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Sacco and Vanzetti were arrested and charged with armed robbery and murder on April 15, 1920. They had killed and robbed two men during a robbery at a shoe factory in south Braintree Massachusetts. The men that they killed was a paymaster and a security guard. Sacco and Vanzetti had robbed over $15,000. -
The KDKA in Pittsburgh had went of air on November 2, 1920. This broadcasting broadcasted the results of the Harding-Cox presidential election. This was then considered the first commercial radio broadcast in the United States. It was established by the Westinghouse electric and manufacturing company. And, the broadcast demo stated the radios ability to transmit news. This also spurred the rapid growth of commercial radio stations. -
The first America pageant was held in Atlantic City, New Jersey in 1921. This was won by Margaret Gorman whom was a 16 year old from Washington D.C. at the time. This event was created to extent the tourist season and was called the “Inter City Beauty Contest” and the winner was awarded the “Golden Mermaid” trophy. -
The teapot Dome Scandal was a corruption scandal involving Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall during the 1920s. Fall was secretly leased federal oil reserves to private companies without competitive bidding in exchange for large bribes. Fall was convicted of bribery and became the first U.S cabinet member to go to prison for his actions in office. This scandal damaged the reputation of president Warren G. Harding’s administration and highlighted the corruption within his government.
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The first Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France from January 25th to February 5th of 1924. It was then called the “International Winter Sports Week”. This event was retrospectively designates as the first Olympic Winter games. -
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The Scopes “Monkey” Trial was a landmark court case in the 1925s. It was when high school teacher John T. Scopes was prosecuted for teaching Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution in a public school in Tennessee. The trial was garnered national and international attended. It pitted scientific modernisms against religious fundamentalism. -
Charles Lindbergh completed the first solo non stop fight across the Atlantic ocean on may 20th through 21st of 1927. He flew his plane which was called the spirit of St. Louis from New York to Paris. After battling fatigue and severe weather for 33.5 hours he landed to a crowd of over 100,000 people. His successful journey had impacted the public perception of air travel. -
The Jazz singer first premiered on October 6th 1927 and is widely credited with bringing synchronized sound to feature a length motion of pictures and ending the silent film era. Though it’s not the first movie with sound it’s a commercial success that convinced the film industry to convert over to “talkies”. -
The Saint Valentine’s Day massacre was a notorious event in the organized crime history. On that day seven men were brutally murdered by assailants posing as police officers at a garage linked to the North side gang which was led by George “Bugs” Moran. -
Black Tuesday was when the stock market crashed on October 29th of 1929. This ended up signaling the start of the Great Depression. The that day panic selling was what caused the stock market to collapse. With more than 16 million shares traded and billions of dollars in value was lost and wiped out thousands of investors.