1920s C.E.

Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin, launching the age of antiobiotics

The discovery of penicillin, one of the world’s first antibiotics, marks a true turning point in human history when doctors finally had a tool that could completely cure their patients of deadly infectious diseases.

The first-ever Winter Olympics begins in Chamonix, France

The original five Winter Olympic sports were bobsleigh, curling, ice hockey, Nordic skiing, and skating. The Winter Olympic Games have now been hosted on three continents by twelve countries.

James Joyce’s iconic modernist novel Ulysses published

It is considered one of the most important works of modernist literature and has been called “a demonstration and summation of the entire movement.”

1920s C.E.

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