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Yosemite National Park Opens
Congress establishes Yosemite National Park at the urging of naturalist John Muir who argues passionately for the preservation of its sequoia forests. -
Carnegie Hall Opens
Carnegie Hall, then known as Music Hall, opens its doors in New York with its first public performance under the guest conductor, Tchaikovsky. -
Grover Cleveland Returns
Grover Cleveland returns to the presidency with his victory in the presidential election over incumbent President Benjamin Harrison and People's Party candidate James Weaver. -
Edison's Kinetoscope
The first public showing of Thomas Edison's kinetoscope motion picture is held. Edison had invented the process seven years earlier. -
First Modern Olympic Games
The first modern Olympic Games is held in Athens, Greece. Thirteen nations participated, including the United States of America. It was held in Panathinaiko Stadium and had originated from an 1894 congress organized by Pierre de Coubertin who established the International Olympic Committee. -
Birth of F. Scott Fitzgerald
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald is born in St Paul, Minnesota. -
Start of Machines (Voting)
The United States Congress approves the use of voting machines in federal elections. -
The Zeppelin
The zeppelin was invented by Count Ferdinand Von Zeppelin. Zeppelin is a name that has passed on into cultural legend. Many have forgotten Count Ferdinand Von Zeppelin after whom these ships are named, but very name evokes visions of giant passenger ships voyaging across land and sea. -
Kellogg's Begins Selling Corn Flakes
Kellogg's, one of the the food industries biggest tycoons, got it's start in 1906. -
Ten Rules of War Established at the Second Hague Peace Conference
The second conference, in 1907, was generally a failure, with few major decisions. However, the meeting of major powers did prefigure later 20th-century attempts at international cooperation. -
Boy Scouts Established in U.S.
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with 2.7 million youth members and over 1 million adult volunteers. Since its founding in 1910 as part of the international Scout Movement, more than 110 million Americans have been members of the BSA. -
Hollywood
The Nestor Company opens the first film studio in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles, taking over a tavern closed by temperance activists. Within the decade, "Hollywood" will become the nickname for an entertainment industry destined to make the West the source of American popular culture and home of America's most incandescent cultural stars. -
Xinhai Revolution
The Xinhai Revolution or Hsinhai Revolution, also known as Revolution of 1911 or the Chinese Revolution, was a revolution that overthrew China's last imperial dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, and established the Republic of China. -
Fitzgerald enters Princeton University.
While at Princeton he constantly ignored his studies in order to continue working on different literary works he was doing. -
Fitzgerald Writes for Princeton Tiger
In his sophomore year Fitzgerald amps up his involvement in Princeton's literary scene, with contributions to the Princeton Tiger and the Triangle Club. -
US enters WWI
The United States declares war on Germany, entering World War I at 8:30 in the evening of April 2, 1917. -
Fitzgerald joins the Army
On acedemic probation and not likely to graduate on time, Fitzgerald joins the Army. -
Fitzgerald marries Zelda
With the "overnight" success of his first novel This Side of Paradise. Zelda, Fitzgerald's love who wouldn't marry him until he had a decent income, marries Fitzgerald in New York. -
Flappers and Philosophers
Following the publication of his first short story collection Flappers and Philosophers, the Fitzgeralds move into an apartment on West 59th Street in New York City. -
United States National Prohibition Act
The 18th Amendment to the United States Constitutition prohibited the manufacture, sale, transport, import, or export of alcoholic beverages. Upon ratification of the amendment by the states, Congress voted its approval in October 1919, and enacted it into law as the National Prohibition Act of 1920. This determined intoxicating liquor as anything having an alcoholic content of anything more than 0.5 percent. -
Birth of F. Scott Fitzgerald's daughter
The Fitzgeralds' first and only child is born, a daughter named Frances Scott "Scottie" Fitzgerald. The next month the family moves to St. Paul and lives there until June. -
The Beautiful and Damned is published.
The Beautiful and Damned, first published by Scribner's in 1922, is F. Scott Fitzgerald's second novel. The novel provides a portrait of the Eastern elite during the Jazz Age, exploring New York Café Society. As with his other novels, Fitzgerald's characters are complex, especially in their marriage and intimacy. -
Fitzgeralds at Great Neck, NY
The Fitzgeralds rent a house in Great Neck, Long Island. They live there until April 1924. During their time in Long Island, F. Scott Fitzgerald produces a few short stories for magazines and one unsuccessful play. The couple's interactions with Long Island society provide the setting and mood for the novel germinating in Fitzgerald's head. -
Fitzgerald moves to France and writes The Great Gatsby.
A year later, when the book was published, it got great reviews and was widely accepted by critics. Early book sales, however, did not reflect this. -
Great Stock Market Crash of 1929
The U.S. stock market crashes, triggering the Great Depression. The Jazz Age is officially over.
