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Sacco and Vanzetti arrested for armed robbery and murder
Employees at a shoe factory were shot and killed in Massachusetts, and two Italian immigrants were charged with the crime. The case grew to anti-immigrant views and made many fearful of other Italian immigrants. They were electrocuted in 1927. -
KDKA goes on the air from Pittsburgh
This was the first-ever radio station. They chose an election day to broadcast, which proved the radio was a monumental invention because people got election news quicker than in a newspaper. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
This was a great political scandal. It was a bribery scandal involving the administration of Warren G. Hardening. They secretly gave two private oil companies the right to drill on a government oil field. -
1st Miss American Pageant
At the time, this was just an event to attract tourists on Labor Day weekend. Thousands of people came to watch it on the Atlantic City Boardwalk. -
1st Winter Olympics Held
This was held in France and included many different events. There were many challenges and this was the first competition of its scale and type. This was the birth of the Winter Olympics we see today. -
The Great Gatsby published by F. Scott Fitzgerald
This novel tells the author's story through the main characters during the Jazz Age. This book was later banned because of the language used, the violence, and the adultery present. The main idea of the novel is the American Dream. -
Scopes Monkey Trial
This occurred when a high school teacher was prosecuted for teaching about Darwin's theory of evolution. This was a part of Tennessee's Butler Act - which prohibited evolution from being taught in public schools. He was found guilty, but the case was later appealed to the Tennessee Supreme Court. -
Charles Lindberg completes solo flight across the Atlantic
This was the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight in history in his plane, "Spirit of St. Louis". He went from New York to Paris. It took him around 33.5 hours to do. -
The Jazz Singer debuts
This movie was only shown in two theatres. It was the first movie with sound because sound effects and music were covering the largely silent parts. While many other movies also achieved this, it was the first one with a synchronized soundtrack. -
St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Seven men were shot and killed in Chicago's North Side. These men were a part of George Moran's gang. Nobody was ever prosecuted for the crime. -
Black Tuesday (Stock Market Crash)
This began a strand of events that would eventually lead to the Great Depression. The Monday before, the fear had begun when the market slightly declined. However, that next day the stock market plummeted, pointing toward the Great Depression.