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1920's timeline

By Kiara Drown

  • 1st Winter Olympics Held

    1st Winter Olympics Held
    Chamonix 1924 helped make winter sports - previously considered elitist – more popular and more accessible. The competition proved a great success, attracting 10,004 paying spectators in all, many of them travelling to the resort from across France as news of the event began to spread.

  • KDKA goes on the air from Pittsburg

    KDKA goes on the air from Pittsburg
    KDKA went on the air in Pittsburgh as the world's first commercially licensed station.

  • Charles Lindberg completes solo flight across the Atlantic

    Charles Lindberg completes solo flight across the Atlantic
    Charles A. Lindbergh completed the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight in history, flying his Spirit of St. Louis from Long Island, New York, to Paris, France.