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first commercial radio station was KDKA in Pittsburgh, which went on the air in the evening with a broadcast of the returns of the Harding Cox presidential election. -
In 1921, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, both Italian-Americans, were convicted of robbery and murder. the arguments brought against them were mostly not approves in court, the fact that the two men were known radicals and prejudiced the judge and jury against them -
Margaret Gorman, winner of the 1921 “Inter-City Beauty” contest and the first Miss America. -
the first Winter Olympics took off in style at Chamonix in the French Alps. people gathered around and were thrilled by the ski jump and bobsled as well as 12 other events involving a total of six sports. -
Set in Jazz Age New York, the novel tells the tragic story of Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire, and his pursuit of Daisy Buchanan, a wealthy young woman whom he loved in his youth. -
the mixture of religion, science and the public schools caught fire in Dayton, Tenn. The Scopes trial or "Monkey Trial," as it was called dominated headlines across the country -
Charles lindbergh completed the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight in history, flying his Spirit of St. Louis from Long Island, New York, to Paris, France. -
The Jazz Singer, the first commercially successful full-length feature film with sound, debuts at the Blue Mouse Theater at 1421 5th Avenue in Seattle. -
there was a murder of seven members and associates of Chicago's North side gang that occurred on Saint Valentine's Day. The men were gathered at a Lincoln Park garage on the morning of that feast day, -
Stock prices began to decline in September and early October 1929, and on October 18 the fall began. Black Tuesday, in which stock prices collapsed completely and 16,410,030 shares were traded on the New York Stock Exchange in a single day.