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POP Culture: 1920
ICONS: Charlie Chaplin, Charles Lindbergh, Stock Market Crash
- KDKA in Pittsburgh, PA, becomes the first radio station to offer regular broadcasts on November 2, 1920.
- Lila Bell and DeWitt Wallace begin publishing Reader's Digest in 1922.
- F. Scott Fitzgerald publishes The Great Gatsby in 1925.
- Tennessee school teacher John T. Scopes' trial for teaching Darwin's "Theory of Evolution" begins July 1925.
- Robert Goddard fires his first liquid-fueled rocket on March 16, 1926.
- Charles Lindbergh lands "Spirit of St. Louis" in Paris on May 21, 1927, successfully completing the first trans-Atlantic flight.
- Audiences see the first motion picture with sound The Jazz Singer in 1927.
- William Faulkner publishes The Sound and the Fury in 1929.
The 1920 Census |
10 Largest Urban Places |
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| U.S. Resident Population: | 106,021,537 | Rank | Place | Population | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population per square mile of land area: | 29.9 | 1 | New York City, NY | 5,620,048 | |
| Percent increase of population from 1910 to 1920: | 15.0 | 2 | Chicago, IL | 2,701,705 | |
| Official Enumeration Date: | January 1 | 3 | Philadelphia, PA | 1,823,779 | |
| Number of States: | 48 | 4 | Detroit, MI | 993,078 | |
| Cost: | $25,117,000 | 5 | Cleveland, OH | 796,841 | |
| Cost per Capita (cents): | 23.7 | 6 | St. Louis, MO | 772,897 | |
| Total Pages in Published Reports: | 14,550 | 7 | Boston, MA | 748,060 | |
| Number of Enumerators: | 87,234 | 8 | Baltimore, MD | 733,826 | |
| Census Bureau Director: | Samuel Lyle Rogers | 9 | Pittsburgh, PA | 588,343 | |
| Number of Questions Asked: | 34 | 10 | Los Angeles, CA | 576,673 | |
| Other lists of largest urban places. | |||||
