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Sacco and Vanzetti arrested for armed robbery and murder
They were charged with murder and robbery at the Slater and Morill Shoe factory. They wereshot to death and robbed 15,000$ in cash. -
KDKA goes on the air from Pittsburgh
This was the world's first commerical licensed station. They chose this day because it was the same day as the election. -
1st Miss American Pageant
This was the first ever miss pageant in America, there were seven different people representing 7 different cities. Margaret Gorman from Washington D.C. won the competetion. -
1st Winter Olympics Held
The first Winter Olympics was in Chamonix, France, it was also called International Winter Sports Week before the name now. There were 250 athletes representing 26 different countries. -
The Great Gatsby published by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby was a novel telling the story of Jay gatsby, which was a self made millionaire and the pursuit of a young wealthy woman he fell in love with. -
Scopes Monkey Trial
The Scopes Trial, which was the state Tennessee vs John scopes, this was because of a clash between traditional and modern values of the 1920's. -
Charles Lindberg completes solo flight across the Atlantic
He was the first solo pilot that took the Spirit of St.Louis which was plane and drove across the Atlantic without stopping or anything. -
The Jazz Singer debuts
This was the first commerically successful full-lentgh feature film with sound. It uses Warner Brothers vitaphone sound. -
St. Valentine's Day Massacre
This was the murder of seven members associated with gangs from Chicago's Northside Gang on Saint Valentine's day. -
Black Tuesday (Stock Market Crash)
This was the Wall street crash of 1929, which was also the Great Crash. It was the stock market crash this happened because of credit card lones going on stock.