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League of Nations established
The League of Nations is established. -
United States Senate votes against joining the League.
Nine days after the League of Nations is formed, The United States votes not to join it. -
Zelda and Fitgerald Get Married
The two get married on March 26th, once Fitzgerald provides to be financially stable -
Women Can Vote
Women are given the right to vote due to the 19th Amendment -
Professional Football League is Formed
The American Professional Football League is formed in 1920 with Jim Thorpe as its president. -
Flappers and Philosophers Published
The publication of his first short story collection Flappers and Philosophers -
Fitzgerald's Travel to Europe
The Fitzgeralds depart for their first trip to Europe and they spend three months in England, France and Italy -
Peace Declared in WW1 Hostilities
A Congressional resolution is signed by President Warren G. Harding, declaring peace in World War I hostilities with Germany, Austria, and Hungary. -
Frances Scott "Scottie" Fitzgerald, was born
Fitzgerald's and Zelda's daughter Frances Scott "Scottie" Fitzgerald, was born on October 26, 1921 -
Yankee Stadium Construction
Construction begins on Yankee Stadium in New York City -
Fitgeralds Move to Great Neck
The Fitzgeralds rent a house in Great Neck, Long Island. The couple's interactions with Long Island society provide the setting and mood for the novel germinating in Fitzgerald's head -
Time Magazine Published
Time Magazine is published for the first time -
First Sound Motion Picture
The first sound on film motion picture Phonofilm is show in New York City . -
Fitzgerald's Move to Paris
They spend most of the next seven years in Paris -
The Great Gatsby Published
The Great Gatsby is published, Fitzgerald's settle in Paris a few weeks later. -
Fitzgerald and Hemingway Meet
Fitzgerald and Hemingway meet at a bar in Paris -
First Radio Broadcast
The Grand Ole Opry transmits its first radio broadcast. -
First Flight to North Pole
The first flight to the North Pole and back occurs when pilot Floyd Bennett, with Richard Evelyn Byrd as his navigator, guided a three-engine monoplane. -
Mississippi Flood Occurs
Great Mississippi Flood occurs, affecting over 700,000. -
Invention of Television
First invention of television occurs by American inventor Philo Taylor Farnsworth -
First Woman Flies
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly over the Atlantic Ocean -
Stock Market Crash
Postwar prosperity ends in the Stock Market crash. Stock prices led to losses between $50 billion -
The Great Depression Starts
After the Stock Market Crash in 1929, the Great Depression begins and pending dropped and unsold goods began to pile up, slowing production -
Zelda Fitzgerald has a Nervous Breakdown
Zelda suffers her first nervous breakdown and spends much of the next year hospitalized -
"One Trip Abroad" Published
In November Fitzgerald publishes the short story "One Trip Abroad," about an American couple who fall apart in Europe.
