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This event left hundreds of Native Americans in a tribe in South Dakota dead after an attack by the US Marines. It was significant to this time because it essentially ended Native resistance against American colonialism for some time.
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The "Black Maria" was the name of Thomas Edison's film studio and the first film studio in America. Edison motion pictures were filmed here and, over time, the studio became a great achievement in film history.
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The Olympic games started up this year in Athens, Greece where they were created and played thousands of years ago. Fourteen nations participated in ten available events including cycling, swimming, gymnastics, and wrestling.
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Francis was born in St. Paul Minnesota to Edward and Mary Fitzgerald.
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This explosion rocked the nation and incited fear and anger in many Americans, which led to the US declaring war on Spain a month later. While there was no known cause for the explosion, it was blamed on Spain due to their suppression of Cuba and previous disagreements with Americans in this area.
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The president was shot at point-blank range and in broad daylight on September 9th, 1901. While he wasn't killed initially, he died from his wounds a few days later.
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This is the first documented time that someone was able to create flight with heavy machinery. While hot air balloons and other seemingly "weightless" inventions already existed this is the first of the modern planes we use to fly today.
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This theory is considered to be one of the most important theories in physics as it compares speed to mass, time, and space.
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He attended a school in New Jersey called the Newman school where his encouragement for writing began. A few years later he started a literary apprenticeship for the school.
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The Archduke of Austria-Hungary was shot, causing already high tensions in the east to start the first world war. The US didn't join the war until 1918 but until then the European alliances fought amongst themselves.
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He joined the army with little confidence of making it out alive. As a result he wrote another novel titled “The Romantic Egotist”.
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When he is assigned to Camp Sheridan he falls in love with an 18 year old girl named Zelda. He becomes engaged to her but after his inability to find a job she breaks off the engagement.
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This day marked the end of WWI and was widely celebrated after four long years of fighting. Ultimately, Germany was blamed for a large part of the damage that occurred during the war.
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This conference came shortly after the war to divide up the spoils of war and create a plan for the future. This is where the league of nations was formed.
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This book makes Fitzgerald instantly famous and earns him money and publicity. This encourages his ex-fiance to marry him.
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This 19th amendment grants women the right to vote. This is a great step in woman's suffrage which has had movements fighting for equality up until this point.
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Frances Scott Fitzgerald is born in St. Paul. She becomes Francis and Zelda's only child.
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After his failed play, the Vegetable, and political satire Fitzgerald found himself in debt. He manages to get enough money by writing short stories but also finds himself making a habit of drinking.
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While motion pictures were common during this time this was the first ever motion picture that also incorporated sound. The "Phonofilm" is shown to the general public in New York.
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On this day, the Indian Citizenship Act was passed. This act granted US citizenship to all Native Americans born in the country.
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Fitzgerald wrote the Great Gatsby in France in 1924 and revised it in Rome shortly after. The process only took around 2 years and was published while he was heading to Paris.
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After living in Europe since the birth of their child, Fitzgerald moves back to Delaware. Here he rents a mansion and tries completing his 4th novel. -
Sculptor Gutzon Borglum leads a team to chisel the faces of four presidents into stone.
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The family returns to France as Zelda's health starts to deteriorate. Not long after, the couple becomes estranged due to Zelda's mental state.
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After an economic boom in what was considered "the roaring twenties", the stock market crashes sending everyone into a panic. This crash leads to the Great Depression which will last approximately 10 years.
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