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Sacco and Vanzetti arrested for armed robbery and murder
Payroll clerk Frederick Parameter and security guard Alessandro Berardi were shot to death and robbed of over 15,000 in cash -
KDKA goes on the air from Pittsburgh
It was a broadcast of the returns of the Harding -Cox presidential election. This changed radios and radio has changed the world -
1st Miss American Pageant
It was in 1921 and it included representatives from 7 cities and Atlantic City. A 16-year-old Margaret Gorman from Washington, DC won the first competition -
Teapot Dome Scandal
It was big oil companies and bribery and corruption at the highest levels of the government of the US -
1st Winter Olympics Held
The 1st Winter Olympics was held in 1924 at the Chamonix, France. This Olympics was well-organized and equipped with the new facilities -
The Great Gatsby published by F. Scott Fitzgerald
This book was published to show the American Dream and it attainability -
Scopes Monkey Trial
It was Tennessee reporter H.L. Mencken, which was against John T. Scopes, a high school teacher, for violating the state indentured servant laws -
Charles Lindberg completes solo flight across the Atlantic
Lindbergh and the spirit of St. Louis touched down at the Le Bourget airfield in Paris -
The Jazz Singer debuts (1st movie with sound)
Was the first feature-length movie with synchronized dialogue -
St. Valentine's Day Massacre
mass murder of a group of unarmed bootlegging gang members -
Black Tuesday (Stock Market Crash)
it was when there was about $14 billion of stock value was lost, wiping out thousands of investors.