1920s

In 1922, the first Newbery Medal is awarded, one year later the Time magazine hits the newsstands for the first time. Magician Harry Houdini dies on October 31, 1926 of a ruptured appendix. On January 7, 1927, the first transatlantic telephone call is made from New York to London. Charles Lindbergh's solo flight crosses the Atlantic in 1927.