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KDKA in Pittsburgh went on the air for its first commercial broadcast on November 2, 1920, transmitting the results of the presidential election. This historic broadcast was made by the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company and is considered the first of its kind in the United States -
The first Miss American Pageant was held on September 7-8, 1921, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Margaret Gorman was crowned the winner, though the title “Miss American” wasn’t officially used until later -
The first Winter Olympics were held in 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 (IOC) in 1926 -
The Novel was published on April 10, 1925 by the publisher Charles Scribner’s Sons. Fitzgerald had hoped it would sell 75,000 copies, but he saw only a fraction of expected success in his lifetime. By the time of Fitzgerald’s death in 1940. Sales had amounted to just 25,000 copies -
Charles Lindberg completed the first solo, non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean on May 20-21 1927, flying his single-engine plane, the Spirit of St. Louis. He flew from Roosevelt Field in New York to Le Bourget Aerodrome in Paris which to 33.6 hours over 3,600 miles