1. 1920’s or Now? You decide!

2. 2012, Charles Fuqua  An Arkansas man running for the House of Representatives uses quotes from the Bible to proclaim a parent’s right to kill a rebellious child.

3. 1921  The House of Lords in England rejects a plan to criminalize lesbian relationships.

4. 1923  Cannabis outlawed in Canada

5. 2013, Saudi Arabia  Relatives celebrated the marriage of a 70-year-old man to his 15-year-old bride after her parents sold her to him.

6. 1922-3, Teapot Dome Scandal  High ranking officials in the U.S. government are accused of accepting bribes from oil companies.

7. 2013, Westboro Baptist Church  Conservative religious group pickets at the funerals of fallen soldiers and young children, claiming these deaths are the wrath of God as punishment for homosexual sins in our country.

8. 1924, Leopold and Loeb  Two wealthy Chicago teenagers convicted in murder of 14-year-old neighbor. The boys, ages 18 and 19, were lovers with above average IQs who were attempting to commit the perfect crime “just for fun.”

9. 1929, St. Valentine’s Day Massacre  Seven young men who are known gang members are gunned down in cold blood on Valentine’s Day in a Chicago auto repair shop.

10. 2012  A black couple is forbidden to marry in the church they attend in Mississippi just because they are black.

11. 2013, Ohio & Texas  Teachers are offered free classes in gun training.

12. 1921 (currently 7.8%)  Unemployment rates reach a high of 11.7% during an economic depression.

13. 2012  New species of night monkey discovered in Peru.

14. 1921“Fatty” Arbuckle  After a raging three-day Hollywood party, a young actress dies. It is revealed later that she had been raped by a popular comedian at the party and his weight had crushed her lungs.

15. 2012, Rep. Todd Akin  A Congressman claims women cannot get pregnant when raped.

16. 2012  Bubonic plague found in Riverside, California.

17. 2012  A white man in Savannah, Georgia, was severely beaten by black men for being seen in the company of a black woman.