Boston in the Interwar Period
The atlas holds 14 people and 20 moments here, from 1919 to 1939. The most recorded lives are Amelia Earhart, John F. Kennedy and Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Notable people
Amelia Earhart
from 1924 to 1928
4 moments here
American aviator and author. Earhart was born in Atchison, Kansas, became a leading aviation pioneer, crossed the Atlantic as a passenger in 1928,…
Bhumibol Adulyadej
in 1927
1 moment here
Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) was King of Thailand from 1946 to 2016. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he grew up partly in Thailand and Switzerland,…
Calvin Coolidge
in 1919
1 moment here
John Calvin Coolidge Jr. (1872–1933) was an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as governor of Massachusetts, vice president of the…
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
from 1920 to 1932
2 moments here
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as New York state senator, assistant secretary of the Navy,…
George H. W. Bush
in 1924
1 moment here
George Herbert Walker Bush was an American naval aviator, oil executive, congressman, diplomat, director of central intelligence, vice president, and…
Igor Stravinsky
in 1939
1 moment here
Russian-born composer, conductor, and pianist who became a French citizen in 1934 and an American citizen in 1945.…
I. M. Pei
in 1935
1 moment here
Ieoh Ming Pei was a Chinese-American architect whose work ranged from U.S. civic and cultural buildings to major projects in China, France, and the…
John F. Kennedy
from 1920 to 1936
2 moments here
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American naval officer, journalist, congressman, senator, and the 35th president of the United States.…
Max Theiler
in 1922
1 moment here
South African-American virologist and physician whose work at Harvard, the Rockefeller Foundation, and Yale contributed to the development of the 17D…
Paramahansa Yogananda
in 1920
2 moments here
Indian and American Hindu monk, yogi, teacher, and founder of Self-Realization Fellowship and Yogoda Satsanga Society of India.…
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
in 1926
1 moment here
Indian philosopher, academic, diplomat, and statesman. Radhakrishnan taught at leading Indian and British universities, served as vice-chancellor of…
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
in 1935
1 moment here
Indian-American astrophysicist whose work established the Chandrasekhar limit and ranged across stellar structure, stellar dynamics, radiative…
T. S. Eliot
in 1932
1 moment here
Thomas Stearns Eliot was a St. Louis-born poet, critic, editor, and playwright who studied in Massachusetts, Paris, Germany, and Oxford before making…
Warren G. Harding
in 1920
1 moment here
Warren G. Harding was the 29th president of the United States, serving from 1921 until his death in 1923.…
Moments
- 1919 Boston Police Strike inspection Calvin Coolidge
- 1920 Moved to Naples Road John F. Kennedy
- 1920 Boston residence and teaching Paramahansa Yogananda
- 1920 Normalcy speech to the Home Market Club Warren G. Harding
- 1920 Campaigns in Boston Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1920 Congress address in Boston Paramahansa Yogananda
- 1922 Harvard tropical-medicine appointment Max Theiler
- 1924 Boston arrival after western road trip Amelia Earhart
- 1924 Birth in Milton George H. W. Bush
- 1925 Residence and social work in Medford Amelia Earhart
- 1926 International Congress of Philosophy Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
- 1927 Official flight from Dennison Airport Amelia Earhart
- 1927 Birth at Cambridge Hospital Bhumibol Adulyadej
- 1928 Friendship departure from East Boston Amelia Earhart
- 1932 Charles Eliot Norton professorship T. S. Eliot
- 1932 Campaign address in Boston Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1935 MIT studies begin I. M. Pei
- 1935 Harvard Observatory visit Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
- 1936 Entered Harvard College John F. Kennedy
- 1939 Harvard Norton Lectures Igor Stravinsky