1920 Calendar
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1920 Historical Event(s)
January 19, 1920
– The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations.
February 2, 1920
– France occupies Memel.
February 9, 1920
– Under the terms of the Spitsbergen Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized.
February 20, 1920
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Monkey in Chinese astrology.
March 13, 1920
– The Kapp Putsch briefly ousts the Weimar Republic government from Berlin.
March 19, 1920
– The United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time (the first time was on November 19, 1919).
May 16, 1920
– In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc.
June 11, 1920
– During the U.S. Republican National Convention in Chicago, U.S. Republican Party leaders gathered in a room at the Blackstone Hotel to come to a consensus on their candidate for the U.S. presidential election, leading the Associated Press to first coin the political phrase “smoke-filled room”.
August 11, 1920
– The Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty, which relinquished Russia’s authority and pretenses to Latvia, is signed, ending the Latvian War of Independence.
September 1, 1920
– The Fountain of Time opens as a tribute to the 100 years of peace between the United States and Great Britain following the Treaty of Ghent.
Who Were Born On 1920?
February 11, 1920
– Daniel “Chappie” James Jr., American general (d. 1978)
February 13, 1920
– Eileen Farrell, American opera soprano (d. 2002)
February 19, 1920
– George Rose, British music hall entertainer (d. 1988)
February 23, 1920
– Paul Gérin-Lajoie, Canadian politician
April 20, 1920
– John Paul Stevens, American jurist
September 1, 1920
– Liz Carpenter, American feminist writer (d. 2010)
October 6, 1920
– Lord Donaldson of Lymington, British judge (d. 2005)
October 18, 1920
– Melina Mercouri, Greek actress and cultural minister (d. 1994)
October 29, 1920
– Catholicos Baselios Mar Thoma Didymos I Catholicos, Indian Orthodox Church
November 29, 1920
– Yegor Ligachev, Soviet politician