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1 day ago · The 1918–1920 flu pandemic, also known as the Great Influenza epidemic or by the common misnomer Spanish flu, was an exceptionally deadly global influenza pandemic caused by the H1N1 influenza A virus. The earliest documented case was March 1918 in the state of Kansas in the United States, with further cases recorded in France, Germany and ...
4 days ago · The crash also had a profound impact on economic thinking and policy. The experience of the Great Depression led to a shift away from the laissez-faire economics that had dominated the 1920s, and towards a more interventionist approach that recognized the need for government action to address market failures and promote social welfare.
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5 days ago · At 12:01 PM on September 16, 1920, the bustling streets of New York‘s Financial District were rocked by a powerful explosion. The blast, which was heard throughout Lower Manhattan, shattered windows and sent shrapnel flying through the air. The carnage was horrific, with 38 people killed instantly and hundreds more wounded, some of whom would ...
5 days ago · Great Depression, worldwide economic downturn that began in 1929 and lasted until about 1939. It was the longest and most severe depression ever experienced by the industrialized Western world, sparking fundamental changes in economic institutions, macroeconomic policy, and economic theory.
In the 1920 and 1921 elections Sinn Féin was the most voted party at the level of the entirety of Ireland. How did it circumvent official repression? The British authorities declared Sinn Féin an illegal organization in November 1919, forcing it to go underground for the duration of the Anglo-Irish War.
2 days ago · In the academic year 1920-1921, female students could enroll at the University of Leuven, for the first time. That was quite a bit later than at the universities of Brussels and Ghent, among others, where women had been welcome since the early 1880s. The first female students at Leuven University numbered only a few dozen.
2 days ago · No topic better captures this sense of moral panic than Prohibition – the banning of recreational alcohol consumption that stretched from 1920 to 1933. ... The Tulsa Race Massacre in 1921 ...
