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1st Miss American Pageant
The first pageant was held in 1921 and eight finalist from cities in the northwest would later be known as Miss America. -
Sacco and Vanzetti arrested for armed robbery and murder
Four Italian men went for a car on an evening of May 5th. The owners wife called the police and warned them not to drive the car because it had no license plates. Later the two men got arrested. -
KDKA goes on the air for Pittsburgh.
They were broadcast pioneers. They began the first broadcast by commercially licensed radio station. They were the first ones ever to go live as a licensed station. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
The Teapot Dome Scandal involved the secretary of Albert Fall and he was accepting large amounts of money and valuable gifts from oil companies. He allowed the control of government reserves in places like cali. -
Scopes Monkey Trial
This began with John Thomas Scopes. He was a young high school science teacher accused of teaching evolution against Tennessee state law. -
1st Winter Olympics Held
The 1st winter olympics was known as the 1 olympic winter games and was commonly known as Chamonix 1924. This was a multi sport event which was held in France. -
Jazz singer debuts
This was the first commercially full length film with sound. The movie used the Warner brothers. It has a sound on disc technology to reduce the musical score and synchronized speech. -
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott
This was a 1925 novel by American writer F. Scott. This was set in the jazz era on Long Island. A lot of his novels have an obsession to reunite with his former lover Daisy Buchanan. -
Charles Lindberg completes solo flight across the Atlantic
He safely landed in Paris in less than 34 hours later. He became the first solo pilot to do a non-sop landing flight. He really changed the public opinion on the value of air trial. -
Black Tuesday ( stock market crash )
On the 29th of October the stock market crashed creating an event now known as 'Black Tuesday' .This chain of events led to the Great Depression which was a 10 year slump that affected all countries in the world. -
St. Valentine's Day Massacre
This was the murder of 7 Irish and associates of a north side gang and that occurred on Saint Valentine's Day. These men were gathered at Lincoln park in Chicago the morning of Feb. 14th.
