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Sacco and Vanzetti arrested for armed robbery and murder
They were charged with committing robbery and murder at the Slater and Morrill shoe factory in South Braintree. On the afternoon of April 15, 1920, payroll clerk Frederick Parmenter and security guard Alessandro Berardelli were shot to death and robbed of over $15,000 in cash. There Punishment was electrocuted at Charlestown State Prison on August 23, 1927. Sacco and Vanzetti were convicted in a trial that was marred by prejudice against Italians, immigrants, and radical beliefs. -
KDKA goes on the air from Pittsburgh
It was the first commercial radio station was KDKA in Pittsburgh, which went on the air in the evening of Nov. 2, 1920, with a broadcast of the returns of the Harding-Cox presidential election. The success of the KDKA broadcast and of the musical programs that were initiated thereafter motivated others to install. It was just the final results in the election. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
Secretary of the Interior Albert Bacon Fall 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. The leases were the subject of an investigation by Senator Thomas J. Walsh. It was a illegal leasing of navy oil reserves to private companies without competitive bidding. It was owned by President John Adams and he had died from a heart attack and a lot of secrets and drama came out. -
1st Miss American Pageant
Margaret Gorman, Miss District of Columbia, was declared "The Most Beautiful Bathing Girl in America" in 1921 at the age of 16 and was recognized as the first "Miss America" when she returned to compete the next year. The Golden Mermaid trophy. She was expected to defend her positions the next year, but someone else had attained the title of "Miss Washington, D.C.," so she was instead crowned as "Miss America." She is the only Miss America to receive her crown at the end of the year. -
1st Winter Olympics Held
The first Winter Games were held in Chamonix (France), in 1924. Initially called the “International Winter Sports Week”, this event was renamed the “1st Olympic Winter Games” only in 1926 at the IOC Session in Lisbon. The decision to create a separate Winter Games cycle was taken at the 1925 IOC Session in Prague. the Olympics were created in honor of ancient Greece's most famous god: Zeus, king of the gods. -
The Great Gatsby published by F. Scott Fitzgerald
It tells the story of Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire, and his pursuit of Daisy Buchanan, a wealthy young woman whom he loved in his youth. As they book pursues to tell a main message of the American Dream is illusory. -
Scopes Monkey Trial
The Scopes “monkey trial” was the moniker journalist H. L. Mencken applied to the 1925 prosecution of a criminal action brought by the state of Tennessee against high school teacher John T. Scopes for violating the state's Butler Act, which prohibited the teaching of evolution in public schools. -
The Jazz Singer debuts (1st movie with sound)
The movie uses Warner Brothers' Vitaphone sound-on-disc technology to reproduce the musical score and sporadic episodes of synchronized speech. its about a young singer who is torn between tradition and pursuing his dreams as a pop singer. -
Charles Lindbergh completes solo flight across the Atlantic
After traveling more than 3,600 miles in 33.5 hours, Lindbergh landed safely in Paris. A crowd of 100,000 swarmed around the plane, hoisting the pilot on their shoulders and cheering his achievement. The papers called him the "Lone Eagle" and "Lucky Lindy." Charles Lindbergh was a famous aviator. He called his airplane the Spirit of St. Louis, and his courageous feat helped make Missouri a leader in the developing world of aviation. -
St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Based on true events, this crime drama follows the events leading up to the infamous shootout between rival gangs led by Al Capone (Jason Robards) and George "Bugs" Moran (Ralph Meeker). To claim his status as the most powerful mobster in Chicago during the Prohibition era, Capone orders his men to disguise themselves as police officers and murder important members of Moran's organization, resulting in one of the bloodiest battles in mob history. Seven men were murdered at the garage. -
Black Tuesday (Stock Market Crash)
On Black Tuesday more than 16 million shares were traded. the United States stock market crashed in an event known as Black Tuesday. This began a chain of events that led to the Great Depression, a 10-year economic slump that affected all industrialized countries in the world. The collapse of the stock market were international economic woes, poor income distribution, and the psychology of public confidence.