1920

By Kendratt
  • 1st Miss American Pageant

    1st Miss American Pageant

    The first Miss America Pageant was held in September 1921 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, as a way to keep tourists in the city after Labor Day, and was won by 16-year-old Margaret Gorman of Washington, D.C.
  • KDKA goes on the air from Pittsburgh

    KDKA goes on the air from Pittsburgh

    it the world's first commercially licensed radio station. The station aired the returns of the Harding-Cox presidential election as its inaugural broadcast, proving the power of radio to a waiting public
  • 1st Winter Olympics Held

    1st Winter Olympics Held

    The first Winter Olympics were held in Chamonix France in 1924, though initially called "International Winter Sports Week".
  • Charles Lindberg completes solo flight across the Atlantic

    Charles Lindberg completes solo flight across the Atlantic

    Charles Lindbergh completed the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean in the Spirit of St. Louis