Millerand (10 February 1859 - 7 April 1943 was a French socialist Politician. 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