1920's timeline

By Connor McDill
  • Sacco and Vanzetti were charged with committing robbery and murder at the Slater and Morrill shoe factory in South Braintree.

    Sacco and Vanzetti were charged with committing robbery and murder at the Slater and Morrill shoe factory in South Braintree.

    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

    KDKA goes on the air from Pittsburgh

    first commercial radio station goes on air
  • 1st Miss American Pageant

    1st Miss American Pageant

    the first time the Miss America pageant took place it was designed to attract tourists to extend their Labor Day stay.
  • Scopes Monkey Trial

    Scopes Monkey Trial

    The Scopes trial, formally The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes, and commonly referred to as the Scopes Monkey Trial.
  • 1st Winter Olympics Held

    1st Winter Olympics Held

    the first Olympics were held in Chamonix, France.

  • The Jazz Singer debuts (1st movie with sound)

    The Jazz Singer, American musical film, released in 1927, that was the first feature-length movie with synchronized dialogue. It marked the ascendancy of “talkies” and the end of the silent-film era.
  • The Great Gatsby published by F. Scott Fitzgerald

    The Great Gatsby published by F. Scott Fitzgerald

    a first-person account about a boy meeting a mysterious millionaire and reuniting with his long-lost lover.
  • Charles Lindberg completes solo flight across the Atlantic

    Charles Lindberg completes solo flight across the Atlantic

    Charles A. Lindbergh completed the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight in history.
  • St. Valentine's Day Massacre

    St. Valentine's Day Massacre

    The St. Valentine's Day Massacre shocked the world on February 14, 1929, when Chicago's North Side erupted in gang violence.
  • Black Tuesday (Stock Market Crash)

    Black Tuesday (Stock Market Crash)

    "Black Tuesday" hit Wall Street as investors traded some 16 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange in a single day.