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Sacco and Vanzetti arrested for armed robbery and murder
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian immigrants and anarchists, were executed for murder on the basis of doubtful ballistics evidence. -
KDKA goes on the air from Pittsburgh
First commercial radio station was KDKA in Pittsburgh with a broadcast of the returns of the Harding-Cox presidential election. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
The Teapot Dome scandal was a bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding from 1921 to 1923. -
1st Miss American Pageant
The first pageant was held September 7-8, 1921, and eight finalists from cities in the Northeast competed for the title, which would later be known as Miss America. -
1st Winter Olympics Held
The first Winter Olympics take off in style at Chamonix in the French Alps. -
Scopes Monkey Trial
The prosecution of science teacher John Scopes for teaching evolution in a Tennessee public school, which a recent bill had made illegal. -
The Great Gatsby published by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby is a novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and Gatsby's obsession to reunite with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan. -
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. -
The Jazz Singer debuts (1st movie with sound)
The Jazz Singer, the first commercially successful full-length feature film with sound, debuts at the Blue Mouse Theater at 1421 5th Avenue in Seattle. -
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 that occurred on Saint Valentine's Day. -
Black Tuesday (Stock Market Crash)
American stock market crash that occurred in the autumn of 1929. It started in September and ended late in October, when share prices on the New York Stock Exchange collapsed.