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Only US, UK Events 1910-1929

Based on these clues, guess these things that happened each year in the United States or the United Kingdom.
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1929
Publication of Virginia Woolf's feminist essay: "A ___ of One's Own"
Room
1928
Alexander Fleming discovers this group of antibiotics
Penicillin
1927
What does "The Jazz Singer" introduce to film?
Sound
1926
Rudolph Valentino's death at 31 causes mass hysteria. What was his profession?
Actor
1925
After a "Monkey Trial", Tennessee biology teacher is fined for teaching this concept
Evolutionary Theory
1924
This swimmer, of ensuing "Tarzan" fame, wins three gold medals at the Olympic Games
Johnny Weissmuller
1923
This popular US president dies, before his legacy is forever tarnished by several scandals
Warren G. Harding
1922
F. Scott Fitzgerald publishes this story about a man who is born old, and dies as a baby.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
1921
The United Kingdom creates this province
Northern Ireland
1920
The League of Nations establishes a British mandate in this contested Middle Eastern region
Palestine
1919
A match fixing scandal involving this team shocks the Major League Baseball
Chicago White Sox
1918
Some members of this group of people are first allowed to vote in the UK
Women
1917
Following the revelation of the Zimmerman Note, the United States declares war on this country
Germany
1916
The UK and France sign this treaty, which will draw borders in the Middle East
Sykes-Picot Agreement
1915
D.W. Griffith releases this technically groundbreaking but deeply racist epic film
The Birth of a Nation
1914
Charlie Chaplin introduces this character to the world of film
The Tramp
1913
This Californian desert place registers the highest temperature ever recorded on Earth
Death Valley
1912
The United States acquires two new states. Name either one.
New Mexico, Arizona
1911
The US Supreme Court dissolves this giant corporation, led by John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil
1910
W.D. Boyce founds this youth organization
Boy Scouts of America
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