1920s timeline

By ChloeLaw
  • Sacco and Vanzetti arrested for armed robbery and murder

    Sacco and Vanzetti arrested for armed robbery and murder

    charged with committing robbery and murder at the Slater and Morrill shoe factory in South Braintree
  • KDKA goes on the air from Pittsburgh

    KDKA goes on the air from Pittsburgh

    world's first commercially licensed station
  • Teapot Dome Scandal

    Teapot Dome Scandal

    bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding
  • 1st Miss American Pageant

    1st Miss American Pageant

    activity designed to attract tourists to extend their Labor Day holiday weekend
  • 1st Winter Olympics Held

    1st Winter Olympics Held

    held in Chamonix, France
  • The Great Gatsby published by F. Scott Fitzgerald

    The Great Gatsby published by F. Scott Fitzgerald

    f. scott fitzgeralds third novel
  • Scopes Monkey Trial

    Scopes Monkey Trial

    american legal case
  • Charles Lindberg completes solo flight across the Atlantic

    Charles Lindberg completes solo flight across the Atlantic

    record for the quickest transcontinental flight
  • The Jazz Singer debuts (1st movie with sound)

    The Jazz Singer debuts (1st movie with sound)

    first feature-length movie with synchronized dialogue
  • St. Valentine's Day Massacre

    St. Valentine's Day Massacre

    murder of seven members and associates of Chicago's North Side Gang that occurred on Saint Valentine's Day
  • Black Tuesday (Stock Market Crash)

    Black Tuesday (Stock Market Crash)

    investors traded some 16 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange in a single day