1920s
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Centuries: | 19th century - 20th century - 21st century |
Decades: | 1890s 1900s 1910s - 1920s - 1930s 1940s 1950s |
Years: | 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 |
[edit] The most important events
- Golden Twenty
- 1920 - Prohibition begins in the United States.
- 1922 - Howard Carter discovers the tomb of the egyptian King Tutenchamun.
- 1922 - Southern Ireland gains independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1929 - The Black Friday
[edit] Important people
- Charlie Chaplin (entertainer)
- Albert Einstein (German physicist)
- Paul von Hindenburg (president of Germany)
- King George V (King of the United Kingdom)
- Vladimir Lenin (leader of the USSR)
- Pope Pius XI (Pope in the 1920s)
- Joseph Stalin (leader of the USSR)
- King Victor Emmanuel III (king of Italy)