THE TIMELINE FOR NEGRO LEAGUE BASEBALL

1920 ANDREW "RUBE" FOSTER ORGANIZED THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL BLACK PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUE CALLED THE NEGRO NATIONAL LEAGUE (NNL) 19TH AMENDMENT PASSED, GIVING WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE

1923 THE EASTERN COLORED LEAGUE (ECL) IS FORMED BY ED BOLDEN FIRST SOUND-ON-FILM MOTION PICTURE, "PHONOFILM" WAS SHOWN

1924 THE FIRST WORLD SERIES BETWEEN NNL AND ECL WAS HELD LAW APPROVED BY CONGRESS MAKING ALL INDIANS CITIZENS

1928 THE EASTERN COLORED LEAGUE FOLDS HERBERT HOOVER IS ELECTED PRESIDENT

1929 THE AMERICAN NEGRO LEAGUE (ANL) IS FORMED BUT FOLDS AFTER ONE YEAR OF EXISTENCE STOCK MARKET CRASHES

1930 RUBE FOSTER DIES NAVAL REDUCTION TREATY SIGNED BY US, BRITAIN, ITALY, FRANCE, AND JAPAN

1931 THE NNL COLLAPSES DUE TO LACK OF LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATION EMPIRE STATE BUILDING IS OPENED

1932 EAST-WEST LEAGUE AND NEGRO SOUTHERN LEAGUE (NSL) ARE FORMED BUT ALL FOLD AFTER ONE YEAR CHARLES LINDBERGH, JR. KIDNAPPED AND FOUND DEAD

1933 A NEW NEGRO NATIONAL LEAGUE (NNL) IS FORMED BY GUS GREENLEE THE "NEW DEAL" IS PASSED BY CONGRESS

1933 GUS GREENLEE ORGANIZES THE FIRST ANNUAL EAST-WEST ALL-STAR GAME ADOLF HITLER BECOMES GERMAN CHANCELLOR

1937 THE NEGRO AMERICAN LEAGUE (NAL) IS FORMED AMELIA EARHART IS LOST IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN

1942 FIRST WORLD SERIES IS PLAYED BETWEEN THE NNL AND NAL BATTLE OF MIDWAY IS JAPAN'S FIRST MAJOR DEFEAT IN WORLD WAR II

1947 JACKIE ROBINSON BECOMES FIRST BLACK TO PLAY IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES BY SIGNING WITH THE BROOKLYN DODGERS THE MARSHALL PLAN IS PASSED THE CONGRESS

1947 LARRY DOBY BECOMES FIRST BLACK TO PLAY IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE PRINCESS ELIZABETH (LATER QUEEN ELIZABETH II) MARRIES PHILLIP MOUNTBATTEN, DUKE OF EDINBURGH

1948 THE NEGRO NATIONAL LEAGUE DISBANDS USSR BEGINS LAND BLOCKADE OF BERLIN'S ALLIED SECTORS

1948 THE LEGENDARY SATCHEL PAIGE FINALLY JOINS THE MAJOR LEAGUES AT AGE 42 MOHANDAS GANDHI (INDIA) IS ASSASINATED

1960 THE NEGRO AMERICAN LEAGUE'S LAST YEAR US LAUNCHES FIRST WEATHER SATELLITE

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1920	ANDREW "RUBE" FOSTER ORGANIZED THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL BLACK PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUE CALLED THE NEGRO NATIONAL LEAGUE (NNL)	19TH AMENDMENT PASSED, GIVING WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE
1923	THE EASTERN COLORED LEAGUE (ECL) IS FORMED BY ED BOLDEN	FIRST SOUND-ON-FILM MOTION PICTURE, "PHONOFILM" WAS SHOWN
1924	THE FIRST WORLD SERIES BETWEEN NNL AND ECL WAS HELD	LAW APPROVED BY CONGRESS MAKING ALL INDIANS CITIZENS
1928	THE EASTERN COLORED LEAGUE FOLDS	HERBERT HOOVER IS ELECTED PRESIDENT
1929	THE AMERICAN NEGRO LEAGUE (ANL) IS FORMED BUT FOLDS AFTER ONE YEAR OF EXISTENCE	STOCK MARKET CRASHES
1930	RUBE FOSTER DIES	NAVAL REDUCTION TREATY SIGNED BY US, BRITAIN, ITALY, FRANCE, AND JAPAN
1931	THE NNL COLLAPSES DUE TO LACK OF LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATION	EMPIRE STATE BUILDING IS OPENED
1932	EAST-WEST LEAGUE AND NEGRO SOUTHERN LEAGUE (NSL) ARE FORMED BUT ALL FOLD AFTER ONE YEAR	CHARLES LINDBERGH, JR. KIDNAPPED AND FOUND DEAD
1933	A NEW NEGRO NATIONAL LEAGUE (NNL) IS FORMED BY GUS GREENLEE	THE "NEW DEAL" IS PASSED BY CONGRESS
1933	GUS GREENLEE ORGANIZES THE FIRST ANNUAL EAST-WEST ALL-STAR GAME	ADOLF HITLER BECOMES GERMAN CHANCELLOR
1937	THE NEGRO AMERICAN LEAGUE (NAL) IS FORMED	AMELIA EARHART IS LOST IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN
1942	FIRST WORLD SERIES IS PLAYED BETWEEN THE NNL AND NAL	BATTLE OF MIDWAY IS JAPAN'S FIRST MAJOR DEFEAT IN WORLD WAR II
1947	JACKIE ROBINSON BECOMES FIRST BLACK TO PLAY IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES BY SIGNING WITH THE BROOKLYN DODGERS	THE MARSHALL PLAN IS PASSED THE CONGRESS
1947	LARRY DOBY BECOMES FIRST BLACK TO PLAY IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE	PRINCESS ELIZABETH (LATER QUEEN ELIZABETH II) MARRIES PHILLIP MOUNTBATTEN, DUKE OF EDINBURGH
1948	THE NEGRO NATIONAL LEAGUE DISBANDS	USSR BEGINS LAND BLOCKADE OF BERLIN'S ALLIED SECTORS
1948	THE LEGENDARY SATCHEL PAIGE FINALLY JOINS THE MAJOR LEAGUES AT AGE 42	MOHANDAS GANDHI (INDIA) IS ASSASINATED
1960	THE NEGRO AMERICAN LEAGUE'S LAST YEAR	US LAUNCHES FIRST WEATHER SATELLITE