1920s
An illustrated homage to The Roaring Twenties.
Construction on the Chrysler Building in New York begins.
Tutankhamun's tomb is discovered.
The Jazz Age is in full swing.
Motion pictures begin to gain hold on the public imagination, with offerings by Charlie Chaplin, Walt Disney, and the German Expressionist films of Fritz Lang. The Jazz Singer is the first film released with sound, opening up a world of possibility. Hollywood is established with the famous sign and the first Academy Awards are held in 1929.
The New York-based Doughnut Machine Corporation set its eyes upon foreign markets.
The popular Charleston dance swept the United States.
The Lost Generation was the name given to American writers, poets, and artists living in Europe.
Magritte paints The Treachery of Images.
Vladimir Lenin dies, Leon Trotsky is exiled from The Soviet Union to Turkey that is founded in 1923.
Charles A. Lindbergh completed the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight in history, flying his Spirit of St. Louis from Long Island, New York, to Paris, France.
Babe Ruth continued to break records as he played baseball for the Yankees.
Defining literature from the decade included Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and Kafka's The Trial.
The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre resulted from the struggle between the Irish North Siders and their Italian South Side rivals, led by Al Capone, to control organized crime in Chicago during Prohibition.
The League of Nations is established.
With automobiles such as the Ford Model-A on the rise, traffic lights begin to be installed in major cities.
Penicillin was discovered in 1928 by Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming.
The Wall Street Crash of 1929 signalled the beginning of the Great Depression.
The Ku Klux Klan flourished throughout America with it's mission to maintain white supremacy.
Mondrian paints Tableau I in 1921, creating the style that would define him.
The Suffragette movement succeeded in getting women the right to vote.
