1920s Timeline

  • 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 went air in Pittsburg as the world's first commercially licensed station
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    Teapot Dome Scandal

    The Teapot Dome scandal was a political corruption scandal in the United States involving the administration of President Warren G. Harding
  • 1st Miss American Pageant

    1st Miss American Pageant
    What has become known as the first Miss America pageant was an activity designed to attract tourists to extend their Labor Day holiday weekend and enjoy festivities in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
  • Scopes Monkey Trial

    Scopes Monkey Trial
    the Scopes Monkey Trial was an American legal case from July 10 to July 21, 1925
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    1st Winter Olympics Held

    The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Chamonix 1924, was a winter multi-sport event that was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France.
  • The Great Gatsby published by F. Scott Fitzgerald

    The Great Gatsby published by F. Scott Fitzgerald
    The Great Gatsby, a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, was published in 1925 by Charles Scribner's Sons. Set in Jazz Age New York, it tells the story of Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire,
  • The Jazz Singer debuts (1st movie with sound)

    The Jazz Singer debuts (1st movie with sound)
    The Jazz Singer, an American musical film, released in 1927, that was the first feature-length movie with synchronized dialogue.
  • Charles Lindberg completes solo flight across the Atlantic

    Charles Lindberg completed the first solo, non-stop translantic flight in history.
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    Black Tuesday (Stock Market Crash)

    the Great Crash, Crash of '29, or Black Tuesday, was a major American stock market crash that occurred in late 1929
  • St. Valentine's Day Massacre

    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 on Saint Valentine's Day 1929.