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Copyright
First International Copyright Law that prohibits ideas to be taken by other people. -
Kinetoscope
Thomas Edison patents a camera that is able to show movies individually. -
Telephone Service
Chicago and New York are given a telephone service given by Alexander Graham Bell. -
White City
The World's Columbian Exhibition known for its lights and architecture. -
Birth
Edward Fitzgerald and Mary McQuillian give birth to F. Scott Fitzgerald in St. Paul, Minnesota -
Assasination
William McKinley is assasinated in 1907 after his second term as president in 1900 -
Major League Baseball
The American Major Baseball League consisted of Baltimore Orioles, the Boston Americans, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Blues, Detroit Tigers, Milwaukee Brewers, Philadelphia Athletics, and the Washington Senators. -
Electric Theatre
The first movie theater was opened in Los Angeles, California. -
Louisiana Purchase Exposition
A well known area where the icecream cone was invented and where the first Olympic games and Summer Olympic Games of 1904 took place. -
Field Work
Benjamin Holt creates the first successful field tractor. This heavily influences the argricultural industry. -
William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft is elected president over democratic candidate William Jennings Bryan -
Flight
The Wright Brothers create the first airplane. -
Education
Fitzgerald studies at Princeton University with the class of 1917. -
KKK
Ku Klux Klan is a white supremacist territory that went against the Southern segregationist government. -
Army Man
Fitzgerald becomes an infantry second lieuntenant in the US Army thus not completing his schooling at Princeton University. -
"The Side of Paradise"
The first novel that Fitzgerald completes after Zelda held off their engagement. -
Post War Recession
End of World War I thus increasing the unemployment rate and less production for money -
Red Scare
Continous bombings and strikes to the US hoping for a revolution. -
"Flappers and Philosophers"
Fitzgerald's first collection of short stories is published. -
Marriage
Fitzgerald marries Zelda Sayre in St. Patrick's cathedral in New York. -
Immigration Quotes Act
The US only allowed 3% of Europeans to enter US terittory. -
First Born
The happy couple gives birth to their one and only daughter, Frances Scott Fitzgerald at St. Paul. -
"The Great Gatsby"
Fitzgerald publishes the Great Gatsby during the settlement of his family in Paris. -
Hospitalization
Fitzgerald becomes hospitalized due to mental unstability. He visits several clinics in Switzerland. -
Death :(
F. Scott Fitzgerald passes away due to a heart attack. He is buried in his father's birth place, Rockville, Maryland.
