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Sacco and Vanzetti arrested for armed robbery and murder
Sacco and Vanzetti was arrested and was charged with robbery and murder at the Slater and Morrill shoes factory in South Braintree. They was sentenced to death to the electric chair. Their was also evidence showing that they were innocent and their wasn't a lot of evidence to prove them guilty, they wanted a retrial but they said no. -
KDKA goes on the air from Pittsburgh
The KDKA was the nation's first commercially licensed broadcasting station to air. It was important because this was the first time a commercial broadcast was aired on the radio. Also, something interesting was that they aired the day they did because it was election day and they wanted to keep people updated. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
Teapot Dome is a sandstone rock, on an oil field that belongs to the U.S. Navy. The Teapot Dome scandal involved Secretary of the Interior Albert Fall illegally leasing oil reserves to private companies in exchange for bribes. This event notably damaged the reputation of President Warren G. Harding's administration. -
1st Miss American Pageant
the winner of the contest was Margaret Gorman a 16-year-old from Washington, DC. The Pageant was an activity designed to attract tourists to extend their Labor Day weekend and enjoy festivities in Atlantic City, New Jersey. -
1st Winter Olympics Held
The Winter Olympics is an event where winter games and multi-winter sports where held to compete to win. The first Winter Olympics held was also known as the Chamonix 1924. It was important because well it was the beginning of the Winter Olympics. -
The Great Gatsby published by F. Scott Fitzgerald
March 19, 1925, Fitzgerald expressed enthusiasm for the title under the red, white, and blue, but he was late to change it, and it was published on April 10, 1925. -
Scopes Monkey Trial
John T. Scopes taught his class about human evolution because he thought they should be taught it, and then he was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which made it illegal for teachers to teach human evolution in any state-funded schools. -
Charles Lindberg completes solo flight across the Atlantic
Charles Lindberg completed his solo flight on the Spirit of St. Louis from Long Island, New York, to Paris, France. It was the most famous nonstop transatlantic flight in history. -
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 synchronized recorded music lip-synchronous singing, and speech, and some synchronized dialogue scenes. -
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 at Lincoln Park, Chicago, garage on Saint Valentine's Day 1929 -
Black Tuesday (Stock Market Crash)
The stock market crashed October 29, 1929 because a lot of people bought stock with credit, and wasn't able to pay it back. This caused everyone to lose there money, and also caused a lot of places to shut down, and people weren't able to find work. This led to the great depression.