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KDKA goes on the air from Pittsburgh
The first broadcast by a commercially-licensed radio station was aired on November 2, 1920. KDKA went on the air in Pittsburgh. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
The Teapot Dome scandal was a bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding from 1921 to 1923. -
Sacco and Vanzetti arrested for armed robbery and murder
The prosecution claimed that Sacco and Vanzetti lied to deny involvement in the robbery and murders, and that these lies indicated their "consciousness of guilt -
1st Miss American Pageant
This was an activity designed to attract tourists to extend their Labor Day holiday weekend. It was held in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Atlantic City's Inter-City Beauty Contest, as it was initially called, attracted over 1,500 photographic entries from around the country. -
1st Winter Olympics Held
International Winter Sports Week was held in Chamonix, France. It later was renamed to "1st Olympic Winter Games." -
The Great Gatsby published by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The novel depicted the heyday of the 1920s, and foreshadowed the doom that would follow. -
Scopes Monkey Trial
In Dayton, Tennessee, the trial begins with John Thomas Scopes, a young high school science teacher, accused of teaching evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law. -
Charles Lindbergh completes solo flight across the Atlantic
Lindbergh lands at Le Bourget Field in Paris, successfully completing the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight and the first ever nonstop flight between New York and France. -
The Jazz Singer debuts (1st movie with sound)
The Jazz Singer debuts at the Blue Mouse Theater at 1421 5th Avenue in Seattle. The movie uses Warner Brothers' Vitaphone sound-on-disc technology to reproduce the musical score and sporadic episodes of synchronized speech. -
St. Valentine's Day Massacre
The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre was the murder of seven members and associates of Chicago's North Side Gang that occurred on Saint Valentine's Day 1929. The men were gathered at a Lincoln Park, Chicago garage on the morning of February 14, 1929. -
Black Tuesday (Stock Market Crash)
Wall Street investors traded some 16 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange in a single day. Billions of dollars were lost, wiping out thousands of investors.