1920s timeline

  • Sacco and Vanzetti arrested for armed robbery and murder

    Sacco and Vanzetti were anarchists, believing that social justice would come only through the destruction of governments.
  • KDKA goes on the air from Pittsburgh

    The KDKA went on the air as the world's first commercially licensed station.
  • 1st Miss American Pageant

    Atlantic City was home to the first Miss America Pageant in 1921
  • 1st Winter Olympics Held

    The International Olympic Committee supported the establishment of a Winter Sports Week in Chamonix, France in 1924.
  • The Great Gatsby published by F. Scott Fitzgerald

    The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald.
  • Scopes Monkey Trial

    The Scopes “monkey trial” was the moniker journalist H. L. Mencken applied to the 1925 prosecution of a criminal action brought by the state of Tennessee against high school teacher John T. Scopes.
  • Charles Lindberg completes solo flight across the Atlantic

    The first transatlantic solo flight was made by Charles A Lindbergh, from New York City to Paris, France on his plane, the Spirit of St Louis.
  • Teapot Dome Scandal

    Secretary of the Interior Albert Bacon Fall had leased Navy petroleum reserves at Teapot Dome in Wyoming, as well as two locations in California, to private oil companies at low rates without competitive bidding.