The Eighteenth Amendment, known as Prohibition, goes into effect, banning the sale and manufacture of all alcoholic beverages in the United States.

With every passing year, Prohibition is ignored more and more while the gangsters of organized crime become immensely wealthy from bootlegging illegal alcohol.

The value of stocks on the U.S. stock market begins a six-year upward climb.

"Amos 'n' Andy," a radio program, premieres and becomes the most popular radio show through the 1930s.

Republican Herbert Hoover is elected president of the United States. His policies would prove ineffective in fighting the Great Depression that struck in October 1929.

Known as "Black Thursday," a record-breaking crash on the New York Stock Exchange begins several weeks of market panics. Many investors lose vast sums of money when the value of stocks plummets. Approximately 12.8 million shares of stock are sold in...