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The Sherman Anti-Trust Act is Passed
Approved July 2, 1890, The Sherman Anti-Trust Act was the first Federal act that outlawed monopolistic business practices. The Sherman Anti-trust Act of 1890 was the first measure passed by the U.S. Congress to prohibit trusts. https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/sherman-anti-trust-act -
Grover Cleveland Wins the Presidency
United States presidential election of 1892, American presidential election, held on November 8, 1892, in which Democrat Grover Cleveland defeated Republican incumbent Benjamin Harrison . In winning, Cleveland became the first former president to be restored to the office. https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1892 -
Panic of 1893
The Panic of 1893 was an economic depression in the United States that began in 1893 and ended in 1897. It deeply affected every sector of the economy, and produced political upheaval that led to the political realignment of 1896 and the presidency of William McKinley. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_of_1893 -
First Modern Olympics Held
The first celebration of the modern Olympic Games took place in its ancient birthplace - Greece. The Games attracted athletes from 14 nations, with the largest delegations coming from Greece, Germany, France and Great Britain. https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/athens-1896 -
Plessy V. Ferguson Decided
Plessy v. Ferguson was a landmark 1896 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine. The case stemmed from an 1892 incident in which African American train passenger Homer Plessy refused to sit in a car for Black people. https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/plessy-v-ferguson -
F Scott Fitzgerald Birth
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born Sept. 24, 1896 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He was most known for his writings, which are some of the most revered American novels of all time. https://www.britannica.com/biography/F-Scott-Fitzgerald -
Spanish-American War Begins
On April 25, 1898 the United States declared war on Spain following the sinking of the Battleship Maine in Havana harbor on February 15, 1898. https://loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/intro.html -
President McKinley is Assassinated
President William McKinley (1843-1901) dies on September 14, 1901 of complications from bullet wounds inflicted by Leon Czolgosz. https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-william-mckinley-assassination#:~:text=President%20William%20McKinley%20(1843%2D1901,Exposition%20in%20Buffalo%2C%20New%20York. -
The Titanic Sinks
At 2:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912, the British ocean liner Titanic sinks into the North Atlantic Ocean about 400 miles south of Newfoundland, Canada. The massive ship, which carried 2,200 passengers and crew, had struck an iceberg two and half hours before. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/titanic-sinks -
World War 1 Begins
World War I, also called First World War or Great War, an international conflict that in 1914–18 embroiled most of the nations of Europe along with Russia, the United States, the Middle East, and other regions. https://www.britannica.com/event/World-War-I -
The Panama Canal Opens
Following the failure of a French construction team in the 1880s, the United States commenced building a canal across a 50-mile stretch of the Panama isthmus in 1904. https://www.history.com/topics/landmarks/panama-canal -
First Transcontinental Phone Call
Alexander Graham Bell Makes the First Transcontinental Telephone Call to Thomas Watson. https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?id=576 -
F Scott Fitzgerald Drops Out of Princeton
After graduating high school, Fitzgerald was accepted at Princeton University. He flunked out in the spring of 1917, but later that year in November, he returned once again, and then once again dropped out to join the army. https://www.britannica.com/biography/F-Scott-Fitzgerald -
Spanish Flu Epidemic Begins
The 1918 influenza pandemic was the most severe pandemic in recent history. It was caused by an H1N1 virus with genes of avian origin. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-pandemic-h1n1.html -
F Scott Meets Zelda Sayre
While stationed in the army, F Scott met Zelda Sayre, who he would later marry. They fell in love, but only after his first novel was published did they get married in 1920. https://www.britannica.com/biography/F-Scott-Fitzgerald -
Execution of the Romanovs
The imperial family fell out of favor with the Russian public long before their execution by Bolsheviks in July 1918. https://www.history.com/news/romanov-family-murder-execution-reasons -
The Treaty of Versailles is Signed
The Treaty of Versailles is one of the most controversial armistice treaties in history. The treaty's so-called “war guilt” clause forced Germany and other Central Powers to take all the blame for World War I. https://www.nationalgeographic.org/thisday/jun28/treaty-versailles-ends-wwi/ -
Fitzgerald Publishes His First Novel
F Scott's debut novel, This Side of Paradise, immediately gained commercial success. It is widely known that he published this book so quickly after completing it with the intention of impressing Zelda, who had refused to marry him before it was published. https://www.shmoop.com/study-guides/literature/this-side-of-paradise -
The Fitzgeralds Get Married
This Side of Paradise was published on March 26, Zelda arrived in New York on March 30, and on April 3, 1920, before a small wedding party in St. Patrick's Cathedral, they married. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelda_Fitzgerald -
Fitzgerald's Daughter is Born
Frances Scott "Scottie" Fitzgerald was an American writer and the only child of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Fitzgerald. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-06-18-mn-11303-story.html -
The Fitzgerald's Move to Paris
Zelda helped Scott write the play The Vegetable, but when it flopped the Fitzgerald's found themselves in debt. Scott wrote short stories furiously to pay the bills, but became burned out and depressed. In April 1924, they left for Paris. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelda_Fitzgerald -
The Fitzgeralds Fall Apart
The next decade of the Fitzgeralds’ lives was disorderly and unhappy; Zelda and F Scott both battling mental illness while also trying to keep themselves afloat financially. Fitzgerald said, “I left my capacity for hoping on the little roads that led to Zelda’s sanitarium.” https://lithub.com/behind-the-myths-of-scott-and-zeldas-epic-romance/ -
The Great Gatsby is Published
F Scott Fitzgerald's third published, and most famous novel, The Great Gatsby, was published April 10, 1925. It is known as one of the great American novels and is considered one of the greatest books of all time. https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Great-Gatsby#:~:text=The%20Great%20Gatsby%2C%20third%20novel,he%20loved%20in%20his%20youth. -
Black Tuesday
On October 29, 1929, Black Tuesday hit Wall Street as investors traded some 16 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange in a single day. Billions of dollars were lost, wiping out thousands of investors. https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/1929-stock-market-crash -
Zelda Fitzgerald is Admitted to a Sanitarium
In April 1930, Fitzgerald was admitted to a sanatorium in France where, after months of observation and treatment and a consultation with one of Europe's leading psychiatrists, Doctor Eugen Bleuler, she was diagnosed as a schizophrenic. In later years, Zelda is considered to have had bipolar disorder. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelda_Fitzgerald