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Woodrow Wilson
President Woodrow Wilson collapsed in Pueblo, Colo., while touring the nation to muster popular support for a League of Nations in the aftermath World War I. -
Warren G. Harding
The inauguration of Warren G. Harding took place on March 4, 1921, marking the beginning of his tenure as the 29th President of the United States and Calvin Coolidge's tenure as Vice President. -
Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti convicted in Dedham Mass, of killing their shoe company's paymaster -
Marcus Garvey
Marcus Garvey, Jamaican political leader and founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Nation, was found guilty of mail fraud and deported back to Jamaica. -
Calvin Coolidge
On Aug. 2, 1923, the 29th president of the United States, Warren G. Harding, died in San Francisco. Calvin Coolidge took the oath of office as President of the United States. -
F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald publishes his novel The Great Gatsby. -
William Jennings Bryan
In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called "Monkey Trial" ends with John Thomas Scopes being convicted of teaching evolution in violation of Tennessee law. Scopes was ordered to pay a fine of $100, the minimum the law allowed. William Jennings Bryan served as Prosecutor. -
Clarence Darrow
On July 21, 1925, the ''monkey trial'' ended in Dayton, Tenn., with John T. Scopes convicted of violating state law for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution. (The conviction was later overturned.) Clarence Darrow was the famed criminal defense lawyer. -
Charles Lindbergh
American pilot Charles A. Lindbergh lands at Le Bourget Field in Paris, successfully completing the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight and the first ever nonstop flight between New York to Paris. -
Babe Ruth
On September 30, 1927, Babe Ruth hits his 60th home run of the 1927 season and with it sets a record that would stand for 34 years. -
Al Capone
On Feb. 14, 1929, the gangster Al Capone’s gang gunned down seven members of a rival Chicago gang in the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. -
Zora Neale Hurston
An important Harlem Renaissance writer whose masterpiece was Their Eyes Were Watching God. Her writing was very regional and closely followed the speech patterns of Central Florida.
