1920s

By Brayden Law

  • Sacco and Vanzetti arrested for armed robbery and murder

    Sacco and Vanzetti arrested for armed robbery and murder
    It took place at the Slater and Morrill shoe factory in South Braintree. Frederick Parmenter and Alessandro Berardelli were shot and robbed of over $15,000 in cash.

  • KDKA goes on the air from Pittsburgh

    KDKA goes on the air from Pittsburgh
    KDKA made the nation's first commercial broadcast.

  • 1st Miss American Pageant

    1st Miss American Pageant
    16-year-old Margaret Gorman won the first competition.

  • 1st Winter Olympics Held

    1st Winter Olympics Held
    The 1924 Winter Olympics was in Chamonix, France.

  • The Great Gatsby published by F. Scott Fitzgerald

    The Great Gatsby published by F. Scott Fitzgerald
    The Great Gatsby is F. Scott Fitzgerald's third novel. It's set in jazz-age New York.

  • Scopes Monkey Trial

    Scopes Monkey Trial
    John T. Scopes was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act.

  • Charles Lindberg completes solo flight across the Atlantic

    Charles Lindberg completes solo flight across the Atlantic
    Charles A. Lindbergh flew the Spirit of St. Louis from Long Island, New York, to Paris, France.