1920 to 1929
What happened in history...1920 - 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote
1920 - First radio broadcasts in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Detroit, Michigan 1920 - Dairy Calf Club began - was organized in Manly 1920 - Silver Lake Streaks Club organized 1920 - Livestock 4-H work began with 9 boys participating 1921 - Warren G Harding becomes President 1923 - President Warren G Harding dies; Calvin Coolidge succeeds him 1924 - J. Edgar Hoover is appointed director of the Bureau of Investigation - predecessor to the FBI 1924 - Lincoln Girls Club organized 1924 - Deer Creek Wohelos Club organized - May 28th 1924 - Fertile Merry Maids Club organized 1924 - Lincoln 4-Square Club organized 1924 - Kensett B.R. Best Club organized 1925 - Scopes trial whose outcome found that the teaching of evolution in the classroom "does not violate church and state religion laws but instead, merely prohibits the teaching of evolution on the grounds of intellectual disagreement" 1926 - NBC founded as the U.S.'s first major broadcast network 1927 - Charles Lindbergh makes first trans-Atlantic flight 1927 - First County corn husking contest 1928 - Disney's Steamboat Willie opens, the first animated picture to feature Mickey Mouse 1928 - Clothing exhibits began - Home Economics 1928 - S.O.S. Club organized, July 13th (later changed to Bristol Happy Hustlers) 1928 - Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean 1929 - Herbert Hoover becomes President 1929 - First 4-H Club Banquet held in Manly 1929 - Nutrition (canning) began - Home Economics |