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Sacco and Vanzetti arrested for armed robbery and murder
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed for murder this was known as a miscarriage of justice in American legal history. -
KDKA goes on the air from Pittsburgh
The first nations commercial broadcast was made by KDKA and was dated on 11/2/1920 because of election day as well as the power of radio being proven when people could hear the results of the Harding-Cox presidential race before they could read about it in the newspaper. -
1st Miss American Pageant
There were eight finalists from cities in the Northeast that had competed for the title, which would be known as Miss America. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
A bribery scandal involving President Warren G. Fall was convicted of accepting bribes from the oil companies and was the first presidential cabinet to go to prison. -
1st Winter Olympics Held
the International Olympic Committee gave its patronage to a Winter Sports Week to take place in 1924 in Chamonix, France. This event was a great success, attracting 10,004 paying spectators, and was retrospectively named the First Olympic Winter Games. -
The Great Gatsby published by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby is known as one of the best literary documents of this period, the American economy soared, which brought unprecedented levels of prosperity to the nation. -
Scopes Monkey Trial
The Scopes Monkey Trial also known as The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes was an American legal case where a high school teacher made it unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school by violating the Tennessee's Butler Act. -
Charles Lindberg completes solo flight across the Atlantic
The first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight was completed by Charles A. Lindbergh. He flew his spirit through St. Louis from Long Island, New York, to Paris, France. -
The Jazz Singer debuts (1st movie with sound)
This was the first commercially successful full-length feature film with sound. The movie uses Warner Brothers' Vitaphone sound-on-disc technology to reproduce the musical score and sporadic episodes of synchronized speech. -
St. Valentine's Day Massacre
The murder of seven members and associates in Chicago that occurred on Saint Valentine's Day. -
Black Tuesday (Stock Market Crash)
The Black Tuesday (Stock Market Crash) was
a major American stock market where stock prices collapsed and shares were traded on the New York Stock Exchange in one day.