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
- 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
- "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
- Stanley Baldwin
- Calvin Coolidge
- Mahatma Gandhi
- King George V
- Warren G. Harding
- Herbert Hoover
- Vladimir Lenin
- Ramsay MacDonald
- Benito Mussolini
Entertainers