1920's Timeline

Sacco and Vanzetti arrested for armed robbery and murder

Apr 15, 1918

Sacco and Vanzetti were charged with committing robbery and murder at the Slater and Morrill shoe factory in South Braintree

KDKA goes on the air from Pittsburgh

Nov 2, 1920

KDKA went on the air in Pittsburgh as the world's first commercially licensed station on November 2, 1920.

Scopes Monkey Trial

Jul 21, 1921

an American legal case from July 10 to July 21, 1925, in which a high school teacher, John T. Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act

1st Miss American Pageant

Sep 8, 1921

Margaret Gorman was the first person to win the American pagent

Teapot Dome Scandal

Mar 6, 1923

a political corruption scandal in the United States involving the administration of President Warren G. Harding.

The Jazz Singer debuts (1st movie with sound)

1924

a 1927 American part-talkie musical drama film directed by Alan Crosland and produced by Warner Bros. Pictures.

1st Winter Olympics Held

Jan 25, 1924

known as Chamonix 1924, was a winter multi-sport event that was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France.

The Great Gatsby published by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Apr 10, 1925

F. Scott Fitzgerald
published The Great Gatsby

St. Valentine's Day Massacre

Feb 14, 1926

the murder of seven members and associates of Chicago's North Side Gang on Saint Valentine's Day 1929

Charles Lindberg completes solo flight across the Atlantic

May 21, 1927

Charles A. Lindbergh completed the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight in history

Black Tuesday (Stock Market Crash)

Oct 15, 1927

a major stock market crash in the United States which began in late October 1929 with a sharp decline in prices on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and ended in mid-November