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Political
The steal strike ends from its beginning in 1919. -
Marraige
Fitzgerald and Sayre get married. -
Political
The 19th amendment gives women the right to vote. -
Publishing
Fitzgerald's first short story collection, Flappers and Philosophers, is published. -
Traveling
Fitzgerald and Sayre travel to Europe for three months visiting: England, France Italy. -
Political
Congress passes immigration restrictions, for the first time creating a quota for European immigration to the United States. -
Sports
Baseball's World Series is broadcast on radio for the first time. -
Birth
Fitzgerald's first daughter is born - Scottie Fitzgerald. -
Publishing
Fitzgerald's Beautiful and Damned is published. -
Moving
The Fitzgerald's live at Great Neck, and F. Fitzgerald publishes small pieces of writing. -
Sports
Yankee Stadium, "The House that Ruth Built," is constructed in the Bronx, New York. -
Motor Vehicle
Ford exceeds $1 billion. -
Political
President Warren G. Harding dies of stroke in a San Francisco hotel room. Vice President Calvin Coolidge ascends to presidency. -
Moving
The Fitzgerald's move to Paris France. -
Hemingway
Fitzgerald meets Hemingway in a bar, he then tells his publisher about the young American writer. -
Racism
Forty thousand Ku Klux Klansmen march on Washington, their white-hooded procession filling Pennsylvania Avenue. -
Entertainment
Charlie Chaplin's popular silent comedy The Gold Rush premieres before enthusiastic audiences. -
Publishing
The American Classic The Great Gatsby is published. -
Publishing
Ernest Hemingway publishes The Sun Also Rises. -
Entertainment
Buster Keaton's comedy classic The General, considered by many to be the greatest silent film ever made, premieres. -
Political
With all possible avenues of appeal now exhausted, Italian immigrant radicals Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are executed by electric chair. -
Sports
New York Yankees star Babe Ruth hits his 60th home run of the season, breaking his own record of 59. Ruth's record will stand for more than thirty years. -
Entertainment
Walt Disney's Steamboat Willie premieres, introducing the world to a new animated character—Mickey Mouse. -
Nervous
Zelda Fitzgerald suffers a nervous break down.
