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Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, on September 24, 1896. His namesake is a distant relative and the writer of the American National Anthem.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald's future wife, Zelda Sayre, was born on July 24, 1900, in Montgomery.
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A pioneer of animated cartoon films and the creator of cartoon characters such as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. The Disney Company he founded has become one of the world’s largest entertainment conglomerates.
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The first working airplane was invented, designed, made, and flown by Wilbur and Orville Wright. On December 17, 1903, the plane flew for 12 seconds and traveled 120 feet.
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Dr. Seuss, was born on March 2, 1904, in Springfield, Massachusetts. He is a well-known children’s book author and illustrator.
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World War I, also known as the Great War, began in 1914 after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. His murder catapulted into a war across Europe that lasted until 1918.
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Germany was finally forced to seek an armistice on November 11, 1918, ending World War I. World War I saw unprecedented levels of carnage and destruction; leaving more than 16 million people were dead.
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The owner of the Boston Red Sox had sold Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees on Jan. 5, 1920. This was the moment when baseball really started to become the national pastime in this country.
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In October 1919 Congress passed the National Prohibition Act, which laid the ground-work for enforcing a ban on alcohol. The 18th Amendment was ratified on January 16, 1919, and the country went dry at midnight on January 17, 1920.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald published his first novel, "This Side of Paradise" on March 26, 1920.
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Fitzgerald are Zelda Sayre wed on April 3, 1920. Zelda finally agrees to marry Fitzgerald after the publication of his first novel.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald's Daughter, Frances Scott (Scottie) Fitzgerald, was born on October 26st, 1921. This was his only child, with the mother being Zelda Sayre.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald published his second novel, The Beautiful and Damned, in 1922.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald's third novel, "The Great Gatsby", is published in 1925 by Charles Scribner’s Sons.
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A series of ailments in the last two years of his life caused his health to decline until fell into a coma on October 14, 1931. He died on October 18, 1931, at his estate, Glenmont, in West Orange, New Jersey.
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FDR was first inaugurated as 32nd President on March 4, 1933. Effective in 1937, the presidential inauguration date was changed to January 20 by the 20th Amendment.
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On December 5, 1933, three states voted to remove Prohibition, thus ratifying the 21st Amendment.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald's fourth novel, "Tender is the Night", was started in 1925, but finally published in April 1934.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald won a 6 month contract in 1937 to begin writing for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in Hollywood.
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World War II was the deadliest and most destructive war in history. More than fifty nations in the world were fighting, with more than 100 million soldiers deployed.
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The Great Dictator was released in 1940. Charlie Chaplin acted in and directed the film. It was Chaplin’s most successful film.
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Fitzgerald would suffer a heart attack in the apartment belonging to Sheilah Graham while working on a draft for the novel, The Love of the Last Tycoon.
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World War II ended six years and one day after its beginning. By the time it ended on September 2, 1945, World War II had caused 60-80 million deaths, which is roughly 3% of the world population at the time.
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Gandhi was assassinated in New Delhi by a Hindu extremist on January 30, 1948.
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Harry S. Truman begins his second term as the President of the United States.
(https://www.historic-newspapers.com/blog/1949-timeline/)