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Sacco And Vanzetti 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
The 19th Amendment is ratified
The Nineteenth Amendment (Amendment XIX) to the United States Constitution prohibits any United States citizen from being denied the right to vote on the basis of sex. It was ratified on August 18 1920 -
Yankee stadium opens
Yankee Stadium
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 -
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. -
Scopes Monkey Trial Begins
In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called “Monkey Trial” begins with John Thomas Scopes, a young high school science teacher, accused of teaching evolution -
Grand Ole Opry Starts on WSM
The Grand Ole Opry is a weekly country-music stage concert in Nashville, Tennessee, which ... In recent decades, the Opry has hosted such contemporary country stars as Dolly Parton, Alan Jackson, Garth Brooks, ... The Grand Ole Opry started as the WSM Barn Dance in the new fifth-floor radio studio of the National Life ... -
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, 2012 -
The Jazz Singer Premieres
The Jazz Singer is a 1927 American musical film. As the first feature-length motion picture with not only a synchronized recorded music score, but also lip-synchronous singing and speech in several isolated sequences, its release heralded the commercial ascendance of sound films and the decline of the silent film era. -
Steamboat Willie Premieres
Steamboat Willie is a 1928 American animated short film directed by Walt Disney and Ub .... Steamboat Willie premiered at Universal's Colony Theater in New York City on November 18, 1928. The film was distributed by Celebrity -
Black Tuesday.
The most catastrophic stock market crash in the history of the United States, Black Tuesday took place on October 29, 1929 and was when the price of stocks completely collapsed. It was because of this day that the Roaring Twenties came to a stumbling halt and, in its place ,was the Great Depression.
