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Lizzie Borden was accused of killing her mother and father with an axe.
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Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald is born.
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Theodore Roosevelt becomes the 26th president of the United States.
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The Wright Bros. fly the first airplane
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One of the most famous earthquakes in history kills about 700 people.
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First car introduced to the public
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Earthquake that resulted ina tsunami that killed 100,000 to 200,000 people.
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The Mystery of the Raymond Mortgage was published by the St. Paul Academy's NOW AND THEN magazine.
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50 years later it becomes the 50th state.
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Fitzgeralds first play, "The Girl from Lazy J" is performed at the Elizabethan Dramatic Club in St. Paul.
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Fitzgerald enters Princeton University and occasionally writesf for the Princeton Tiger, a school paper.
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The opening of the canal provided international trade with a faster and shorter route.
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After the sinking of Lusitania, the U.S. enters WWI
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He recieves commision as 2nd lieutenant in the U.S. infrantry
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Killed more people than WW1. An estimated 30 million people had died.
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Scott and Zelda get married after a previous split in 1919. They marry and St. Patricks Cathedral in New York.
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Allows women to vote.
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The Beautiful and Damned is turned into a movie by Warner Bros.
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While working on The Great Gatsby, it was said the Zelda had been seeing another man by the name of Edouard Jozan.
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John Scopes is found guilty for teaching evolution in schools
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Fitzgerald's most notable novel is published and is sold for 2.00$.
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At the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, the 9th planet of our solar system was discovered.
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An area of the midwest that suffered severe dust storms and drought.
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Famous serial killer Joe Ball commits suicide after being questioned by the police about 20 murders. He was known for feeding his victims to alligators.
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Scott dies of a heart attack.
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