Timeline: Meryl Dee Chidester: Our Family History

1929 - 1929 (0 years)

	Date	Event(s)
1	1898	21 Apr 1898—13 Aug 1989: Spanish-American War
2	1923	2 Aug 1923—4 Mar 1929: Calvin Coolidge U.S. Presidency
3	1929	1929—1929: Abolition of Poor Law system in Britain 1929—1929: Minimum age for a marriage in Britain (which had been 14 for a boy and 12 for a girl) now 16 for both sexes, with parental consent (or a licence) needed for anyone under 21 1929—1929: BBC begins experimental TV transmissions 4 Mar 1929—4 Mar 1933: Herbert Hoover U.S. Presidency