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Sacco and Vanzetti arrested for armed robbery and murder
There was a car that 4 italian men wanted the garage owner's wife called police and warned the four men not to drive the car as it lacked current license plates. -
KDKA goes on the air from Pittsburgh
KDKA began the first broadcast by a commercially licensed radio station -
1st Miss American Pageant date
Miss American Pageant is a beauty voting that began in 1921. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
The Teapot Dome scandal was a bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding -
1st Winter Olympics Held
The winter olymipcs were a sequence of games held for the first time -
The Great Gatsby published by F. Scott Fitzgerald
A book set in 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. -
Scopes Monkey Trial
Scopes monkey trail was a american law trial in which a high school teacher, John T. Scopes was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which had made it illegal for teachers to teach human evolution in any state funded school -
Charles Lindberg completes solo flight across the Atlantic
Charles A. Lindbergh completed the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in history. -
The Jazz Singer debuts (1st movie with sound)
The Jazz Singer, the first commercially successful full-length feature film with sound, debuts at the Blue Mouse Theater in Seattle. -
St. Valentine's Day Massacre
The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre was the murder of seven Irish members and associates of Chicago's North Side Gang that occurred on Valentine's Day 1929. -
Black Tuesday (Stock Market Crash)
The Wall Street Crash also known as the Great Crash, was a major American stock market crash that occurred in the autumn of 1929.