What is 1920s?
{{decadebox|192}} The '''1920s''' was the decade that began on January 1, 1920 and ended on December 31, 1929. It is distinct from the decade known as the <nowiki>'''193st decade'''</nowiki> which began on January 1, 1921 and ended on December 31, 1930. This decade was known as the [[Roaring Twenties]] or the Jazz Age. == The most important events == * [[1920]] – [[Prohibition]] began in the [[United States]]. Criminal activity associated with alcohol. * [[1922]] – The [[Soviet Union]] was founded as a [[dictatorship]]. * [[1922]] – [[Howard Carter]] discovered the tomb of the [[Egypt]]ian King [[Tutankhamun]]. * [[1922]] – [[Republic of Ireland|Southern Ireland]] gained independence from the [[United Kingdom]]. * [[1929]] – [[Black Tuesday]], which lead to the [[Great Depression]]. **Role of the depression in stimulating the career of [[Adolf Hitler]] in Germany == Important people == === World leaders === * Prime Minister [[Stanley Bruce]] ([[Australia]]) * Prime Minister [[William Lyon Mackenzie King]] ([[Canada]]) * President [[Sun Yat-sen]] ([[Republic of China]]) * President [[Chiang Kai-shek]] ([[Republic of China]]) * President [[Friedrich Ebert]] ([[Germany]]) * President [[Paul von Hindenburg]] ([[Germany]]), later replaced by Adolf Hitler. * [[Ahmad Shah Qajar]] of [[Qajar dynasty]] ([[Persia]]/[[Iran]]) * [[Reza Shah Pahlavi]] of [[Pahlavi Dynasty]] ([[Iran]]) * King [[Victor Emmanuel III of Italy|Victor Emmanuel III]] ([[Italy]]) * Prime Minister [[Benito Mussolini]] ([[Italy]]) * President [[W.T. Cosgrave]] ([[Irish Free State]]) * President [[Mustafa Kemal Atatürk]]) ([[Turkey]]) * Emperor [[Hirohito]] ([[Japan]]) * [[Pope Pius XI]] * [[Józef Piłsudski]] ([[Poland]]) * [[Vladimir Lenin]] ([[Soviet Union]]) * [[Joseph Stalin]] ([[Soviet Union]]) * King [[Alfonso XIII]] ([[Spain]]) * King [[George V of the United Kingdom|George V]] ([[United Kingdom]]) * Prime Minister [[David Lloyd George]] ([[United Kingdom]]) * Prime Minister [[Andrew Bonar Law]] ([[United Kingdom]]) * Prime Minister [[Stanle