1920 30 facts
While investigating facts about 1920 30, I found out little known, but curios details like:
Motorcycle chariot racing was a popular form of 'sport' in the 1920's and 30's
One of the first acts of terrorism in the U.S. occurred in 1920 when a horse-drawn carriage exploded on Wall Street. 30 people were killed and the criminals were never caught.
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Wyoming was the first state to give voting rights to women in 1890, with Kentucky being the last after the amendment was put into the constitution, in 1920, 30 years later
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Madame Queen was a Black female gang leader who ran numerous criminal enterprises in Harlem, New York during the 1920's & 30's. She once cuts off a man's scrotum with the razor she always carried strapped to her thighs.
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During the 1920's and 30's in Europe, Australia, and the US motorcycle chariot racing was invented. This was achieved by attaching the motorcycles to a chariot like one would a horse, and even using reins or extensions for the throttle and handlebars.
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Russia hasn’t been the first county ever banned from the Olympics. In 1920 Austria, Hungary, Germany, Turkey and Bulgaria were not invited. In 1948 after WWII Germany and Japan were left out. In 1964 South Africa had a ban that lasted nearly 30 years. And Russia sat out voluntarily in 1984.
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famous 1920's and 30's musician Billy Tipton was a transgender male.
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In 1920, three years after the Armenian Genocide, Turks (of Azerbaijan) massacred 30,000 Armenians over several days, in which the regional governor used jihad as a motivation to kill their Christian neighbors.
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The average weight of turkey has tripled in size in the past century, from about 12 pounds in 1920, to 30+ pounds today
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There was a fully independent country called the Tuvan People’s Republic between the Soviet Union and Mongolia in the 1920’s and 30’s. It was independent for 23 years until it was annexed by the Soviet Union in 1944.
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One the reasons that cartoon characters, Mickey Mouse and Felix The Cat for example, wear white gloves, is because they're based off of black faced minstrel shows that were popular in the 1920's and 30's.
