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The first year of Roaring Twenties in the U.S. brought votes for women and an official start to the nationwide ban on alcohol. The League of Nations met for the first time in Geneva, and the Mexican Revolution ended after 10 years. The Band-Aid debuted, the first commercial radio broadcast hit the airwaves, transmitting the Harding-Cox presidential race results, and Jazz Age author F. Scott Fitzgerald published his first novel, “This Side of Paradise.”

Jan

10

1920s

League of Nations instituted

On January 10, 1920, the League of Nations formally comes into being when the Covenant of the League of Nations, ratified by 42 nations in 1919, takes effect.

The League of Nations

The first informal meeting of the League of Nations in Geneva. (Credit: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

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Mar

26

Arts & Entertainment

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s first novel published

This Side of Paradise is published, immediately launching 23-year-old F. Scott Fitzgerald to fame and fortune.

F.Scott Fitzgerald Writing at Desk

ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940), American writer. Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, and was an officer in World War I. He was also a scriptwriter in Hollywood, and famed as a chronicler of the Jazz Age. His Books included "This Side of Paradise," "The Great Gatsby," "Tender is the Night," and "All the Sad Yound Men." He is shown here seated at a desk, writing with a pen. Undated photograph.

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