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Sacco and Vanzetti were charged with committing robbery and murder at the Slater and Morrill shoe factory in South Braintree. Even though there was terrible supporting evidence to say that they actually did it.
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KDKA was the very first radio station to ever go on air. And was broadcasting the election results at the time
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The Teapot Dome scandal was a political corruption scandal in the United States involving the administration of President Warren G. Harding.
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Atlantic City was the first home to the first Miss America Pageant. And it included representatives from 7 cities and Atlantic City.
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The Olympic Winter Games or commonly known as Chamonix 1924. They were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France.
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This was a book published in the Jazz Age New York. It talks about Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire, and his pursuit of Daisy Buchanan a wealthy young woman whom he loved in his youth.
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This was a trail between the state of Tennessee and John Thomas Scopes. Over if it was okay to teach children about evolution in school or if it went aginst the bible.
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The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre was the murder of seven Gang members. And happened on Saint Valentine's Day.
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Charles A. Lindbergh completed the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in history flying his Spirit of St. Louis from Long Island New York to Paris France.
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The Jazz Singer an American musical film was released in 1927. And was the first feature-length movie with synchronized dialogue. Which marked the ascendancy of “talkies” and the end of the silent-film era.
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During Black Tuesday around 16 million shares were traded on the New York Stock Exchange. This caused Investors to lose billions of dollars as millions of shares plummeted.