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Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. https://sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/university_libraries/browse/irvin_dept_special_collections/collections/matthew_arlyn_bruccoli_collection_of_f_scott_fitzgerald/life_of_fitzgerald/index.php -
The great earthquake of 1906 killed nearly 3,000 in San Francisco rocking the nation. https://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1900.html -
Henry Ford perfects the assembly line allowing for a manufacturing and automotive revolution. https://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/1900a.shtml -
Garret Agustus Morgan invented the gas mask, allowing for protection from the noxious gas which would be used in WWI. https://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/1900a.shtml -
Charlie Chaplin appears in his first major role in "Making A Living." He has a widely successful and famous career. https://www.thoughtco.com/charlie-chaplin-4769059 -
The first global conflict broke out in Europe. This splintered the world on social, economic, and political levels. https://www.loc.gov/collections/stars-and-stripes/articles-and-essays/a-world-at-war/timeline-1914-1921/ -
Fitzgerald joined and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the infantry. https://sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/university_libraries/browse/irvin_dept_special_collections/collections/matthew_arlyn_bruccoli_collection_of_f_scott_fitzgerald/life_of_fitzgerald/index.php -
During and after service, Fitzgerald publishes, "This side of Paradise". It is his first published literary work. https://sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/university_libraries/browse/irvin_dept_special_collections/collections/matthew_arlyn_bruccoli_collection_of_f_scott_fitzgerald/life_of_fitzgerald/index.php -
The end of world war one brought momentary peace while setting the economies and societies of the former central powers on fire. The end of a terrible conflict was great for the winning nations but the harsh reprocussions for the losing nations created sentiment where facism easily spread. https://www.loc.gov/collections/stars-and-stripes/articles-and-essays/a-world-at-war/timeline-1914-1921/ -
The country feared communism spreading from immigrant populations. https://www.mass.gov/info-details/sacco-vanzetti-the-red-scare-of-1919-1920#:~:text=During%20the%20Red%20Scare%20of,%2C%20socialist%2C%20or%20anarchist%20ideology. -
The ban of the sale of alcohol in the United States began. This created a widespread criminal culture across the nation. https://www.historicpatterson.org/Exhibits/ExhProhibition.php -
Francis and Zelda Fitzgerald take a trip to europe and settle back at St. Paul to give birth to Scottie Fitzgerald in 1921. https://sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/university_libraries/browse/irvin_dept_special_collections/collections/matthew_arlyn_bruccoli_collection_of_f_scott_fitzgerald/life_of_fitzgerald/index.php -
After writing a broadway play, Fitzgerald moved to Great Neck, Long Island. The play flopped. https://sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/university_libraries/browse/irvin_dept_special_collections/collections/matthew_arlyn_bruccoli_collection_of_f_scott_fitzgerald/life_of_fitzgerald/index.php -
Seeking tranquility for his work, the Fitzgeralds went to France in the spring of 1924. He wrote The Great Gatsby during the summer and fall in Valescure near St. Raphael. https://sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/university_libraries/browse/irvin_dept_special_collections/collections/matthew_arlyn_bruccoli_collection_of_f_scott_fitzgerald/life_of_fitzgerald/index.php -
Zelda Fitzgerald has an affair with a french aviator. Their exact level of involvement is unknown. https://sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/university_libraries/browse/irvin_dept_special_collections/collections/matthew_arlyn_bruccoli_collection_of_f_scott_fitzgerald/life_of_fitzgerald/index.php -
Fitzgerald's most successful novel ever released was finished and published. https://sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/university_libraries/browse/irvin_dept_special_collections/collections/matthew_arlyn_bruccoli_collection_of_f_scott_fitzgerald/life_of_fitzgerald/index.php -
The Scopes Trial debates teaching evolution in schools and sparks religious debates against science. https://www.thoughtco.com/the-scopes-trial-1779247 -
Walt Disney faces the failure of his character "Oswald the Lucky Rabbit" and creates Mickey Mouse instead. -
Zelda Fitzgerald suffered a relapse and entered Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. She spent the rest of her life as a resident or outpatient of sanitariums. https://sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/university_libraries/browse/irvin_dept_special_collections/collections/matthew_arlyn_bruccoli_collection_of_f_scott_fitzgerald/life_of_fitzgerald/index.php -
Prohibition ends fails miserably ending the jazz era of American culture. https://www.historicpatterson.org/Exhibits/ExhProhibition.php -
The ballpoint pen is created, allowing for more efficient writing. https://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/1900a.shtml -
The second world war breaks out showing that the world is not at peace. Facism and genocide spread. https://www.britannica.com/event/World-War-II -
Fitzgerald dies believing himself to be a failure. It would take until the 1960's for him to rise to literary fame. https://sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/university_libraries/browse/irvin_dept_special_collections/collections/matthew_arlyn_bruccoli_collection_of_f_scott_fitzgerald/life_of_fitzgerald/index.php -
The allies begin to take back Europe with the harsh beach landing of D-Day. https://www.army.mil/d-day/history.html -
While the Holocaust had been going on for some time, the allies discovered the first bodies in Dacau, Germany in 1945.