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Ellis Island (NYC) opens as a US immigration depot building a new generation filled with variety. This causes an upbringing in diverse cultures.
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Women vote in a national election for the first time at the New Zealand general election.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald was born of Mollie McQuillan Fitzgerald and Edward Fitzgerald. he had one sister, Louise Scott Fitzgerald.
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City of New York established.
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Hawaii became a US territory.
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Cuba gains independence from Spain.
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The US begins supervision of the Dominican Republic's national and international debts, testing Roosevelt's 'Corollary' to the Monroe Doctrine.
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Taxis 1st began running in NYC.
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Fitzgerald's first publication at the age of 14 was "The Mystery of the Raymond Mortgage" in the student publication St. Paul Acedemy Now and Then.
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Arizona was admitted to the Union as the 48th state.
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Fitzgerald went to Princeton University with the class of 1917.
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World War 1 begins with involvement of America.
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When Fitzgerald was on an academic probation he took a commission as an infantry second lieutenant in the U.S. army. He never had the chance to graduate from graduation.
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US President Wilson outlines his Fourteen Points for peace after the Great War.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald met and fell in love with the 18 year old southern belle, Zelda Sayre. Zelda plays a major factor in Fitzgerald's life.
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World War 1 ends and the troops go back home.
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Fitzgerald marries the love of his life, Zelda Sayre, after becoming more succesful.
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Fitzgerald gets his first novel published, "This Side Of Paradise".
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F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Fitzgerald has their only child, Frances Scott "Scottie" Fitzgerald.
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"Happy Birthday To You" published by Claydon Sunny.
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The Great Gatsby is the 3rd book F. Scott Fitzgerald published.
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Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio becomes Walt Disney Studios.
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1st US air-conditioned office building opens in San Antonio.
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The U.S. stock market crashes triggering the Great Depression initially ending the jazz age.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald dies of a heart attack.
