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Grover Cleveland was inaugurated as president of the United States for the second time.
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The new structure on Ellis Island began receiving arriving immigrants on January 1, 1892. Annie Moore, a teenage girl from Ireland, accompanied by her two younger brothers, made history as the very first immigrant to be processed at Ellis Island.
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Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 24, 1896. His name is the namesake of his family and the second cousin of the author of the National Anthem. -
The United States declared war on Spain. This war would only last a little less than a year ending on December 19, 1998. -
Theodore Roosevelt became president in 1901 after the previous president was assassinated. He stayed president until 1909.
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First world Series in baseball between the Boston Americans and the Pittsburg Pirates (5-3). It lasted well over 12 days between October 1-13.
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Fitzgerald enters schools such at St. Paul Andrews from 1908-10 and Newman School from 1911-13 -
The ship Titanic which is known as the unsinkable ship sinks on April 14/15 1912.
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The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand is considered by most to the be the spark that set off World War 1. This event causes Austria-Hungary to declare war on Serbia sending Europe into four 4 years of war.
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After multiple events that the United States could no longer ignore such as the sinking of the Lusitania, sinking of merchant civil ships, and the Zimmerman telegram. The United States declares war on Germany.
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After leaving Princeton University Fitzgerald joins the United States Army. Fitzgerald was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Army - -
The 1918 influenza pandemic is the most severe pandemic to occur in recent history. Estimates put the death rate at 50 million globally with the majority being in underdeveloped nations.
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Following the aftermaths of World War 1, the Treaty of Versailles was signed in order to punish Germany. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers.
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Nationwide ban on the sale and import of alcoholic beverages. However, Prohibition had the unintended consquence of fueling organized crime
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Fitzgerald's first novel is published, This Side of Paradise. The novel helps bring in wealth and fame for Fitzgerald as his name becomes widely known
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Zelda Sayre was the youngest daughter of Alabama Supreme Court Justice Anthony Dickinson Sayre. Married Fitzgerald after his first novel "This Side of Paradise."
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A year after marrying Zelda Sayre, the couple have their first and only child. On October 26th, 1921, Frances Scott "Scottie" Fitzgerald is born.
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Time Magazine is published for the first time, becoming one of the most dominant media companies of the Twentieth Century. https://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1920.html -
While in France, Fitzgerald publishes what many consider his magnum opus. "The Great Gatsby" is published on April 10th, 1925 which focuses on Nick Caraway's interactions with the titular character Jay Gatsby on Long Island and New York.
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Worldwide economic downturn caused by the stock market plummeting that led to consumers purchasing less products which results in businesses making less revenue which meant they had to fire employees which led to consumers having less money to purchase products.
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New Deal was a series of programs and projects that were enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in order to bring the US out of the Great Depression
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In 1934, Fitzgerald releases his 4th and final completed novel "Tender is the Night." set during the waning years of the Jazz Era. The novel focuses on psychiatrist Dick Diver, and his wife Nicole who happens to be one of his patients
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The German Invasion of Poland marked the beginning of WW2. Shortly after the invasion of Poland, France and Britain declared war on Germany marking the start of WW2
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/invasion-of-poland-fall-1939