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Sacco and Vanzetti arrested for armed robbery and murder
Sacco and Vanzetti were arrested for armed robbery and murder at the Slater and Morrill shoe factory in South Braintree. -
KDKA goes on the air from Pittsburgh
KDKA went on air from Pittsburgh as the world first ever commercially licensed station -
1st Miss American Pageant
The Miss American Pagent started as Atlantic City's Inter-City Beauty Contest as a way to attract tourists. The first-ever winner was Margret Gormon -
Teapot Dome Scandal
A bribery scandal in the 1920s. It shocked Americans by revealing a crazy level of greed and corruption in the federal government. -
1st Winter Olympics Held
The first Winter Olympics was held on January 25th, 1924 in Stade Olympique de Chamonix in Chamonix, France, -
The Great Gatsby published by F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald published The Great Gatsby to show the American Dream and its stability of it. -
Scopes Monkey Trial
A legal case where a high school teacher, John T. Scopes was accused of of violating Tennese's Butler Act. The Butler Act made it illegal for teachers to teach about human evolution. -
Charles Lindberg completes solo flight across the Atlantic
Charles Lindberg completed the first-ever solo transatlantic flight. He flew his Spirit of St Lewis from Long Island, New York to Paris, France. -
The Jazz Singer debuts (1st movie with sound)
The first Jazz Singer debuted on December 30, 1927, was the first feature-length movie with synchronized dialogue -
St. Valentine's Day Massacre
On February 2nd, 1929, Chicago's North Side erupted in gang violence -
Black Tuesday (Stock Market Crash)
Black Tuesday hit Wall Street as investors traded some 16 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange in one day. Around 14 billion of stock value was lost, wiping out thousands of investors.