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The 1920s (pronounced "nineteen-twenties" often shortened to the "' 20s" or the "Twenties") was a decade that began on January 1, 1920, and ended on December 31, 1929. . Primarily known for the economic boom that occurred in the Western World following the end of World War I (1914–1918), the decade is frequently referred to as the "Roaring Twenties" or the "Jazz Age" in America and Western ...
June 15 – 1920 Duluth lynchings: Three African Americans are sprung from jail and lynched by a white mob in Duluth, Minnesota. June 21 – The 4.9 M L Inglewood earthquake shakes the Los Angeles Area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII ( Severe ), causing more than $100,000 in damage.
The 1920s (pronounced "nineteen-twenties" often shortened to the "' 20s" or the "Twenties") was a decade that began on January 1, 1920, and ended on December 31, 1929. . Primarily known for the economic boom that occurred in the Western World following the end of World War I (1914–1918), the decade is frequently referred to as the "Roaring Twenties" or the "Jazz Age" in America and Western ...
1917–1920 – First Red Scare, marked by a widespread fear of Bolshevism and anarchism; 1918 – President Wilson's Fourteen Points, which assures citizens that the Great War was being fought for a moral cause and postwar peace in Europe; 1918 – Republicans win back Congress in the Midterm elections. 1918 – Armistice agreement ends World ...
In the 1920s, you could buy a pair of pajamas for $1.00, and a woman’s skirt for just a little bit more – between $1.20 and $1.75. You could have two men’s suits pressed for $1.00.
1920s in the United States by state or territory (61 C) 1920s disestablishments in the United States (60 C, 2 P) 1920s establishments in the United States (64 C, 9 P)
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March 11: Beginning of the Spanish flu pandemic, which lasts until April 1920 and kills tens of millions. March – July: The German spring offensive. March 25: Belarus declares independence from Russia. March 30: The Armenian–Azerbaijani War begins. May 28: Azerbaijan Democratic Republic declared.