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Grover Cleveland won the U.S. presidential election, becoming the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms. https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/grover-cleveland/ -
The first modern Olympic games were played in Athens, Greece. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-modern-olympic-games -
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald is born in St. Paul, Minnesota. https://www.britannica.com/summary/F-Scott-Fitzgerald-Timeline -
America declares war on Spain, after the sinking of the USS Maine. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1866-1898/spanish-american-war -
Queen Victoria passes away at the age of 81. Edward the VII succeeded her. https://historycolored.com/articles/8683/1900s-7-historical-events-that-happened-in-1900-the-1900s-1900-1909/ -
The Wright Brothers conduct the first powered flight after numerous attempts. https://historycolored.com/articles/8683/1900s-7-historical-events-that-happened-in-1900-the-1900s-1900-1909/ -
The Titanic sets sail across the Atlantic, striking an iceberg and sinking below water. https://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1910to1919.html -
The first World War breaks out due to the Death of Franz Fernidad. https://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1910.html -
A German torpedo sinks the British Ocean liner Lusitania off the Irish coast. https://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1910to1919.html -
Fitzgerald enlist in the Army after returning to Princeton in 1917. https://www.britannica.com/summary/F-Scott-Fitzgerald-Timeline -
The Treaty of Versailles end WW1, pinning the blame on Germany. https://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1910to1919.html -
Fitzgerald and his finance break up, making him return to St. Paul, and continues working on a novel he started in the army. https://www.britannica.com/summary/F-Scott-Fitzgerald-Timeline -
"The Beautiful and Damned" was released by Fitzgerald and was also very successful in his name. https://www.britannica.com/summary/F-Scott-Fitzgerald-Timeline -
Fitzgerald and his daughter leave for France, as "The Great Gatsby" is underway in writing. https://www.britannica.com/summary/F-Scott-Fitzgerald-Timeline -
While in France, Fitzgerald completes his Mona Lisa in the Great Gatsby. https://www.britannica.com/summary/F-Scott-Fitzgerald-Timeline -
The United States Congress approves the construction of the Hoover Dam. https://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1920.html -
The Great Depression breaks out across the world due to the Stock Market Crash of '29. https://www.stlouisfed.org/the-great-depression/curriculum/economic-episodes-in-american-history-part-5#:~:text=What%20were%20the%20major%20causes,collapse%20of%20the%20money%20supply. -
Fitzgerald and his wife move back to the states, and his wife publishes a book discussing their troubling marriage. https://www.britannica.com/summary/F-Scott-Fitzgerald-Timeline -
Fitzgerald completes his final novel, "Tender is the Night". https://www.britannica.com/summary/F-Scott-Fitzgerald-Timeline -
Fitzgerald moves to Hollywood as a script writer, as he finds new love with Sheliah Graham. https://www.britannica.com/summary/F-Scott-Fitzgerald-Timeline -
WW2 breaks out in Europe, as American claims its neutrality in the War. https://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1940.html -
Fitzgerald dies of a Heart attack in late 1940. "The Last Tycoon" was published a year after the death. https://www.britannica.com/summary/F-Scott-Fitzgerald-Timeline -
The attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, forces the USA to join WW2. https://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1940.html -
The nuclear bombs from the Manhattan project were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. https://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1940.html -
Executive Order 9981, ending segregation in the United States military, is signed into effect by President Harry S. Truman. https://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1940.html