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Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. Fitzgerald’s given names indicate his parents’ pride in his father’s ancestry. Both of his parents were Catholics. https://sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/university_libraries/browse/irvin_dept_special_collections/collections/matthew_arlyn_bruccoli_collection_of_f_scott_fitzgerald/life_of_fitzgerald/index.php -
The US's population grew drastically https://time.graphics/event/42336#:~:text=jan%2018%2C%201900%20%2D%20U.S.%20population%20exceeds%2075%20million%20(Timeline) -
The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard. https://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1900.html -
The first airplane was called the “Flyer” and was invented by the Wright brothers. It flew for 12 seconds and for a distance of 120 feet at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA. https://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/1900a.shtml -
The Boy Scouts of America is founded. https://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1910.html -
The Titanic sinks into the North Atlantic after striking an iceberg. It lost thousands of passengers and crew. https://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1910.html -
The crossword puzzle was invented by Arthur Wynne. Wynne wrote weekly puzzles for the US newspaper called The New York World. The first crossword puzzle by Wynne was a diamond-shaped puzzle. https://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/1900a.shtml -
Woodrow Wilson, a leader of the Progressive Movement, was the 28th President of the United States. https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/woodrow-wilson/#:~:text=Woodrow%20Wilson%2C%20a%20leader%20of,States%20(1913%2D1921). -
Fitzgerald joined the army in 1917 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the infantry. Convinced that he would die in the war, he rapidly wrote a novel, “The Romantic Egotist”. https://sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/university_libraries/browse/irvin_dept_special_collections/collections/matthew_arlyn_bruccoli_collection_of_f_scott_fitzgerald/life_of_fitzgerald/index.php -
A permanent ban on the sale, transportation, importing, and exporting of alcoholic beverages was enacted by the passage of the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution by Congress. It took just over one year for the Amendment to be ratified by the states. https://www.historicpatterson.org/Exhibits/ExhProhibition.php -
Fitzgerald was assigned to Camp Sheridan, near Montgomery, Alabama where he fell in love with Zelda Sayre, the youngest daughter of an Alabama Supreme Court judge. https://sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/university_libraries/browse/irvin_dept_special_collections/collections/matthew_arlyn_bruccoli_collection_of_f_scott_fitzgerald/life_of_fitzgerald/index.php -
On April 4, 1917, the U.S. Senate voted in support of the measure to declare war on Germany. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1914-1920/wwi#:~:text=On%20April%204%2C%201917%2C%20the,Hungary%20on%20December%207%2C%201917. -
Patterson joined the rest of the nation in banning beverages with an alcohol content greater than 2.75%. The day before the ban went into effect, people traveled to "wet" areas to enjoy their last night of drinking. https://www.historicpatterson.org/Exhibits/ExhProhibition.php -
After he rewrote his novel as This Side of Paradise it was accepted by editor Maxwell Perkins of Scribners in September. Fitzgerald described it as “a quest novel,” This Side of Paradise traces the career aspirations and love disappointments of Amory Blaine. https://sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/university_libraries/browse/irvin_dept_special_collections/collections/matthew_arlyn_bruccoli_collection_of_f_scott_fitzgerald/life_of_fitzgerald/index.php -
The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending World War I. It was the primary treaty produced by the Paris Peace Conference. https://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1910.html -
Bandages for wounds had been around since ancient times, but Earle Dickson made an easy-to-use dressing with adhesive. Dickson made a small, sterile adhesive bandage for home use. https://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/1900a.shtml -
This made the 24-year-old Fitzgerald famous almost overnight, and a week later he married Zelda Sayre in New York. They tried to live extravagantly as young celebrities and Fitzgerald tried to earn a solid literary reputation, but his playboy image disrupted the proper assessment of his work. https://sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/university_libraries/browse/irvin_dept_special_collections/collections/matthew_arlyn_bruccoli_collection_of_f_scott_fitzgerald/life_of_fitzgerald/index.php -
Fitzgerald went to France for his work where he wrote The Great Gatsby, and his marriage was damaged by Zelda’s involvement with a French naval aviator. On the Riviera, the Fitzgeralds formed a close friendship with affluent and cultured American expatriates Gerald and Sara Murphy. https://sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/university_libraries/browse/irvin_dept_special_collections/collections/matthew_arlyn_bruccoli_collection_of_f_scott_fitzgerald/life_of_fitzgerald/index.php -
Fitzgerald revised The Great Gatsby in Rome; they were en route to Paris when the novel was published in April. The Great Gatsby marked a striking advance in Fitzgerald’s technique, utilizing a complex structure and a controlled narrative point of view. https://sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/university_libraries/browse/irvin_dept_special_collections/collections/matthew_arlyn_bruccoli_collection_of_f_scott_fitzgerald/life_of_fitzgerald/index.php -
The Great Gatsby was Fitzgerald's third book and stands as the supreme achievement of his career. This novel of the Jazz Age has been acclaimed by generations of readers. https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Great-Gatsby
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Federal "dry agents" raided fifteen restaurants, inns, stores, and private homes located throughout Putnam County. The agents removed truckloads of liquor, including thousands of bottles of beer, hundreds of jugs of whiskey and wine, and dozens of barrels of cider. https://www.historicpatterson.org/Exhibits/ExhProhibition.php -
The Star-Spangled Banner, by Francis Scott Key, is approved by President Hoover and Congress as the national anthem. The lyrics of the anthem were inspired during the bombing of Fort McHenry by British ships at the head of Baltimore Harbor. https://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1930.html -
The first non-leaking ballpoint pen was invented by the Hungarian brothers Lazlo and Georg Biro. Lazlo was a chemist and Georg was a newspaper editor. https://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/1900a.shtml -
Fitzgerald gained a six-month Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer screenwriting contract at $1,000 a week. He received his only screen credit for adapting Three Comrades (1938), and his contract was renewed for a year at $1,250 a week. https://sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/university_libraries/browse/irvin_dept_special_collections/collections/matthew_arlyn_bruccoli_collection_of_f_scott_fitzgerald/life_of_fitzgerald/index.php -
Fitzgerald lived in Hollywood for a few years before his death, earning his living as a screenwriter. Fitzgerald died at the age of forty-five, leaving his final novel, The Last Tycoon, unfinished. https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/september-24/#:~:text=For%20the%20last%20years%20of,%2C%20The%20Last%20Tycoon%2C%20unfinished.
