Film Release
Feb 6 Charlie Chaplin releases his first full-length feature - "The Kid", a silent film starring Charlie Chaplin & Jackie Coogan
- Mar 21 Walter Kerr Theater (Ritz, CBS, NBC, ABC) opens at 223 W 48th St NYC
- Aug 5 KDKA Pittsburgh presents first radio broadcast of MLB; Pirates beat Phillies, 8-0; Harold Arlin first play-by-play broadcaster
- Sep 7 In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held
- Sep 8 1st Miss America crowned in Atlantic City - Margaret Gorman (16) of Washington, D.C.
Film Premiere
Oct 21 "The Sheik", a silent film starring Rudolph Valentino, premieres in Los Angeles
