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Tennessee school teacher John T. Scopes’
trial for teaching Darwin’s Theory of
Evolution begins July 1925.
A. A. Milne
publishes his
first collection
of stories about
the character
Winnie-the-Pooh
in 1926.
Audiences see the first motion picture with
sound ‘The Jazz Singer’ in 1927.
Charles Lindbergh lands “Spirit of
St. Louis” in Paris on May 21, 1927,
successfully completing the first
trans-Atlantic flight.
On Aug. 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 gender.
KDKA in Pittsburg,
PA, becomes the first
radio station to offer
regular broadcasts on
Nov. 2, 1920
Lisa Bell and DeWitt
Wallace began
publishing Reader’s
Digest in 1922.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
publishes ‘The
Great Gatsby’ in
1925.
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.
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Ford Motor Company celebrates as
the 15 millionth Model T rolls off its
Highland Park, MI, assembly line on
May 26, 1927.
3M employee Richard Drew invents
Scotch Brand Cellulose Tape in 1930.
Today, it is widely known simply as
“Scotch Tape.”
CULLMAN COUNTY SENIOR MAGAZINE