1920s Fun Facts

Cleveland was the fifth largest city (Cleveland was ranked 45th largest city in the 2010 census).
There were only 48 states.
On August 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified prohibiting any U.S. citizen from being denied the right to vote based on sex.
On March 4, 1921, Congress approved the burial of an unidentified American soldier from World War I in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.
Lila Bell and DeWitt Wallace begin publishing Reader’s Digest in 1922.
F. Scott Fitzgerald publishes The Great Gatsby in 1925.
A. A. Milne publishes his first collection of stories about the character Winnie-the-Pooh in 1926.
Charles Lindbergh lands “Spirit of St. Louis” in Paris on May 21, 1927, successfully completing the first trans-Atlantic flight.
Audiences see the first motion picture with sound The Jazz Singer in 1927.
Ford Motor Company celebrates as the 15 millionth Model T rolls of its Highland Park, MI, assembly line on May 26, 1927.
October 29, 1929, also known as Black Tuesday, ushered in the Great Depression with the Stock Market Crash.

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UCP Cleveland