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1920 Calendar

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•  January 8, 1920 – The steel strike of 1919 ends in a complete failure for the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers labor union.
•  February 20, 1920 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Monkey in Chinese astrology.
•  May 9, 1920 – Polish-Soviet War: The Polish army under General Edward Rydz-Śmigły celebrates its capture of Kiev with a victory parade on Khreschatyk.
•  May 10, 1920 – Helen Crummy MBE, Scottish community activist (d. 2011).
•  July 25, 1920 – Telecommunications: the first transatlantic two-way radio broadcast takes place.
•  August 18, 1920 – The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women’s suffrage.
•  September 7, 1920 – Two newly purchased Savoia flying boats crash in the Swiss Alps en-route to Finland where they would serve with the Suomen Ilmavoimat, killing both crews.
•  October 10, 1920 – The Carinthian Plebiscite determines that the larger part of Carinthia should remain part of Austria.
•  November 2, 1920 – In the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. The first broadcast is the result of the U.S. presidential election, 1920.
•  December 16, 1920 – The Haiyuan earthquake, magnitude 8.5, rocks the Gansu province in China, killing an estimated 200,000.

•  January 15, 1920 – John Joseph O'Connor, American Catholic cardinal (d. 2000)
•  February 11, 1920 – Billy Halop, American actor (d. 1976)
•  March 16, 1920 – Sid Fleischman, American author (d. 2010)
•  April 6, 1920 – Edmond H. Fischer, Swiss-American biochemist, Nobel laureate
•  July 17, 1920 – Kenneth Wolstenholme, English sports commentator (d. 2002)
•  August 10, 1920 – Red Holzman, American basketball coach (d. 1998)
•  September 3, 1920 – Les Medley, English footballer (d. 2001)
•  November 5, 1920 – Douglass North, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
•  November 8, 1920 – Esther Rolle, American actress (d. 1998)
•  December 16, 1920 – Frederick Rotimi Williams, Nigerian politician and jurist (d. 2005)