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Population of US Increases Since 1880
The 1890 census indicates a population in the United States of 62,979,766, an increase of 25.5% since the 1880 census. Twenty miles east of Columbus, Indiana is now the geographic center of U.S. population. -
Thomas Edison Reveals Kinetoscope
The first public showing of Thomas Edison's kinetoscope motion picture is held. Edison had invented the process seven years earlier. -
F. Scott Fitzgerald Born
F. Scott Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896, in St. Paul, Minnesota. -
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First Nobel Prizes Awarded
On the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death, December 10, 1901, the first set of Nobel Prizes were awarded. -
Einstein Proposes His Theory of Relativity
In 1905, Albert Einstein, a 26-year-old patent clerk, wrote a paper that revolutionized science. In his Special Theory of Relativity, Einstein explained that the speed of light was constant but that both space and time were relative to the position of the observer. -
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire
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Fitzgerald's First Publication
At the age of 14, F. Scott Fitzgerald appears in print for the first time, with "The Mystery of the Raymond Mortgage" in the student publication St. Paul Academy Now and Then. -
Oreos Introduced
Oreo cookies were introduced to USA.They were based off of Sunshine's Hydrox cookie but became much more popular. -
The Titanic Sinks
The world was shocked when the Titanic hit an iceberg at 11:40 p.m. on April 14, 1912 and sunk just a few hours later at 2:20 am on April 15, 1912. The "unsinkable" ship RMS Titanic sank on its maiden voyage, losing at least 1,517 lives . -
Fitzgerald at Princeton
Fitzgerald enters Princeton University with the Class of 1917. He soon meets men who will remain lifelong friends and influences, including the writers Edmund Wilson and John Peale Bishop. -
Henry Ford and the Assembly Line
Cars changed the way people lived, worked, and enjoyed leisure time; however, what most people don’t realize is that the process of manufacturing automobiles had an equally significant impact on industry. The creation of the assembly line by Henry Ford at his Highland Park plant, introduced on December 1, 1913, revolutionized the automobile industry and the concept of manufacturing worldwide. -
Fitzgerald Falls in Love
Fitzgerald meets Ginevra King, his first serious love interest and a major influence on several female characters in his later fiction. They date but soon part ways. -
The League of Nations Established
The League of Nations is established with the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles, ending the hostilities of the first World War. Nine days later the United States Senate votes against joining the League. -
Marriage to Zelda Sayre
This Side of Paradise, Fitzgerald's first novel, is published. A week later, he and Zelda marry in St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York. -
Travel to Europe
The Fitzgeralds depart for their first trip to Europe. They spend three months in England, France and Italy before returning to the U.S. -
Birth of Daughter Scottie Fitzgerald
The Fitzgeralds' first and only child is born, a daughter named Frances Scott "Scottie" Fitzgerald. The next month the family moves to St. Paul and lives there until June. -
King Tut's Tomb Is Discovered
Much of what is known about Tutankhamun, better known today as King Tut, derives from the discovery of his tomb in 1922. British archaeologist Howard Carter had begun excavating in Egypt in 1891, and after World War I he began an intensive search for Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings. -
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby is published. The Fitzgeralds, who have been traveling about Europe, settle in Paris a few weeks later. -
Fitzgerald and Hemingway
F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway meet at (of course) a bar in Paris. Fitzgerald has already written to his editor at Scribners to tell him about the talented young American writer he's heard about in Paris circles. -
First Appearance of Mickie and Minnie Mouse
May 15, 1928 - The first appearance of Mickey and Minnie Mouse on film occurs with the release of the animated short film, Plane Crazy. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
Future Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King is born in his grandfather's house in Atlanta, Georgia. -
Gandhi's Salt March
The much-publicized, 24-day, 240-mile Salt March began on March 12, 1930, when 61-year-old Mohandas Gandhi led an ever-growing group of followers from the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad to the Arabian Sea at Dandi, India. Upon arriving at the beach in Dandi on the morning of April 6, 1930, loincloth-clad Gandhi reached down and scooped up a lump of salt and held it high. This was the beginning of a country-wide boycott of the salt tax, imposed upon the people of India by the British Empire. The S -
Dachau - The First Nazi Concentration Camp
Auschwitz might be the most famous camp in the Nazi system of terror, but it was not the first. The first concentration camp was Dachau, established on March 20, 1933 in the southern German town of the same name. -
Death of F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald dies of a heart attack at Sheilah Graham's Hollywood, California apartment. He is buried in Rockville, Maryland, where his father was born. -
The Last Tycoon
The Last Tycoon is published posthumously.
