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1st Winter Olympics Held
Norway finished at the top of the medal table with a total of six gold medals, four silver, and five bronze, totalling 15 medals. The United States finished second in the table with six medals overall. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
It centered on Interior Secretary Albert Bacon Fall, who had leased Navy petroleum reserves at Teapot Dome in Wyoming, as well as two locations in California, to private oil companies at low rates without competitive bidding. -
Sacco and Vanzetti arrested for armed robbery and murder
Sacco and Vanzetti were charged with committing robbery and murder at the Slater and Morrill shoe factory in South Braintree. -
KDKA goes on the air from Pittsburgh
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1st Miss American Pageant
Atlantic City was home to the first Miss America Pageant in 1921 which included representatives from 7 cities and Atlantic City -
Scopes Monkey Trial
Eventually Scopes worked as an oil expert for the United Production Corporation, later known as the United Gas Corporation. -
The Great Gatsby published by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald expressed enthusiasm for the title Under the Red, White, and Blue, but it was too late to change it at that stage. -
The Jazz Singer debuts (1st movie with sound)
The Jazz Singer is a 1927 American part-talkie musical drama film directed by Alan Crosland and produced by Warner Bros. Pictures. -
Charles Lindberg completes solo flight across the Atlantic
So Lindbergh explained that in his airplane his chair was made of wicker and there was a hole in it. And there was a funnel below that hole -
St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Valentine of Rome, a priest in Rome during the reign of Emperor Claudius II (around 270 CE). He is said to have been arrested for secretly marrying Christian couples and aiding Christians persecuted under Roman law. -
Black Tuesday (Stock Market Crash)
Economic downturns hurt the optimistic bullish investors but reward the pessimistic bearish investors. -
1st Miss American Pageant
Atlantic City was home to the first Miss America Pageant in 1921 which included representatives from 7 cities and Atlantic City. Sixteen year-old Margaret Gorman from Washington, DC (at far left in white hat) won the first competition.