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F. Scott Fitzgerald
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The Arrival of the Immigrants
Ellis island is designated as a station for immigrants -
Yosemite Park Established
Naturalist John Muir pushed congress to conserve the Sequoia Forests -
Birth of a Poet
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, and was given his lengthy name due to his fathers pride in ancestry. -
First Nobel Prizes Awarded
Alfred Nobel, inventer of dynamite, didn't want to be known for his deadly invention so in his will he left his fortune to five prizes. Five years after his death the first Nobel Prizes were given -
The Wright Bros. First Flight
The Wright Bros. made their fisrt leap of faith on Kill Devil Hill outside of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina -
Einstein Proposes Theory of Relativity
At age 26 Einstein came out with his most famous theories one of them being the theory of relativity that states the speed of light is constant and space and time are absolute -
Schooling
During 1911-1913 he attended the Newman School, a Catholic prep school in New Jersey. Here he met Father Sigourney Fay who encouraged him in his writing -
Titanic Sinks!
The "unsinkable" ship hit an iceberg on its maiden voyage and sank in the Atlantic Ocean. 1,517 lives were lost that day -
Princeton
Fitzgerald attends Princeton university -
World War I
The First World War saw a massive lose in lives from soilders and civilians alike. One of the sparks of the war was the assassination of Austria's Archduke and Dutchess -
Slacking Off?
Neglecting studies Scott goes off on his own to write scripts and lyrics for college musicals and magazines -
The Romantic Egotist
On education probation and deemed unlikely to graduate Fitzgerald joins the army and makes first attempt at novel: The Romantic Egotist -
Zelda Sayre
At Camp Sherridan near Montgomery Fiztgerald met Zelda and fell in love with her. -
New York
Fitzgerald goes to New York to win Zelda's hand in marriage and to gain fortune, but sadly he does neither seeing as how Zelda did not wish to be with a man who could not provide. -
The Treaty of Versailes
The year the war ended with the Treaty of versailes that pretty much the blame on Germany -
Fashion Statement
After the war bright joyful colors were used to express freedom and the weight lifted off everyones shoulders -
Women and Voting
Women finally get to have their say in politics and are given the right to vote in the U.S. -
This Side of Paradise
When This Side of Paradise was published gained fortune and Zelda Sayre's hand in marriage in one night. -
The Nazi Party
The nazi party is formed; originaly the Germans Working Party with 100 members the club grew into the Nazi party with nearly 3,000 members. -
Prohibition
Prohibition began with the 18th ammendment, but it did more harm than good with the rise of violence, gangs, and societal chaos -
The Pilgrim
The first silent film is released and made by Charlie Chaplin of the First National Film Company -
The Great Gatsby
After his drinking and using short stories to get out of debt Fitzgerald goes to France to write The Great Gatsby. -
The Rise of the Flapper
The trend of dressing somewhat like a boy by flattening your midsection with ribbon or cutting your hair short as well as wearing dresses the fell just below the knee -
Great Gatsby Published
The Great Gatsby is released five years later and although the critics rave the books sales were rather dissapointing -
Babe Ruth Makes Home-Run Record
While playing for the New York Yankees, Babe and Lou Gehrig both competed to see who would have the longest home run record. Babe Ruth won by 60 home runs -
Bubble Gum
Chewing gum is part of history but Walter Diemer managed to rewrite history with his special gum that could actually make bubbles -
Back to France
The Fitzgeralds return back to France were Zelda tries ballet,, but it ruins her marriage and health
