Social studies 1920's
Category: Other
Updated: 29 Nov 2018
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Created byJacob Kolevas
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Following the death
of Vladimir Lenin,
Joseph Stalin immediately
begins to purge his
rivals to clear the
way for his leadershipUniversity of Chicago
students Richard Loeb
and Nathan Leopold, Jr.
murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks,
in a thrill killing.In New York City the first
Macy's Thanksgiving Day
Parade is held.First Red Scare: 4,025
suspected communists
and anarchists are arrested
and held without trial
in the United States,
following raids in
several citiesMexican Revolution:
Álvaro Obregón announces
(in Chilpancingo)
that he intends to fight
against the rule of
Venustiano Carranza.The position of
Patriarch of the Serbs
is re-established as
the authority over
the Serbian Orthodox
Church, almost 156 years
to the day after
it was abolished by
the Ottoman Empire
in 1766.Vladimir Lenin suffers
his third stroke, which
renders him bedridden
and unable to speak;
consequently he retires from
his position as Chairman of the
Soviet government.Louis Armstrong makes
his first recording, "Chimes Blues",
with King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band.Roy and Walt Disney found
The Walt Disney CompanyThe Ottoman Empire is
abolished after 600 years,
and its last sultan, Mehmed VI,
abdicatesIn Moscow, eight priests,
two laymen, and one woman
are sentenced to death for
opposition to the Soviet
government's confiscation of
church property.The Supreme Court of the
United States rebuffs a
challenge to the Nineteenth
Amendment to the United States
Constitution, which gave women the
right to voteThe United States formally ends World War I.The Communist Party of China (CPC) is foundedThe Italian Communist
Party is founded in LivornoThe first religious radio
broadcast is heard over
station KDKA AM in Pittsburgh
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