The Lincoln and Francis Scott Key Memorials were dedicated.
American Howard Carter assisted Lord Carnarvon in the opening of the tomb of King Tutankhamen in Egypt.
98 persons died when the roof of New York's Knickerbocker Theater collapsed.
Alexander Graham Bell died at 75.
A 500 sq. ft. hole was left in the ground when a 20-ton meteor hit Blackstone, Virginia.
American Telephone & Telegraph (AT&T) set up the first radio network for the Bond Club of Chicago. The twenty radio stations along the circuit were able to contribute a section to the program, which was broadcast from New York to Chicago.
Cornetist Louie "Satchmo" Armstrong joined King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, where he popularized the horn solo. The "Jazz Age" had begun.
