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Sacco and Vanzetti arrested for armed robbery and murder
Were convicted of murdering a guard and a paymaster during the armed robbery of the Slater and Morrill Shoe Company. -
KDKA goes on the air from Pittsburg
Created by the Westinghouse Electric Corporation on November 2, 1920, it is the world's first commercial radio station -
1st Miss America Pageant
In the summer of 1921, while getting ready to enter the Junior Class of Western High School, Margaret Gorman's picture was one of approximately one thousand photos entered into a popularity contest held by the Washington Herald. Six remaining finalists were escorted around the city throughout the summer and Margaret Gorman was chosen as the first "Miss Washington, D. C. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
The Teapot Dome scandal was a bribery incident that took place in the United States from 1921 to 1922, during the administration of President Warren G. Harding. -
Charles Lindberg completes solo flight across the Atlantic
The "Lone Eagle" first flew solo in early May, 1923 from Souther Field. -
1st Winter Olympics
Hosted in Chamonix, France. Held every flur years since the first time. -
Scopes Monkey Trial
American legal case in 1925 in which a substitute high school teacher, John Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which made it unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school -
The Great Gatsby published by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald that follows a cast of characters living in the fictional town of West Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922 -
The Jazz Singer debuts (1st movie with sound)
This is the first movie to ever have sound. -
St. Valentines Day Masacre
1929 murder of six mob associates and a mechanic of the North Side Irish gang led by Bugs Moran during the Prohibition Era. -
Black Tuesday (Stock Market Crash)
Black Tuesday, the Great Crash, or the Stock Market Crash of 1929,
