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Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, to parents Edward Fitzgerald and Mary (Mollie) McQuillan.
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The most famous organized crime king-pin of USA history is born, ushering in the bootleg era.
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The Great Train Robbery, the first silent film, ushered in the leisure culture that ran from the bottom of the financial chain to the top. It also started a new kind of writing, screenwriting, of which Fitzgerarld did for years.
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10:52 am, the Wright brothers introduce the next mode of transportation, and subsequently connecting the world in unimaginable ways.
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The First photographed natural disaster.
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The talk about sex, who wants it and why, lends science a stepping stone into the public mind.
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An indication of Fitzgeralds Intelligence and writing skills, he attended the prestigious school of Princeton.
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Assembly Line is introduced, allowing for a large jump in manufaction and earning potential.
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The First World War. Unparalled to its time in lethality.
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Leaves due to his impending failure in school.
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He meets his will be wife while at a military base. They dont mary due to his lack of money.
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The Treaty of Versailes leaves all blame to Germany. Many countries have been damaged in one way or another.
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Flappers enter the social scene, bringing with them social obliteration and liberation
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No more alcohol. Welcome organized crime.
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These illegal underground bars became the backbone of the organized crime underworld.
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"This Side of Paradise" is published. It gains moderate success.
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With money from his successful novel, This Side of Paradise, Zelda agrees to marry Fitzgerald.
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Women's freedoms are extended. This helped to start the Flapper generation.
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The couples only daughter. She was eventually sent to boarding school, but her father kept concerned contact.
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This alcholism will follow him the rest of his life.
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With the ever increasing amount of people going out to have fun, the Charleston became an internationally well known dance.
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In love with Europe, the Fitzgeralds move to Paris, France.
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Most successful book published by Fitzgerald. Written in France.
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Zelda begins to dance in an attempt to control her eradict social behavior.
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Penicillin allowed for much longer life span, as it killed any bacterial infections.Discovered by Alexander Fleming.
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The Stock Market crash sent the USA into a depression that would change the fundemental culture of the nation permanentally.
