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The Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty was dedicated in New York Harbor -
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act became law in the United States. -
Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall opened in New York City -
Grover Cleveland
Grover Cleveland won the U.S. presidential election, becoming the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms. -
The Panic of 1893
A decline in the New York stock market triggered the Panic of 1893, which led to an economic depression second only to the Great Depression of the 1930s. -
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerlad was born to Edward Fitzgerald and Mary (Mollie) McQuillan. He was named after a distant relative Francis Scott Key, the author of the National Anthem. -
U.S.S Maine
The American battleship U.S.S. Maine exploded in the harbor at Havana, Cuba, a mysterious event that will lead to the United States going to war with Spain. -
War on Spain
The United States declares war on Spain. -
Fitzgerald goes to St. Paul
After his father is let go from his sales job in New York, the family moved back to St. Paul Minnesota to live off his mother's inheritance. There, Fitzgerald attneded St. Paul Academy, where his first writing appeared in print in the school's newspaper. -
Fitzgerald goes to Newman
In 1911, Fitzgerald started attending the Newman School, a Catholic prep school in New Jersey. There he was encouraged by Father Sigourney Fay to continue his writing career. Fitzgerald graduated from school in 1913. -
Technology Moves Forward
The first transcontinental airline flight was begun in New York by C.P. Rodgers. It would complete its journey to Pasadena, California after numerous stops and 82 hours and 4 minutes in the air on November 5. On October 10, Henry Ford patents the Automotive Transmission, Patent #1,005,186. -
Titanic
The Titanic sinks. -
Wage Rates Increase
Basic wage rates are increased by Ford Motor Company. Workers now would receive $5 per day for eight hours of work versus $2.40 per day for nine hours previously. -
WWI
The first outbreak of the first world war occurs. -
Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson conduct the first telephone conversation between New York and San Francisco. -
Lusitania
The British ship Lusitania is sunk by a German U-boat submarine, causing 128 American passengers to be lost. Germany, although it warned of the pending crises to passengers, issued an apology to the United States and promised payments -
Fitzgerald joins the Army
ith Fitzgerald knowing that he was unlikely going to graduate, he enlisted in the Army. He was commisioned a second lieutenant in the infantry. Believing that he was going to die in the war Fitzgerald wrote the novel "The Romantic Egoist" quickly, and sent it to a publisher. The novel was rejected, but Fitzgerald was asked to resubmit it after some revision. -
Fitzgerald goes to New York
The war had ended before Fitzgerald was sent overseas, he was then discharged from the army and moved to New York to work on becoming financially successful. -
18th Amendment
Congress ratifies the Eighteenth Amendment, prohibiting the sale of alcohol anywhere in the United States. -
Fitzgeral becomes a Professtional
Fitzgerald interrupts his career in novel writing to write stories for magazines. His main focused on characters who were young, independent American women. -
Ftizgerald gets Married
Fitzgerald marries Zelda Sayre. -
Fitzgerald's son is born
Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald have their first child Frances Scott Fitzgerlad in St. Paul, Minnesota. -
The Great Gatsby
the Fitzgerald's vacationed in France where F. Scott wrote the novel "The Great Gatsby". The novel was not a commercial success even though he had deals for a movie and play adaptations. -
Fitzgerald goes to France
The Fitzgerald's return to France, where Zelda suffers her first mental breakdown. F. Scott writes short stories for the Saturday Evening Post to pay for her treatment. -
Stock Market Crashes
The American stock market collapses, signaling the onset of the Great Depression.
