1920s

KDKA goes on the air from Pittsburgh

Nov 2, 1920

KDKA went on the air in Pittsburgh on November 2, 1920, becoming the first commercially licensed radio station in the world

1st Miss American Pageant

Sep 8, 1921

held in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on September 8, 1921, as the Inter-City Beauty Contest

1st Winter Olympics Held

Jan 25, 1924

Chamonix, France, from January 25 to February 5, 1924. Initially called "International Winter Sports Week," it was officially designated the first Olympic Winter Games by the International Olympic Committee

The Great Gatsby published by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Apr 10, 1925

The novel was published on 10 April 1925 by the publisher Charles Scribner's Sons. Fitzgerald had hoped it would sell 75,000 copies

Charles Lindberg completes solo flight across the Atlantic

May 20, 1927

first solo, nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in May 1927