Harlem Renaissance
By: ASHLEY SHORT & MARIA LOPEZ
ST. Valentines day massacre
The massacre was about gangsters fighting and it was ruled by Capone and Moran. During the massacre there were the fake cops that where gun men that where sent by Moran and they went to garage and killed 7 people. Also the people really thought that the gun men where real police officers and they did everything that the gun men told them to do, so then after that they got killed.
Mickey Mouse Cartoon
In 1928 the first Micky Mouse cartoon was made. He boarded train back to California and on the long way home he sketched a black and white mouse with big round ears and a long skinny tail, called it Mortimer Mouse, but Lillian suggested to a livelier name Mickey Mouse. Mickey Mouse has become the most recognizable cartoon character in the world
The Invention of Bubble Gum
Chewing gum has a history that spans as far back as the ancient Greeks, who chewed the resin from mastic trees. However, it wasn't until 1928 that Walter Diemer happened upon just the right gum recipe to make the very first bubble gum, a special type of chewing gum that allows the chewer to make bubbles. Bubble gum was invented in the year 1928 by Mr. Diemer was a fledgling accountant for the Fleer Chewing Gum Company in Philadelphia. Diemer used a pink dye for his new gum because pink was the only color available at the Fleer Chewing Gum Company.
Sliced Bread Invented
In 1928, a man named Otto Fredrick Rohwedder made some pre-sliced bread. He started making a bread slicer in 1912 and the backers scoffed his slicers because they said the bread will go stale if it was pre- sliced. He made this bread slicer that was five-foot long and three-foot high and it slices the bread and wraps it in wax paper so it doesn't go stale. In 1930, Wonder Bread began to sale his pre-sliced bread.
Great Depression
In 1929 to 1941 when the great depression started everyone went crazy and everything was out of control. They where out of control because all the banks had to close and some people went to the bank and with drawl there money, but some didn't because they were to late and so who ever didn't with drawl there money where bankrupt. Every thing was affected because the great depression ruined the stock market because it crashed.
Babe Ruth Home-Run Record
Babe Ruth was born on February 6. 1895 and was known as the greatest baseball player who ever lived and hit the 60th home run of the baseball season September 30, 1927. In 22 season, Babe Ruth set a record of 714 home runs. Many of Babe Ruth's numerous records for both pitching and hitting lasted for decades. Until this this day Babe Ruth is still a HUGE part of history and will forever be. Babe Ruth died on August 16, 1948 and will always be remembered.