1920

  • 1st miss American pageant

    The first Miss America Pageant was held in September 1921 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, as a way to keep tourists in the city after Labor Day, and was won by 16-year-old Margaret Gorman of Washington, D.C.
  • Sacco and Vanzetti arrested for armed robbery and murder

    Italian immigrant anarchists arrested in 1920 for the armed robbery and murder of two men at a shoe factory in South Braintree, Massachusetts.
  • KDKA goes on the air from Pittsburgh

    it the world's first commercially licensed radio station. The station aired the returns of the Harding-Cox presidential election as its inaugural broadcast, proving the power of radio to a waiting public
  • Teapot Dome Scandal

    It was a political corruption scandal in the United States.
  • 1st Winter Olympics

    The first Winter Olympics were held in Chamonix, France, in 1924, though initially called "International Winter Sports Week".
  • The great gatsby published by f. Scott fitzgerald

    narrated by Nick Carraway, who moves to the wealthy Long Island in 1922 and becomes entangled with his mysterious millionaire neighbor, Jay Gatsby.
  • Scopes Monkey Trial

    A Tennessee court case where high school teacher john scopes was charged with the violating the butler act for teaching evolution.
  • Charles Lindbergh completes solo flight across Atlantic

    Charles Lindbergh completed the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean in the Spirit of St. Louis
  • The Jazz Singer debuts (1st movie with sound)

    The film starred Al Jolson as a young cantor who abandons tradition for a career as a jazz singer
  • St. Valentine's Day Massacre

    The St. Valentine’s Day was the mass murder of seven members of the north side gang.
  • Black Tuesday (Stock Market Crash)

    It was the worst day of the stock market crash. Over 16 million shares were traded.