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Flappers in the Roaring Twenties
a new woman was born. She smoked, drank, danced, and voted. She cut her hair, wore make-up, and went to petting parties. She was giddy and took risks. She was a flapper. -
Prohibition begins in the U.S.
A nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation and sale of alcoholic beverages. -
Bessie Coleman becomes the first female African American pilot
She was the first woman of African American descent, and the first of Native American descent, to hold a pilot license. -
"This Side of Paradise" was published
Gatsby's book, This side of Paradise was published bringing him almost instant fame, The same year he marries his wife Zelda -
Gatsby writes his second novel, "The Beautiful and Damned"
The book was published this year and Fitzgerald also settles down for his only child's birth, Frances Scott -
Insulin was discovered
Medical researcher Frederick Banting and research assistant Charles save a boys life by using the first dose of insulin on a dying boy with diabetes. -
Fitzgerald's fall down
Fitzgerald's political satire, From Postman to President failed and he wrote his way out of debt with short stories -
First Olympic Winter Games
The 1924 Winter Olympics, officially known as the I Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France for the first time. -
Writing the Great Gatsby
Fitzgerald goes to France and starts writing the Great Gatsby -
Balto and the Serum Relay to Nome, Alaska
In January 1925, a diphtheria epidemic spread through Nome, Alaska, killing the city’s children, a relay of approximately 20 men and their dog teams carried 300,000 units of serum the 674 miles from the train station at Nenana to Nome. Around 5:30 a.m. on February 2, 1925, Gunnar Kaasen and his team of dogs, led by a black Siberian Husky named Balto, finished the final leg of the relay and entered Nome with the serum, becoming instant, world-famous heroes -
The Great Gatsby is published
Fitzgerald's book, the Great Gatsby gets published -
Fitzgerald tries writing another book
Fitzgerald tried to write his fourth book but has little luck -
A.A. Milne Publishes Winnie-the-Pooh
the first publication of the children's book Winnie-the-Pooh -
Houdini dies
Houdini dies from peritonitis caused after being punched in the gut -
Fitzgerald continues to struggle
Fitzgerald still has little luck with his fourth book and now hi wife Zelda is wanting to become a professional ballet dancer. -
Babe Ruth Sets Season Home Run Record
Babe Ruth, a man known around the world as one of the greatest baseball players of all time, had done the impossible — hit 60 home runs in one season -
The first talking movie
When The Jazz Singer, starring Al Jolson, was released as a feature-length movie, it was the first movie that included dialogue and music on the filmstrip -
Bubblegum
Walter Diemer happened upon just the right gum recipe to make the very first bubble gum, a special type of chewing gum that allows the chewer to make bubbles -
Mickey Mouse
the new, talking Mickey Mouse was first shown to the world in the cartoon Steamboat Willie -
First Academy Awards
at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, this was the very first Academy Awards -
Fitzgerald returns to France
The Fitzgeralds return to France where Zelda's intense devotion to dance damages her health and marriage with Scott -
The Great Depression
a severe economic downturn caused by an overly-confident, over-extended stock market and a drought that struck the South had begun which would last until 1939 -
Pluto is discovered
Clyde W. Tombaugh, an assistant at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, discovered Pluto -
Fitzgerald's Wife breaks down
Fitzgerald's wife, Zelda, has her first breakdown and is hospitalized at a clinic in Switzerland until September -
Fitzgerald alone time
while his wife is in the clinic, Fitzgerald is living in different Switzerland hotels.
