Year of record

1920

8 verified events recorded in 1920.

8 events From Jan 1, 1920 To Aug 23, 1920 Open in filter view →
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DateEventLanesStatus
1920-08-23Sacco and Vanzetti Arrested in Red Scare Climate of Anti-Immigrant Hysteria
Nicola Sacco · Bartolomeo Vanzetti · Frederick Katzmann · Webster Thayer · +1
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1920-08-18Tennessee Becomes 36th State to Ratify 19th Amendment as Women Win Right to Vote
Harry T. Burn · Febb E. Burn · Tennessee General Assembly · Carrie Chapman Catt · +1
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1920-06-05Jones Act Establishes Shipping Protectionism Still Harming Consumers Today
Wesley Jones · U.S. Congress · American Shipping Industry · Woodrow Wilson
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1920-06-01Farm Crisis Begins as Agricultural Prices Collapse While Debt Remains
Andrew Mellon · Federal Reserve · Farm Bureau · U.S. Congress
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1920-05-28'Report Upon the Illegal Practices of the United States Department of Justice' Repudiates Palmer Raids
Felix Frankfurter · Roscoe Pound · Zechariah Chafee · National Popular Government League · +2
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1920-03-01Supreme Court Dismisses U.S. Steel Antitrust Case, Ruling Size Alone Not Illegal - Enforcement Ends Until 1945
U.S. Supreme Court · Justice Joseph McKenna · Justice Day · U.S. Steel Corporation · +1
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1920-01-02Palmer Raids Escalate with Coordinated Mass Arrests Across 33 Cities
Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer · J. Edgar Hoover · Department of Justice · Acting Secretary of Labor Louis Post
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1920-01-01Hearst Newspaper Empire Reaches 28 Papers Controlling One in Four American Readers Through Yellow Journalism Tactics
William Randolph Hearst · Hearst Communications
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