1920s Timeline

  • Sacco and Vanzetti arrested for armed robbery and murder

    Both Sacco and Vanzetti committed armed robbery and killed someone
  • KDKA goes on the air from Pittsburgh

    The first commercial radio broadcast in the world
    to broadcast the Presidential election results between Warren G. Harding and James M. Cox
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    Teapot Dome Scandal

    The Teapot Dome scandal was a political corruption scandal in the United States
  • 1st Miss America Pageant

    Miss America, known as the first Miss America pageant, at its start in 1921, activity designed to attract tourists to extend their Labor Day holiday weekend and enjoy festivities in Atlantic City
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    1st Winter Olympics Held

    officially recognized as the first Winter Games by the International Olympic Committee
  • The Great Gatsby published by F. Scott Fitzgerald

    publisher Charles Scribner's Sons. Fitzgerald had hoped it would sell 75,000 copies, but he saw only a fraction of his expected success in his lifetime.
  • Scopes Monkey Trial

    he State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes, commonly known as the Scopes trial or Scopes Monkey Trial
  • Charles Lindbergh completes solo flight across the Atlantic

    The flow is nonstop across the Atlantic Sea
  • The Jazz Singer debuts (1st movie with sound)

    Jazz Singer debuted, marking a pivotal moment in film history as the first feature-length motion picture with both synchronized recorded music and synchronized singing and speech.
  • St. Valentine's Day Massacre

    St. Valentine's Day Massacre was a 1929 gangland killing in Chicago where seven men were murdered in a garage by assailants posing as police officers, widely believed to be orchestrated by Al Capone to eliminate his rival, Bugs Moran.
  • Black Tuesday (Stock Market Crash)

    Black Tuesday (Stock Market Crash)

    Black Tuesday refers to the catastrophic stock market crash that occurred, marking the definitive start of the Great Depression.