The Great Gatsby Jasmine Hardy

The Great Gatsby Jasmine Hardy

Period: Jan 1, 1920 to Jan 1, 1930

League of Nations established

Jan 10, 1920

The League of Nations is established.

United States Senate votes against joining the League.

Jan 19, 1920

Nine days after the League of Nations is formed, The United States votes not to join it.

Zelda and Fitgerald Get Married

Mar 26, 1920

The two get married on March 26th, once Fitzgerald provides to be financially stable

Women Can Vote

Aug 18, 1920

Women are given the right to vote due to the 19th Amendment

Professional Football League is Formed

Sep 17, 1920

The American Professional Football League is formed in 1920 with Jim Thorpe as its president.

Flappers and Philosophers Published

Oct 4, 1920

The publication of his first short story collection Flappers and Philosophers

Fitzgerald's Travel to Europe

May 3, 1921

The Fitzgeralds depart for their first trip to Europe and they spend three months in England, France and Italy

Peace Declared in WW1 Hostilities

Jul 2, 1921

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

Oct 26, 1921

Fitzgerald's and Zelda's daughter Frances Scott "Scottie" Fitzgerald, was born on October 26, 1921

Yankee Stadium Construction

May 5, 1922

Construction begins on Yankee Stadium in New York City

Fitgeralds Move to Great Neck

Oct 17, 1922

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

Mar 2, 1923

Time Magazine is published for the first time

First Sound Motion Picture

Apr 15, 1923

The first sound on film motion picture Phonofilm is show in New York City .

Fitzgerald's Move to Paris

Apr 4, 1924

They spend most of the next seven years in Paris

The Great Gatsby Published

Apr 10, 1925

The Great Gatsby is published, Fitzgerald's settle in Paris a few weeks later.

Fitzgerald and Hemingway Meet

May 4, 1925

Fitzgerald and Hemingway meet at a bar in Paris

First Radio Broadcast

Nov 28, 1925

The Grand Ole Opry transmits its first radio broadcast.

First Flight to North Pole

May 9, 1926

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

Apr 22, 1927

Great Mississippi Flood occurs, affecting over 700,000.

Invention of Television

Sep 7, 1927

First invention of television occurs by American inventor Philo Taylor Farnsworth

First Woman Flies

Jun 17, 1928

Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly over the Atlantic Ocean

Stock Market Crash

Oct 29, 1929

Postwar prosperity ends in the Stock Market crash. Stock prices led to losses between $50 billion

The Great Depression Starts

Jan 1, 1930

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

Apr 23, 1930

Zelda suffers her first nervous breakdown and spends much of the next year hospitalized

"One Trip Abroad" Published

Nov 4, 1930

In November Fitzgerald publishes the short story "One Trip Abroad," about an American couple who fall apart in Europe.