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1890-1930 Fitzgerald’s life. Your timeline should contain a total of 25 events, 15 reflecting life and times from 1890-1930 and 10 relating to Fitzgerald’s life.
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The first ever modern olympics were in April of 1896 and were held in Athens, Greece. (https://www.britannica.com/event/Athens-1896-Olympic-Games) -
F. Scott Fitzgerald was born on September 24th, 1896. (https://www.britannica.com/summary/F-Scott-Fitzgeralds-Important-Works) -
The work fo the NY (New York) subway began in 1900. (https://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1900to1909.html) -
On May 21st, 1901, the first-ever speed limit law was placed in Connecticut, limiting their speed limit to 12 mph on city roads and 15 mph on country roads. (https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/connecticut-enacts-first-speed-limit-law#:~:text=On%20May%2021%2C%201901%2C%20Connecticut,15%20mph%20on%20country%20roads.) -
The first-ever Nobel prizes were handed out in Stockholm, Sweden within the following fields: physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace, on December 10th, 1901. (https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-nobel-prizes-awarded) -
The first Ford Motor Company was founded in Detroit, Michigan by Henry Ford on June 16th, 1903. (https://corporate.ford.com/articles/history/henry-ford-biography.html#:~:text=On%20June%2016%2C%201903%2C%20Henry,stock%20in%20the%20new%20organization.) -
The Boston Americans of the American League played the National League Championships in Boston on October 1st, 1903. They won with a score of 7-3. (https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/october-01/) -
In 1907, Congress declared the Indian Territory and Oklahoma territory as single states. (https://www.archives.gov/legislative/features/oklahoma#:~:text=On%20September%2017%2C%201907%20the,as%20the%20forty%2Dsixth%20state.) -
Businessmen in Hawaii believed that further construction at Pearl Harbor would benefit trade and economic development on the islands, while others recognized the necessity of a more developed Naval presence for American ascendancy in the Pacific. (https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/construction-pearl-harbor-naval-base) -
At the young age of 13, Fitzgerald happened to see his first piece of writing in print; a detective story he wrote in his school's newspaper. (https://www.biography.com/writer/f-scott-fitzgerald) -
In 1911, the first-ever international women's day was celebrated in Denmark, Austria, Switzerland, and Germany. Over 1 million people attended. (https://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1910to1919.html) -
Ray Harroun drives his single-seater Marmon Wasp to victory in the inaugural Indianapolis 500. (https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-indianapolis-500-held#:~:text=On%20May%2030%2C%201911%2C%20Ray,most%20famous%20motor%20racing%20competitions.) -
Fitzgerald enters Princeton University and writes the school newspaper. He eventually flunks out and leaves. -
World War One started on July 28, 1914, after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. (https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/world-war-i-history) -
Fitzgerald joins the army in 1917. (https://www.britannica.com/biography/F-Scott-Fitzgerald) -
New Mexico became the 47th state to welcomed to the Union. (https://www.archives.gov/legislative/features/nm-az-statehood#:~:text=For%20both%20New%20Mexico%20and,their%20100th%20anniversaries%20in%202012.) -
Fitzgerald meets his future wife, Zelda, at a weekend dance country club as an army member. (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Zelda-Fitzgerald) -
World War One ended on November 11, 1918 after Allied and German officials at the signing of the armistice that ended the fighting in World War I (https://www.britannica.com/event/World-War-I/The-end-of-the-German-war) -
The Prohibition era lasted from 1920 through 1933 and was an attempt to legislate morality. It took a Constitutional amendment to enact it, and another one to repeal it. The attempt to decrease the "evils" of alcohol actually created more - and new - types of crime. (https://www.historicpatterson.org/Exhibits/ExhProhibition.php) -
Fitzgerald published his first-ever novel titled "This side of paradise". (https://www.britannica.com/topic/This-Side-of-Paradise) -
Fitzgerald got married to Zelda in 1920 at New York's St. Patrick's Cathedral. (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Zelda-Fitzgerald) -
Fitzgerald's daughter, Frances Scott Fitzgerald, was born on October 26th, 1921 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. She is his only child. (https://owlcation.com/humanities/Frances-Scott-Scottie-Fitzgerald-1921-1986) -
Beer Hall Putsch was an attempt by Adolf Hitler and Erich Ludendorff to start an insurrection in Germany against the Weimar Republic. (https://www.britannica.com/event/Beer-Hall-Putsch) -
The Great Gatsby book was published in 1925, which did not end up gaining its popularity until after Fitzgerald's death. -
Mickey Mouse made his first public debut in the black-and-white film short Steamboat Willie. (https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/mickey-mouse-turns-90)