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1920 Frankart copyrights
its C101 “Flame” candlestick. January 8, 1920 – Al Jolson records “Swanee”, written by George Gershwin
and lyrics by Irving Caesar, becoming Gershwin’s first hit and his best-selling song. January 16, 1920
– The League of Nations holds its first council meeting in Paris. January 17, 1920 - Prohibition starts as the
18th Amendment becomes effective March 19, 1920 – The Senate rejects ratification of the Treaty of Versailles
ending World War I or to authorize the United States to join the League of Nations.
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1920 March 27, 1920 – Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford are married. August 18, 1920 -
Women granted right to vote as the 19th amendment is ratified and added to the U.S. Constitution November 2, 1920 – The first radio
commercial broadcast occurs, with KDKA in Pittsburgh broadcasting the U.S. presidential election. November 2, 1920
– Warren G. Harding wins the presidential election in a landslide victory.
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1921 July 29, 1921 – Adolf Hitler becomes
the leader of the National Socialist (Nazi) Party.
August 2, 1921 – Enrico Caruso dies in Naples, Italy. He was 48. September 7, 1921 - First “Atlantic
City Pageant” (renamed in 1922 to “Miss America” pageant) was held in Atlantic City. October 21, 1921 – “The
Sheik” starring Rudolf Valentino premieres in Los Angeles.
November 14, 1921 – Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle’s first of three trials on
manslaughter begins. December 1921 – Albert Einstein is awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics.
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1922 January 1, 1922 – The Soviet Union is created following the Russian revolution and the overthrow of
the Russian Tsar April 3, 1922 – Joseph Stalin
becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, holding it until his death in 1953. July 11, 1922 – The Hollywood Bowl opens in Los Angeles.
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1922 October 1922 – The March on Rome
of the National Fascist Party leads to Benito Mussolini becoming the Prime Minister of Italy. November 4, 1922 - The steps to the Tomb of Tutankhamen
(King Tut) are discovered by Howard Carter’s excavation group. Frankart copyrights its T301 “renowned”
Frankart ashtray, B401 “Frog” bookends and B402 “baby”
bookends.
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