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Due to a decline in the New York stock market, the Panic of 1893 ensued. Farmers were some of the most affected because of debts and mortgage changes.
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The Duryea Brothers tested the first American gas-powered car in the United States. It was tested in Massachusetts.
https://www.thoughtco.com/duryea-brothers-automobile-history-1991577#:~:text=In%20March%201896%2C%20Charles%20and,automobile%2C%20the%20Duryea%20motor%20wagon. -
On September 20, 1893, the Duryea brothers' first automobile was constructed and successfully tested on the public streets of Springfield, Massachusetts.
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Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1896
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The invention of the airplane by Wilbur and Orville Wright is one of the great stories in American history. The Wright brothers’ invention not only solved a long-studied technical problem, but helped create an entirely new world. https://airandspace.si.edu/explore/stories/wright-brothers -
New York underground subway opened to the public.
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Standard Oil broke up in 1911 as a result of a lawsuit brought against it by the U.S. government in 1906 under the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890.
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In 1909, Fitzgerald published his first written piece to his school newspaper.
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Fitzgerald enrolled in Princeton University in 1913. He spent much of his time working on plays and publishing his stories to his school newspaper.
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After dropping out of the Princeton University, Fitzgerald enlisted in the US Army. Before his discharge in 1919, he became a lieutenant.
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In 1918, the 18th Amendment was passed and later ratified in 1919 prohibiting the sale and production of liquor in the US.
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The Ku Klux Klan marched on Washington, D.C. People sat on flagpoles, danced the Charleston, read a new novel called The Great Gatsby.
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In 1920, Fitzgerald published his first novel titled "This Side of Paradise". This piece gave him significant attention and helped skyrocket his career as an author.
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After spending time in the spotlight and accumulating more money than he'd ever had, he married Zelda Sayre, a former lover.
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The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted American women the right to vote, a right known as women’s suffrage, and was ratified on August 18, 1920, ending almost a century of protest.
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After marrying Zelda, steadying his income, and having a child, Fitzgerald moved him and his family to Paris. They would continue to move around Europe for a few years.
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This is Fitzgerald's third novel, The Great Gatsby, which was published on April 10, 1925, by Charles Scribner's Sons. -
The first American TV station began broadcasting on July 2, 1928. W3XK was the first commercially licensed television station in the US, owned by inventor Charles Francis Jenkins
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Mickey Mouse comic strip was released https://d23.com/first-mickey-mouse-comic-strip/ -
Due to a schizophrenia diagnosis, Zelda was placed into mental care and move from facility to facility. The last facility she was placed in was the location of her death.
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The Crack-Up is a piece written by Fitzgerald that detailed his increasing hardships after experiencing fame. He hopped between residences in North Carolina and later relocated to California.
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Fitzgerald died of a heart attack in December of 1940.
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Japan attacked a Hawaiian naval base, resulting in the President signing off on war against Japan.
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After Germany's surrender and peace meetings between fighting nations, WW2 was declared over.
https://www.jbsa.mil/News/News/Article/616720/5-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-end-of-world-war-ii/#:%7E:text=On%20the%20morning%20of%20Sept,end%20of%20World%20War%20II -
Through Diners Club, the world's first credit card was produced and distributed. Similar to modern credit cards, owners had to regularly pay off their balances.
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