1920’s timeline

By CheyenneLCouch
  • Sacco and Vanzetti arrested for armed robbery and murder

    Sacco and Vanzetti arrested for armed robbery and murder

    They were arrested because of circumstantial evidence and their status as Italian immigrants and anarchists. They both were assassinated.
  • KDKA goes on the air from Pittsburgh

    KDKA goes on the air from Pittsburgh

    it was the first commercially licensed radio station in the world. Owned by the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company. Frank Conrad put KDKA in the air.
  • 1st Miss American Pageant

    1st Miss American Pageant

    Margaret Gorman was the first person who won miss America pageant. She died May 25, 1988.
  • 1st Winter Olympics Held

    1st Winter Olympics Held

    Chamonix was where the first Olympic's was held in 1924 they represented a major way of growth
  • The Great Gatsby published by F. Scott Fitzgerald

    The Great Gatsby published by F. Scott Fitzgerald

    Charles Scribner's Sons published this on 04/10/1925. It was published to explore the disillusionment with the American Dream during the Jazz Age.
  • Charles Lindberg completes solo flight across the Atlantic

    Charles Lindberg completes solo flight across the Atlantic

    Lindbergh accomplishes the First Non-Stop Solo Flight Across the Atlantic. 85 gallons left of fuel whenever he returned. All he ate on the flight was cans of compressed corned beef.