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Warren G Harding is elected the 29th President of the United States
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Rebecca Felton of Georgia becomes the first female United States Senator, when the governor of Georgia gives her a temporary appointment, pending the election of a replacement for Senator Thomas Watson, who had died.
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The First Yankee Stadium opened it's doors in the Bronx, New York City
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In New York City the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald publishes The Great Gatsby.
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DeFord Bailey is the first African-American to perform on Nashville's Grand Ole Opry.
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The Columbia Phonographic Broadcasting System (later known as CBS) is formed and goes on the air with 47 radio stations.
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Jean Lussier goes over Niagara Falls in a rubber ball.
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The first public demonstration of color television is held, by H. E. Ives and his colleagues at Bell Telephone Laboratories in New York City. The first images are a bouquet of roses and an American flag. A mechanical system is used to transmit 50-line color television images between New York and Washington, D.C.
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Former U.S. Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall is convicted of bribery for his role in the Teapot Dome scandal, becoming the first Presidential cabinet member to go to prison for actions in office.
