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Popular Culture 1920

  • In the United States the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution which outlawed the production and consumption of alcohol more commonly known as Prohibition.

What Events Happened in 1920

  • In 1920 the war in Europe was over but politicians realised that many men who were coming home after the war would not have homes to go to and Britain was one of the countries that tried to address this by announcing it would build 1,000,000 homes for war veterans


  • Women were finally given the right to vote in the Presidential election of 1920


  • The Chinese Communist Party is formed


  • An earthquake measuring 8.5 magnitude on the Richter scale hits the heavily populated of Gansu province of China


  • The Russian Civil war Ends but famine begins and worsens the following year


  • Prohibition Comes Into Effect When the 18th Amendment is passed


  • Influenza (the flu) and pneumonia spread Worldwide killing many thousands


  • The League Of nations Comes into Being In Paris and the US Senate votes against Joining


  • Switzerland Joins League Of Nations


  • The U.S. Justice and Immigration Departments ( The Palmer Raids ) arrest 6,000 foreign aliens who were deported as suspected radical leftists.


  • The Hague becomes the seat of International Justice Court


  • World Population Is Estimated at 1,811,000,000


  • Small pox becomes a major problem worldwide


  • US Population Is Estimated at 107,823,000


  • New York Yankees Buy Babe Ruth


  • The US Postal Service Puts more Airmail Services Into Effect


  • Pancho Villa surrenders to the Mexican government


  • Tornadoes swept through the mid-western and southern portions of the United States , killing more than 200.


  • The Summer Olympics are held in Antwerp, Belgium


Technology

  • The Ford Model T was continuing to sell well in the US


  • Austin in the UK produced a Austin 20/4


  • Airlines are starting to appear around the world as the commercial implications are realised, the start of what is now QUANTAS in Australia, and KLM in Holland to name just 2


  • The first commercial radio station in the United States, 8MK (WWJ), begins operations in Detroit, Michigan. and the first radios start to appear for sale in shops in the US
History of Radio



Inventions Inventors and Country ( or attributed to First Use )
Sticky Plasters USA by Earle Dickson
Hair Dryer Germany

The Tea Bag Joseph Krieger

Parachute USA by Karl O.K. Osterday