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1920s

  • Sacco and Vanzetti arrested for armed robbery and murder

    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.
  • KDKA goes on the air from Pittsburgh

    KDKA goes on the air from Pittsburgh
    KDKA was the first commercial radio station to go air in Pittsburgh.
  • 1st Miss American Pageant

    1st Miss American Pageant
    The first Miss America was originally an idea to attract tourists to extant Labor Day in Atlantic City.
  • 1st Winter Olympics Held

    1st Winter Olympics Held
    Nearly the end of the first month the first-ever Winter Olympics was being held at Chamonix in France.
  • The Great Gatsby published by F. Scott Fitzgerald

    The Great Gatsby published by F. Scott Fitzgerald
    The Great Gatsby was the third novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and it was published in 1925 by Charles Scriber's Sons.
  • Charles Lindberg completes solo flight across the Atlantic

    Charles Lindberg completes solo flight across the Atlantic
    Charles Lindberg completed the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in history.
  • The Jazz Singer debuts

    The Jazz Singer debut was the first movie with sound at Warner Bros.
  • St. Valentine's Day Massacre

    St. Valentine's Day Massacre
    It was a massacre of gang members that happened at Lincoln Park.