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Great Gatsby
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First traffic light
Police officer William Potts from Detroit Michigan was the inventor of the traffic light. He used red, amber and green lights and thirty-seven dollars worth of wire to form this light, which was put on the corner of Woodward and Michigan Avenues in Detroit. -
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein lectures in New York about his theory of relativity. -
Miss America
The first Miss America contest was held on September 8, 1921. -
President Harding Dies
President Harding dies of an embolism after suffering ptomaine poisoning followed by pneumonia. Coolidge is sworn in on 3 August. -
Scopes Trial
Teacher John T. Scopes goes to trial in Dayton, TN, for teaching evolution over creationism in a public school. Just months before the Butler Act made it illegal to teach evolution in Tennessee schools. Scopes was found guilty as charged. -
First Television
Scottish inventor John Baird invents the first form of a television -
Liquid-fueled rocket
Although during his time the US did not recognize his achievement, Robert Goddard’s invention of the liquid-fueled rocket and methods of propulsion are still used by the North American Space Association today. His method of oxygen and liquid fuel propulsion only lifted the original rocket 184 ft -
First Talking Movie
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New Model T
The Ford Model A, the successor to the Model T, is produced under great secrecy. Production lines have been shut down and retooled to produce it. -
Stock Market Crashed