1920'S

Sacco and Vanzetti arrested for armed robbery and murder

Sep 14, 1918

They were charged with murder and robbery at the Slater and Morill Shoe factory. They wereshot to death and robbed 15,000$ in cash.

KDKA goes on the air from Pittsburgh

Aug 2, 1920

This was the world's first commerical licensed station. They chose this day because it was the same day as the election.

1st Miss American Pageant

Sep 8, 1921

This was the first ever miss pageant in America, there were seven different people representing 7 different cities. Margaret Gorman from Washington D.C. won the competetion.

1st Winter Olympics Held

Jan 25, 1924

The first Winter Olympics was in Chamonix, France, it was also called International Winter Sports Week before the name now. There were 250 athletes representing 26 different countries.

The Great Gatsby published by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Apr 10, 1925

The Great Gatsby was a novel telling the story of Jay gatsby, which was a self made millionaire and the pursuit of a young wealthy woman he fell in love with.

Scopes Monkey Trial

Jul 21, 1925

The Scopes Trial, which was the state Tennessee vs John scopes, this was because of a clash between traditional and modern values of the 1920's.

Charles Lindberg completes solo flight across the Atlantic

May 21, 1927

He was the first solo pilot that took the Spirit of St.Louis which was plane and drove across the Atlantic without stopping or anything.

The Jazz Singer debuts

Oct 6, 1927

This was the first commerically successful full-lentgh feature film with sound. It uses Warner Brothers vitaphone sound.

St. Valentine's Day Massacre

Feb 14, 1929

This was the murder of seven members associated with gangs from Chicago's Northside Gang on Saint Valentine's day.

Black Tuesday (Stock Market Crash)

Oct 29, 1929

This was the Wall street crash of 1929, which was also the Great Crash. It was the stock market crash this happened because of credit card lones going on stock.