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1920s

Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century

Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s - 1920s - 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s

Years: 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

Events and Trends

Rise of communism after World War I
Youth culture of The Lost Generation; Flappers, Charleston, Bobbed Hair
Economic boom ended by "Black Thursday" - October 24, 1929 - the stock market crashes, leading to the Great Depression
Irish Civil War.
Southern Ireland gains independence from the United Kingdom in 1922.
First Labour Government of Ramsay MacDonald formed in the United Kingdom.
Prohibition -- legal attempt to end consumption of alcohol in the USA
Kellogg-Briand Pact to end war
"The Jazz Age" -- Jazz and jazz-influenced dance music widely popular
Rise of broadcast radio as an entertainment medium
Start of commercially viable "Talking Pictures" (motion pictures with sound tracks)
Beginning of surrealist movement
Beginning of the Art Deco movement

World Leaders

President Sun Yat-sen (Republic of China)
President Chiang Kai-shek (Republic of China)
President Paul von Hindenburg (Germany)
King Victor Emmanuel III (Italy)
Prime Minister Benito Mussolini (Italy)
President W.T. Cosgrave (Irish Free State)
Emperor Hirohito (Japan)
Pope Pius XI
Prime Minister James Craig (Northern Ireland)
Vladimir Lenin (Soviet Union)
Joseph Stalin (Soviet Union)
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)
President Woodrow Wilson (United States)
President Warren G. Harding (United States)
President Calvin Coolidge (United States)

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