1920 Calendar
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1920 Historical Event(s)
- January 20, 1920 – The American Civil Liberties Union is founded.
- February 20, 1920 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Monkey in Chinese astrology.
- February 24, 1920 – The Nazi Party is founded.
- March 8, 1920 – The Arab Kingdom of Syria, the first modern Arab state to come into existence, is established.
- April 23, 1920 – The national council in Turkey denounces the government of Sultan Mehmed VI and announces a temporary constitution.
- August 13, 1920 – Polish-Soviet War: the Battle of Warsaw begins and will last till August 25. The Red Army is defeated.
- August 16, 1920 – The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution.
- October 10, 1920 – The Carinthian Plebiscite determines that the larger part of Carinthia should remain part of Austria.
- November 28, 1920 – Irish War of Independence: Kilmichael Ambush - The Irish Republican Army ambush a convoy of British Auxiliaries and kill seventeen.
Who Were Born On 1920?
- February 13, 1920 – Boudleaux Bryant, American songwriter (d. 1987)
- February 15, 1920 – Endicott Peabody, American politician and 62nd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1997)
- February 29, 1920 – Arthur Franz, American actor (d. 2006)
- March 16, 1920 – Dorothea Binz, Nazi war criminal (d. 1947)
- May 2, 1920 – Jean-Marie Auberson, Swiss conductor (d. 2004)
- June 7, 1920 – Georges Marchais, French politician (d. 1997)
- June 22, 1920 – Jovito Salonga, Filipino politician
- September 15, 1920 – Kym Bonython, Australian radio broadcaster, jazz musician, speedway promoter (d. 2011)
- September 18, 1920 – Jack Warden, American actor (d. 2006)
- September 22, 1920 – William H. Riker, American political scientist (d. 1993)