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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
first commercial radio station goes on air -
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
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
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
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 A. Lindbergh completed the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight in history. -
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" hit Wall Street as investors traded some 16 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange in a single day.