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Scopes Monkey Trial
Formally The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes, commonly referred to as the Scopes Monkey Trial, was an American legal case from July 10 to July 21, 1925, in which a high school teacher, John T. Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which had made it illegal for teachers to teach human evolution in any state-funded school. -
Sacco and Vanzetti arrested for armed robbery and murder
Sacco and Vanzetti 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. -
Black Tuesday (Stock Market Crash)
Many investors—both institutional and individual—had borrowed or leveraged heavily to buy stocks, and the crash that began on Black Thursday wiped them out financially, leading to widespread bank failures. That, in turn, became the catalyst that sent the United States into the Great Depression of the 1930s -
KDKA goes on the air from Pittsburgh
KDKA went on the air in Pittsburgh as the world's first commercially licensed station -
1st Miss American Pageant
Atlantic City was home to the first Miss America Pageant in 1921 which included representatives from 7 cities and Atlantic City. Sixteen-year-old Margaret Gorman from Washington, DC -
Teapot Dome Scandal
The scandal of the early 1920s surrounding the secret leasing of federal oil reserves by the secretary of the interior, Albert Bacon Fall. -
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 Great Gatsby published by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby'' is widely referred to as the great American novel. The reason for the book's reputation, and standing as mandatory reading in most American high schools, comes primarily from the commentary about the American dream. -
The Jazz Singer debuts (1st movie with sound)
The Jazz Singer is a 1927 American part-talkie musical drama film directed by Alan Crosland and produced by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is the first feature-length motion picture with both synchronized recorded music and lip-synchronous singing and speech. -
St. Valentine's Day Massacre
The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre was the murder of seven members and associates of Chicago's North Side Gang on Saint Valentine's Day 1929. The men were gathered at a Lincoln Park, Chicago, garage on February 14, 1929. They were lined up against a wall and shot by four unknown assailants, two of whom were disguised as police officers. -
Charles Lindberg completes solo flight across the Atlantic
Charles A. Lindbergh completed the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight in history, flying his Spirit of St. Louis from Long Island, New York, to Paris, France.