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 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.
'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.
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.
Paul Galvin and his brother Joseph founded Motorola as the 'Galvin Manufacturing Co.' in Chicago, Illinois.
A screening test of Walt Disney's ''Steamboat Willie” occurred featuring Mickey Mouse.
IX Summer Olympics open.
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.
"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.
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.
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.
Agatha Christie mysteriously disappeared for 11 days.
Approval of numbered highways in the US.
The original 'Winnie the Pooh' novel written by A. A. Milne was released.
Violet Stewart Piercy, a long-distance runner from England, set the first recorded marathon win for women at 3:40:22.
Henry Ford changed employees' working schedules to 8-hour days, 5 days a week.
First Woman to Swim Across the English Channel.
Mercedes and Benz merged to form the brand name Mercedes-Benz.
Paavo Nurmi ran a world record time of 3000 meters in 8 minutes and 25 seconds.
Thomas Edison spoke on the radio for the first time at a dinner for the National Electric Light Association.
The first confirmed trip to the North Pole was carried out by the Norge, a semi-rigid Italian-built airship.
The first flight over the North Pole was completed, flown by Richard E. Byrd with co-pilot Floyd Bennett.
Robert Goddard launched his second liquid-fueled rocket.
The world's first liquid-fueled rocket was launched.
The first two-way transatlantic telephone takes place.
Walt Disney Studios was formed after previously being known as Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio.
Inventor Fred Waller patented the aquaplane, which would become water skis.
Charlie Chaplin's silent movie 'The Gold Rush' was released.
Ty Cobb, a future Baseball Hall of Fame center fielder, was the first to gain 1,000 extra-base hits.
Franz Kafka publishes his landmark novel The Trial.
The first issue of 'The New Yorker' was published.
20 mushers embark on a journey to transport medicine to Nome, Alaska, inspiring the Iditarod Race.
