1920s

By Jarred_5.903

  • Sacco and Vanzetti arrested for armed robbery and murder

    Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were arrested in May 1920 for the armed robbery and murder of two men during a payroll holdup in South Braintree, Massachusetts. They were later convicted in a controversial trial marked by conflicting evidence and prejudice against their radical political beliefs

  • KDKA goes on the air from Pittsburgh

    KDKA went on the air in Pittsburgh on November 2, 1920, becoming the first commercially licensed radio station in the world

  • 1st Miss American Pageant

    held in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on September 8, 1921, as the Inter-City Beauty Contest

  • 1st Winter Olympics Held

    Chamonix, France, from January 25 to February 5, 1924. Initially called "International Winter Sports Week," it was officially designated the first Olympic Winter Games by the International Olympic Committee

  • The Great Gatsby published by F. Scott Fitzgerald

    The novel was published on 10 April 1925 by the publisher Charles Scribner's Sons. Fitzgerald had hoped it would sell 75,000 copies

  • Scopes Monkey Trial

    John Scopes, a young popular high school science teacher, agreed to stand as defendant in a test case to challenge the law. He was arrested on May 7, 1925, and charged with teaching the theory of evolution

  • Charles Lindberg completes solo flight across the Atlantic

    first solo, nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in May 1927

  • St. Valentine's Day Massacre

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