Thornton Wilder 1929: All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque Architecture Walter Gropius builds the Bauhaus in Dessau Le Corbusier published the book Toward an Architecture serving as the manifesto for a generation of architects. Sports highlights 1920 January 24: Grand Prix de Paris switches its name to Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (horse race) February 13: Negro National League created (baseball) April: Babe Ruth began playing for the New York Yankees April–September: Summer Olympics held in Antwerp. August 17: Ray Chapman from the Cleveland Indians is killed by Carl Mays' pitch (baseball) August 20: National Football League founded Kenesaw Mountain Landis is named the first Commissioner of Baseball. 1921 March 26: Schooner Bluenose launched 1923 May 26: the 24 hours of Le Mans conducts their first sports car race October: The New York Yankees win the 1923 World Series, the first title for the team. 1924 January–February: First Winter Olympic Games takes place in Chamonix France. May–July: Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. July 10–13: Paavo Nurmi wins five gold medals in Summer Olympics (track and field) 1925 May 28: French Open invites non-French tennis athletes for the first time Germany and Belgium in first handball international tournament. 1926 August 6: Gertrude Ederle swims English Channel and is first woman to do so. September 23: Gene Tunney wins Jack Dempsey's world heavyweight boxing title. 1927 May 23: Warwickshire end Yorkshire's 71-match unbeaten sequence in the County Championship – the longest unbeaten sequence in that competition. June 3: First Ryder Cup golf tournaments are held in Massachusetts 1928 February: Winter Olympics held in St. Moritz Switzerland. May–August: Women's Olympics takes place for first time, in 1928 Summer Olympics held in Amsterdam. William Ralph "Dixie" Dean wins the Football League, scores 60 goals in 39 matches for Everton F.C. (English Football) 1929 The English team led by Wally Hammond defeats Australia in The Ashes series (Test Cricket) Miscellaneous trends Youth culture of The Lost Generation; flappers, the Charleston, and the bob cut haircut. Fads such as marathon dancing, mah-jong, crossword puzzles and pole-sitting are popular. The height of the clip joint. The Harlem Renaissance centered in a thriving African American community of Harlem, New York City. Since the 1920s scholars have methodically dug into the layers of history that lie buried at thousands of sites across China. The tomb of Tutankhamun is discovered intact by Howard Carter (1922).