1920's-1940's

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    1920's-1940's

  • 19th admendment was established for women's rights

    August 18, 1920 - Women are given the right to vote when the 19th Amendment to the United States constitution grants universal women's suffrage. Also known as the Susan B. Anthony amendment, in recognition of her important campaign to win the right to vote.

  • The National Football League was started

    The American Professional Football League is formed in 1920 with Jim Thorpe as its president and eleven teams. It would change its name to the National Football League in 1922.

  • Contruction begins on Yankee Stadium in New York City

  • Time Magazine is published for the first time.

  • Warner Brothers Pictures is incorporated

  • First Winter Olympic Games are held in France

  • The first radio broadcast is transmited by the Grand Ole Opry

    The Grand Ole Opry transmits its first radio broadcast.

  • The NBC Radio Network is formed

    • The NBC Radio Network is formed by Westinghouse, General Electric, and RCA, opening with twenty-four stations.

  • First successfull invention of the television

    First success in the invention of television occurs by American inventor Philo Taylor Farnsworth. The complete electronic television system would be patented three years later on August 26, 1930.

  • Mickey and Minnie Mouse comes to life on film

    May 15, 1928 - The first appearance of Mickey and Minnie Mouse on film occurs with the release of the animated short film, Plane Crazy.

  • Stockmarket crash of 1929

    Postwar prosperity ends in the 1929 Stock Market crash. The plummeting stock prices led to losses between 1929 and 1931 of an estimated $50 billion and started the worst American depression in the nation's history.

  • The 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is passed, ending prohibition.

  • The Master's golf tournament is held for the first time

    March 22, 1934 - The Master's golf tournament is held for the first time at Augusta National Golf Club, founded by the legendary amateur golfer Bobby Jones, in Augusta, Georgia. The 1934 winner was Horton Smith, of the United States, at four under par.

  • The greatest hitter in the history of baseball, Babe Ruth, retires from Major League Baseball.

    June 2, 1935 - The greatest hitter in the history of baseball, Babe Ruth, retires from Major League Baseball. He is among the charter class of players inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, in Cooperstown, New York, in 1939.

  • The Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York

    June 12, 1939 - The Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York, home of one of baseball's founders, Abner Doubleday. The first class of inductees included Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson, and Walter Johnson.