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Born in St. Paul, Minnesota
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1900 The U.S. population was 76,300,000
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Became our elected President and made it to our greatest presidents of all.
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The U.S. Navy installs the first radio telephone aboard ships
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Becomes the first president to leave the country.
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Pablo Picasso unveils his cubism art, Les Demoiselles d’ Avignon.
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A radio S.O.S saves 1,700 lives after ships collide.
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The Interstate Commerce Commission assumed regulation of telegraph and telephone communications.
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Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) died April 21st at age 75
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22,000 U.S. troops protected Americans along the Mexican border from the nearby battles of the Mexican Revolution.
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Fitzgerald attends a Catholic prep School where he meets Father Sigourney Fay, who encouraged his dreams of succes
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He Enters Princeton University
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1913 Over 400 died in The Dayton Flood along the Miami River in Ohio
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Fitzgerald neglects studies to write scripts and lyrics for the college musical and magazines.
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On academic probation and unlikely to graduate, Fitzgerald joins the army. Makes first attempt at a novel, The Romantic Egotist.
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While at camp Shredan near Montgomery, Alabama, Fitsgerald falls in love with celebrated belle Zelda Sayre.
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Goes to New York to seek his fortune and win Zelda’s hand in marriage-- but she is unwilling to live on his small salary and breaks engagement.
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The Wartime Prohibition Act took effect.
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Fame comes almost overnight with publication of this side of paradise. A week later, he marries Zelda in New York.
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The United States went dry
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Fitzgerald Writes second novel, The Beautiful and Damned. Settles in St. Paul in time for the birth of his only child, Frances Scott (Scottie).
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Fitzgerald started drinking heavily, triggering frequent domestic rows.
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Black Tuesday - saw 16 million shares traded at losses. By December 1st, the New York Stock Exchange value had dropped by over 26 billion dollars and the Great Depression had begun.
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The noble experiment ended at 3:32 p.m. When Utah became the 26th state to ratify the 21st Amendment, repealing Prohibition.