2. DANCE MARATHONSFLAGPOLE SITTING

3. 1920s Radio DETROIT - 1 st Radio station to air regular programming KDKA (Pittsburgh) – 1 st to report the results of the 1920 Presidential Election By 1929 there were radios in more than 10 million households

4. SILENT FILMS “TALKIES”- MOVIES WITH MUSIC OR DIALOGUE  Films with no sound  Often had a piano or even an orchestra to accompany the movie  https://www.youtube.c om/watch?v=mpjEyBK SfJQ https://www.youtube.c om/watch?v=mpjEyBK SfJQ  The Jazz Singer – The 1 st full length movie with dialogue  https://www.youtube.c om/watch?v=- iX2lg4eYwQ https://www.youtube.c om/watch?v=- iX2lg4eYwQ

5.  Jim Thorpe – Olympic Gold medalist, played profession baseball and football  Harold “Red” Grange – 1 st athlete to appear on the front page of the New York Times (football player)  George “Babe” Ruth – One of baseball’s greatest home run hitters (New York Yankees)  * African-Americans were not allowed to play major league baseball (They formed the Negro National League)

6.  Charles Lindbergh – the 1 st person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.  His plane was called “The spirit of St. Louis”  NY – Paris (33 ½ hours)  (6 pilots died trying before him)

7.  1 st woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean  1 year after Lindbergh  In 1937 she disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while trying to fly around the world