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sacco and vasetti Trial starts
But Vanzetti's prosecution for the Bridgewater job was merely a phase of the South Braintree affair.]. Charged with the crime of murder on May 5, Sacco and Vanzetti were indicted on September 14, 1920, and put on trial May 21, 1921, at Dedham, Norfolk County. -
Ratification of the 19th Amendment
19th Amendment Gives Women Right to Vote. On Aug. 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment was ratified after decades of struggle by women's rights advocates, bringing a successful end to the U.S. women's suffrage movement -
* Yankee Stadium Opens
Yankee Stadium opens Yankee Stadium is a stadium located in the Concourse section of the Bronx, a borough of New York City. It serves as the home ballpark for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball. The $2.3 billion stadium, built with $1.2 billion in public subsidies, replaced the original Yankee Stadium in 2009. It is one block north of the original, on the 24-acre former site of Macombs Dam Park; the 8-acre site of the original stadium -
Grand Ole Opry Starts on WSM
over to WSM and the Grand Ole Opry,” stated the magazine's article. “Besides [Roy] Acuff, the other top stars at WSM include Red Foley… and Hank. Williams -
Great Gatsby published
The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald that follows a cast of characters living in the fictional town of West Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922. Wikipedia April 10, 1925 -
Scopes Monkey Trial Begins
The Scopes Trial, formally known as The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes and commonly referred to as the Scopes Monkey Trial, ...... It was not until the 1960s that the Scopes trial began to be mentioned in the history textbooks of -
Charles Lindbergh crosses the Atlantic Ocean Solo
On May 21, 1927, the aviator Charles A. Lindbergh landed his Spirit of St. Louis near Paris, completing the first solo airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Lindbergh was just 25 years old when he completed the trip.May 21, 201 -
The Jazz Singer Premieres
... still insisting that sound film was no more than a fad! But professionals who attended The Jazz Singer's Hollywoo premiere in December 1927 were shaken -
Steamboat Willie Premieres
Nov 18, 2014 - They produced a few shorts that didn't get much attention, but that changed when Steamboat Willie premiered in 1928. Named after Buster -
black tuesday
Black Tuesday refers to October 29, 1929, when panicked sellers traded nearly 16 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange (four times the normal volume at the time), and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell -12%. Black Tuesday is often cited as the beginning of the Great Depression
