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Yosemite park is created
John Muir and his collegues worked for congress to preserve the beautiful land Yosemite is founded on. -
Wrigley Company is founded
Wrigley is based in Chicago, Illinois, and it originally sold soap and baking powder. But the next year it started on gum. -
First Professional Football Game
This iconic game was played in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. The Latrobe YMCA beat the Jeannette Athletic Club 12-0. -
F. Scott Fitzgerald is born
The future novelist was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, into the family of Mary Mcquillan and Edward Fitzgerald. -
Klondike Gold Rush starts
The Klondike Gold Rush starts with the first prospectors going to Seattle. However the chronciled beginning is eght days later as Jack London sails to Klondike to write his stories. -
Fitzgerald's family moved to Buffalo
Edward Fitzgerald got a job at Proctor and Gamble in Buffalo, first move of many the family witll make. -
Fitzgerald's sister is born
F. Scott Fitzgerald had one sister named Annabel. -
First Rose Bowl
The Rose Bowl game is an American football game usually held on January first. It was originally called the "Tournament East–West football game." -
The first modern World Series of Major League Baseball is held between the American and National Leagues
Ater two years of bitter rivalry, it pitted the pennant winners of that year in a nine game series, with the American League winner, the Boston Americans. -
Wright Brother's First Flight
Wilbur and Orville Wright flew the first powered aircraft, which they invented, at Kitty Hawke. -
The Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition is opened
This expo was in Portland, Oregon, and world's fair would host eighteen nations and three colonies, and close on October 15 with attendance of 1.7 million visiting its 402 acre site. -
The Pure Food and Drug Act is passed
This act was made to rectify he dirty and drug filled food being made in the public. -
First passenger flight
Wilbur Wright escorts Charles W. Furnas in the Wright Flyer III at Huffman Prairie Flying Field in Dayton, Ohio. -
Fitzgerald's Father Lost his Job at Proctor and Gamble
F. Scott Fitzgerald was 12 when is father lost his job, and him and his family moved back to St. Paul to live off of Mary's inheritance. -
Ford introduces the Model T
The first production Model T Ford is completed at the company's Piquette Avenue plant in Detroit and it would later become the longest running production of the automobile until 1972. -
Fitzgerald's first printed work
The work was a detective story called "The Mystery of the Raymond Mortgage." -
Fitzgerald is sent to Newman School
When Fitzgerald was 15 his parents sent him to the prestigious Catholic school called Newman School. There he met Father Sigourney Fay, who encouraged Fitzgerald to pursue his literary talents. -
Fitzgerald Decides to go to Princeton
While Fitzgerald was at Princeton, he was dedicated to improving his literary artistic talent and he wrote scripts for the Triangle Club's musicals. -
WW1 begins
Gavrilo Princip assassinates Franz Ferdinand, and Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia. -
Fitzgerald drops out of Princeton and joins the U.S. Army
After being placed on academic probation, Fitzgerald joins the Army and gets commisioned a second lieutenant in the infantry and assigned to Camp Sheridan outside of Montgomery, Alabama. -
Fitzgerald met Zelda Sayre
While stationed near Montgomery, Alabama, Fitzgerald met his future wife, Zelda. -
WW1 ends
Germany had formally surrendered, and all nations had agreed to stop fighting while the terms of peace were negotiated. -
19th amendment is passed by congress
The 19th amendment grants American women the right to vote. -
Prohibitions starts
The United States went dry from alcohol this year after the amendment being ratified the year before. -
Fitzgerald and Zelda get married
They married at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City.
