Film Release
Feb 6 "The Kid", silent film starring Charlie Chaplin & Jackie Coogan, released
Charlie Chaplin
- Mar 21 Walter Kerr Theater (Ritz, CBS, NBC, ABC) opens at 223 W 48th St NYC
- May 23 "Shuffle Along" 1st black musical comedy, opens in 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.
- Oct 28 Amsterdam's Tuschinski movie theater opens
Film Premier
Oct 30 "The Sheik", a silent film starring Rudolph Valentino, premieres in Los Angeles
Rudolph Valentino