1920s Timeline

  • Sacco and Vanzetti arrested for armed robbery and murder

    Sacco and Vanzetti arrested for armed  robbery and murder
    They were Italian-born anarchists who were convicted of murdering two men during the armed robbery of a shoe factory in Braintree, Massachusetts, United States in 1920.
  • KDKA goes on the air from pittsburgh

    KDKA goes on the air from pittsburgh
    KDKA (1020 kHz) is a radio station licensed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.it is the world's first commercial radio station
  • 1st miss america pageant

    1st miss america pageant
    The Miss America Pageant is a competition which awards scholarships for college and graduate school to American women between the ages of 17 to 24.
  • The Teapot Dome scanda

    The Teapot Dome scanda
    The Teapot Dome scandal was a bribery incident that took place in the United States from 1920 to 1923, during the administration of President Warren G. Harding.
  • 1st Winter Olympics held

    1st Winter Olympics held
    The I Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France.
  • The Great Gatsby published by F.Scott Fitzgerald

    The Great Gatsby published by F.Scott Fitzgerald
    The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • Scopes Monkey Trial

    Scopes Monkey Trial
    Scopes Monkey Trial, was a famous American legal case in 1925 in which a substitute high school teacher, John Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which made it unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school.
  • Charles Lindbergh's solo flight across the atlantic ocean

    Charles Lindbergh's solo flight across the atlantic ocean
    Charles Lindbergh's solo flight across the atlantic ocean
  • The Jazz Singer debuts

    The Jazz Singer debuts
    it was the first movie that included dialogue and music on the filmstrip itself.
  • St. Valentine's Day Massacre

    St. Valentine's Day Massacre
    The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre is the name given to the 1929 murder of six mob associates and a mechanic of the North Side Irish gang led by Bugs Moran during the Prohibition Era.
  • Black Tuesday

    Black Tuesday
    The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as Black Tuesday began in late October 1929 and was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States,