Roaring Twenties - Definition and Overview

Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century
Decades: 1890s 1900s 1910s - 1920s - 1930s 1940s 1950s
Years: 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

Referred to as the Roaring 20's.

Contents

1 Events and trends

Events and trends

John Logie Baird invents the first working television system. (1925)
Charles Lindbergh becomes the first person to fly solo non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean (20 May-21 May 1927)
Penicillin is discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming. (1928)

Youth culture of The Lost Generation; flappers, Charleston, bobbed hair
Prohibition — legal attempt to end consumption of alcohol in the USA
"The Jazz Age" — Jazz and jazz-influenced dance music widely popular
Rise of broadcast radio as an entertainment medium
Start of commercially viable "Talking Pictures" (motion pictures with sound tracks)
Beginning of surrealist movement
Beginning of the Art Deco movement
Fads such as dance marathons, mah-jongg, crossword puzzles and pole-sitting are popular

Example Usage of Twenties
	gafroninja: Average looking male, in his early to mid Twenties blaring the girliest music I've heard... Honestly 12 year old girls' music...
	CHA_BELLA: Sadness moment. People tell me that my man and I act like an old married couple. We are both in our early Twenties.
	juliancain: @CFHeather I was in high school. Worked with them in my Twenties. Too bad they never made it. "I made enough to buy a house." - Kamal Malak

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