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1920-1929

Versailles Treaty signed by Germans

United Press -- January 10, 1920

Suffragists begin work of merging with women voters

International News Service -- February 14, 1920

Rome and Paris honor memory of Joan of Arc in church celebrations

International News Service -- May 17, 1920

Francisco "Pancho" Villa surrenders to Mexican authorities

By R.H. TURNER, United Press Staff Correspondent -- August 10, 1920

Women's right to vote now official in United States

August 26, 1920

Harding elected president of the United States

United Press -- November 03, 1920

First meeting of assembly of League of Nations is open

United Press -- November 15, 1920

French troops march on Dusseldorf

United Press -- March 08, 1921

75 dead in Tulsa race war

United Press -- June 01, 1921

Department of Justice orders report on Tulsa riots

June 03, 1921

'Fatty' Arbuckle now in hands of S.F. police

United Press -- September 10, 1921

Fans crowd polo grounds for World Series Game 1

Jack Veiock, International News Service -- October 05, 1921

Solemn promise by Warren G. Harding

David M. Church, International News Service -- November 11, 1921

America's Unknown Solider laid to rest with fitting ceremony in Arlington Grave

United Press -- November 11, 1921

Big crowd sees 'Bluebeard' pay for his crimes

United Press -- February 25, 1922

Irish Free State leader Michael Collins killed

George McDonna -- August 23, 1922

More treasure is revealed at King Tut tomb

United Press -- January 04, 1923

20 blacks barricaded in surrounded house

January 05, 1923

Tut's mummy, cased with gold, revealed today, experts plan

United Press -- February 17, 1923

Fear many dead in Japanese fire, quake

United Press -- September 01, 1923

Christmas carols sung by hundreds at the White House

United Press -- December 25, 1923

Silent Russian crowds mourn Lenin

January 23, 1924

Snow melts and Olympic opening may be delayed

United Press -- January 25, 1924

Hitler given 5 years, Ludendorf is freed

United Press -- April 01, 1924

Millionaires' sons held for kidnapping and murder of lad

United Press -- May 30, 1924

Coolidge overwhelmingly defeats Davis for the presidency

Robert J. Bender -- November 05, 1924

Mitchell refuses to comment about 5-year suspension

William J. McEvoy -- December 18, 1925

Wife on Hand and Forgives Her Husband

By Cyril G. Morand, United Press Staff Correspondent -- February 02, 1926

Fans break plate glass to see Valentino

United Press -- August 24, 1926

Harry Houdini dies in Detroit

November 01, 1926

New York talks across the Atlantic to London on Trans-Ocean 'phone

United Press -- January 07, 1927

Lindbergh wins prize, first solo flight across Atlantic

May 21, 1927

Ford offers vague story on new car

United Press -- May 26, 1927

Sacco and Vanzetti -- A lost cause

United Press -- August 23, 1927

Tunney makes strong finish to gain decision over Dempsey

Henry L. Farrell -- September 23, 1927

Ruth sets new homer record

United Press -- September 30, 1927

Communists expel 76 for party opposition

International News Service -- November 12, 1927

Vehicle tunnel under Hudson River opened

United Press -- November 13, 1927

Ford's entry into field is dramatic one

United Press -- December 02, 1927

Grand Duchess Anastasia said to have been found

United Press -- February 06, 1928

Florida is digging itself out of ruins

United Press -- September 18, 1928

Vatican and Mussolini sign peace agreement

United Press -- February 11, 1929

Gangsters butchered in Chicago

February 14, 1929

Babe Ruth and former Ziegfeld Follies star married early today

United Press -- April 17, 1929

Awards made to film players

United Press -- May 17, 1929

Fog and darkness no longer terrors, Doolittle proves

United Press -- September 24, 1929

Billions lost before market sounds bottom

By ELMER C. WALZER -- October 31, 1929

Ford boosts employees' pay

United Press -- December 03, 1929

Events

Exploration: Earhart, Hindenburg

United Kingdom General Strike

Chinese Republic

Harding Dies, Coolidge President

Lindbergh Flight

Mexican Revolution

Rise of Mussolini

Postwar Germany

Russian Revolution

Women's Suffrage

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25 years ago: Misery, desperation in wake of Hurricane Andrew

25 years ago: Misery, desperation in wake of Hurricane Andrew

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How the draft has evolved in the 100 years since Selective Service Act

How the draft has evolved in the 100 years since Selective Service Act

One-hundred years ago, on May 18, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Selective Service Act, the nation's first conscription law since the Civil War.

15 years later: Remembering the events of 9/11

15 years later: Remembering the events of 9/11

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Containment still an issue 30 years after Chernobyl disaster

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First Aero Squadron: 100 years since first U.S. air combat mission

First Aero Squadron: 100 years since first U.S. air combat mission

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Challenger disaster: World reacts in sorrow

Challenger disaster: World reacts in sorrow

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Challenger disaster at 30: Did the tragedy change NASA for the better?

Challenger disaster at 30: Did the tragedy change NASA for the better?

No space flight fatalities were more dramatic than the seven that happened on Jan. 28, 1986, when the Space Shuttle Challenger broke up in mid-flight.

Yitzhak Rabin's legacy 20 years later: A pliable history

Yitzhak Rabin's legacy 20 years later: A pliable history

Yitzhak Rabin, prime minister of Israel and "warrior of peace," died by an assassin's bullet 20 years ago. His legacy, in which peace between Israelis and Palestinians was allegedly imminent and then lost, is a pliable one.

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