1920’s

  • Sacco and Vanzetti arrested for armed robbery and murder

    Sacco and Vanzetti arrested for armed robbery and murder

    Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were arrested in May 1920
  • KDKA goes on air for the first time

    KDKA goes on air for the first time

    KDKA officially went on the air from Pittsburgh on November 2, 1920
  • 1st Miss American Pageant

    1st Miss American Pageant

    The first Miss America contest was held in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on September 7–8 1921
  • Teapot Dome Scandal

    Teapot Dome Scandal

    The Teapot Dome scandal was a political corruption scandal in the United States involving the administration of President Warren G. Harding
  • 1st winter Olympic held

    1st winter Olympic held

    It was held in France from January 25- February 5 1924
  • Scopes Monkey Trial

    Scopes Monkey Trial

    The Scopes Monkey trial was a 1925 legal case in which high school teacher John Scopes was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act
  • The Great Gatsby published by F. Scott Fitzgerald

    The Great Gatsby published by F. Scott Fitzgerald

    The novel was published on 10 April 1925 by the publisher Charles Scribner's Sons
  • Charles Lindberg completes solo flight across the Atlantic

    Charles Lindberg completes solo flight across the Atlantic

    Charles Lindbergh completed the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic in May 1927
  • The Jazz Singer debuts

    The Jazz Singer debuts

    The Jazz Singer debuted in New York City on October 6, 1927, and is considered the first commercially successful feature film to include synchronized sound
  • St. Valentine's Day Massacre

    St. Valentine's Day Massacre

    The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre was the murder of seven members and associates of Chicago's North Side Gang on Saint Valentine's Day 1929.
  • Black Tuesday

    Black Tuesday

    The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as the Great Crash, was a sudden and severe decline in U.S. stock prices in October 1929