The era of
Subscribe1920s
75 recaps across 10 years of the decade. Reconstructed from contemporary coverage, archives, and the public record.
1920Women's Suffrage in the United States
The ratification of the 19th Amendment granted women the right to vote, completing a multi-decade struggle for political equality.
1920Radio Broadcasting Begins
KDKA's first commercial radio broadcast established mass wireless communication as a transformative medium for news, entertainment, and culture.
1920Woman Suffrage Granted in U.S.
The ratification of the 19th Amendment granted American women the right to vote, concluding a 70-year suffrage campaign and doubling the eligible electorate overnight.
1920Founding of the League of Nations
The League of Nations held its first Assembly in Geneva, establishing the first major international collective-security organization and precedent for global governance.
1920Assembly of the League of Nations
The League's inaugural assembly in Geneva represented the first systematic attempt to institutionalize collective security and international governance post-WWI.
1920Mexican Revolution's Institutional Phase
The Sonora faction consolidated power after a decade of civil war, establishing the institutional revolutionary state that would dominate Mexico for decades.
1920American Women's Suffrage Ratified
The 19th Amendment's ratification on August 18, 1920 enfranchised 26 million American women overnight, doubling the electorate.
19201920 US Presidential Election
The first presidential election where women voted nationwide delivered Warren G. Harding to office and marked a pivotal expansion of democratic participation.
1920Roaring Twenties Jazz Age Crystallizes
The post-WWI cultural explosion in American cities—jazz, cinema, modernist art—defined a generation and marked the emergence of mass consumer culture.
19201920 Summer Olympics: Antwerp
The first post-WWI Olympics restored international competition and introduced the Olympic flag to global consciousness.
1920Indian National Congress Session
Gandhi's Non-Cooperation Resolution at Nagpur's Congress session catalyzed the mass independence movement, marking the inflection point toward British withdrawal.
1920Yellow River Great Flood
Legendary catastrophic inundation in early Chinese history possibly corresponding to actual Holocene megaflood, shaping dynastic foundations and flood mythology.
1920Treaty of Trianon Signed
The treaty dismantled the Austro-Hungarian Empire's Hungarian territories, redrawing Central Europe and generating grievances that destabilized the interwar era.
1920Turkish Grand National Assembly
Mustafa Atatürk convened a nationalist parliament in Ankara, establishing the legal foundation for the Turkish Republic and rejecting Ottoman succession.
1920League of Nations Established
1921Discovery of Insulin
Banting and Best's breakthrough in isolating insulin transformed diabetes from a death sentence into a manageable chronic condition.
1921Chinese Communist Party Founded
The CCP's inaugural congress in Shanghai launched the movement that would transform China into a global superpower and reshape twentieth-century history.
1921Sacco & Vanzetti Trial & Execution
The controversial execution of two Italian anarchists on disputed evidence became a symbol of American xenophobia and judicial injustice.
1921Teapot Dome Scandal Emerges
Interior Secretary Albert Fall's secret oil lease agreements sparked the worst executive corruption scandal until Watergate, defining an era of Progressive Era accountability.
1921Tulsa Race Massacre
1922Fascist March on Rome
Mussolini's paramilitary show of force pressured the King to appoint him PM, establishing fascism's first state model.
1922Discovery of Tutankhamun's Tomb
Howard Carter's excavation revealed the best-preserved pharaonic burial and captivated global archaeology.
1922Ottoman Sultanate Abolished
The abolition of the Ottoman Sultanate in 1922 ended six centuries of dynastic rule and formally completed the empire's transformation into a secular nation-state.
1922First Women's Olympic Games
The Fémina Games in Paris was the first international athletic competition dedicated to women, challenging male-dominated Olympic structures and advancing gender equality in sport.
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