The ''LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin” returned to Lakehurst, New Jersey, after being the first airship to circumference the earth in one journey.
Legendary baseballer Babe Ruth became the first member of the 500 home run club.
The Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War was signed in Geneva, Switzerland.
Margaret Bondfield became the first female cabinet minister in the UK.
Vatican City signed the Lateran Treaty making it an independent state.
The first all-color and all-talking picture, 'On With the Show,' was released.
The Oscars are awarded for the first time.
US President Herbert Hoover installed the White House's first telephone.
The first non-stop flight from America to Asia took place.
Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park was established after being signed off by President Calvin Coolidge.
The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre took place in Chicago.
'In Old Arizona' became the first full-length talking motion picture filmed outdoors.
Popeye the Sailor Man made his first appearance.
The first Adventures of Tintin comic book is published.
Mother Teresa arrived in India to help some of the country's poorest.
The US & Canada agreed to divert the Niagara River to protect the Niagara Falls from eroding.
President Coolidge signed a bill authorizing The Boulder Canyon Project Act, which allowed for the construction of what is known today as the Hoover Dam.
The clip-on tie was designed.
American pioneer aviator Noel Wien founded Alaska's first airline, Wien Alaska Airlines Inc.
Newark Liberty International Airport opened, becoming the first airport in the New York City metropolitan area.
The Prussian government lifted a ban on Adolf Hitler's speeches.
Paul Galvin and his brother Joseph founded Motorola as the 'Galvin Manufacturing Co.' in Chicago, Illinois.
American actress Katherine Hepburn had her first stage performance in New York City, where she played in 'Night Hostess.'
A screening test of Walt Disney's ''Steamboat Willie” occurred featuring Mickey Mouse.
IX Summer Olympics open.
The world celebrated the introduction of sliced bread for the first time.
Scotsman John Logie Baird demonstrated the color television transmission in London for the first time.
Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic.
Charles Kingsford Smith completes the world's first trans-Pacific flight.
Mickey Mouse appeared in his first cartoon.
The Great Fall River fire destroyed many businesses downtown in Fall River, Massachusetts.
"Putting Pants on Philip", the first Laurel and Hardy film, is released.
Carl J.E. Eliason, from Sayner, Wisconsin, was awarded his patent for the 'motor toboggan,' the world's first motorized snow vehicle.
The first Laurel and Hardy movie, 'The Second Hundred Years,' was released in the United States.
'The Jazz Singer' was released. It was the first motion picture with pre-recorded dialogue, revolutionizing the movie industry.
Gutzon Borglum began sculpting Mount Rushmore.
Pirate alcohol smuggler Horace Alderman killed three people, including a coast guardsman and secret service agent.
The first flight from the West Coast to Hawaii was made by the US Army aircraft, The Bird of Paradise.
The last Ford Model T motor car was ceremoniously rolled off the assembly line.
In the Spirit of St Louis, Aviator Charles Lindbergh landed in Paris after the first-ever solo air crossing of Atlantic.
45 people die in the United States' worst school massacre.
The Chinese Theater opened in Hollywood, California, built in an Exotic Revival style architecture.
The White Bird and its crew mysteriously disappear.
The Sunbeam 1000 HP broke the land speed record at the Daytona Beach race track in Florida.
The silent movie 'IT,' directed by Clarence G. Badger and Josef von Sternberg, was released in the US.
The first telephone call was made across the Atlantic – from London to New York.
Hirohito becomes the 124th emperor of Japan.
Agatha Christie mysteriously disappeared for 11 days.
Approval of numbered highways in the US.
The world famous escape artist performed for the last time at the Garrick Theater in Detroit, Michigan.
