1920s

By Mason coulter
  • KDKA goes on the air from Pittsburgh

    KDKA goes on the air from Pittsburgh

    as the world's first commercially licensed radio station to begin scheduled broadcasting. Operated by Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, the station, located in East Pittsburgh, broadcast the Warren G. Harding vs. James M. Cox presidential election results.

  • Sacco and Vanzetti arrested for armed robbery and murder

  • 1st Miss America Pageant

  • Teapot Dome Scandal

  • 1st Winter Olympics Held

  • Scopes Monkey Trial

  • The Great Gatsby published by F. Scott Fitzgerald

  • Charles Lindbergh completes solo flight across the Atlantic

  • The Jazz Singer debuts (1st movie with sound)

  • St. Valentine's Day Massacre

  • Black Tuesday (Stock Market Crash)