1920 Calendar
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1920 Historical Event(s)
- January 1, 1920 – The Belorussian Communist Organisation is founded as a separate party.
- January 20, 1920 – The American Civil Liberties Union is founded.
- 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.
- February 26, 1920 – The first German Expressionist film and early horror movie, Robert Wiene’s The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, premièred in 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 7, 1920 – Treaty of Moscow: Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of the Democratic Republic of Georgia only to invade the country six months later.
- November 1, 1920 – American Fishing Schooner Esperanto defeats the Canadian Fishing Schooner Delawana in the First International Fishing Schooner Championship Races in Halifax.
- November 12, 1920 – Italy and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes sign the Treaty of Rapallo.
- December 16, 1920 – The Haiyuan earthquake, magnitude 8.5, rocks the Gansu province in China, killing an estimated 200,000.
Who Were Born On 1920?
- January 9, 1920 – Chan Canasta, Polish-British magician (d. 1999)
- February 13, 1920 – Eileen Farrell, American opera soprano (d. 2002)
- March 21, 1920 – Manolis Chiotis, Greek bouzouki player and songwriter (d. 1970)
- April 27, 1920 – Edwin Morgan, Scottish poet (d. 2010)
- July 13, 1920 – Bill Towers, English footballer (d. 2000)
- July 21, 1920 – Constance Dowling, American actress (d. 1969)
- August 26, 1920 – Prem Tinsulanonda, Thai soldier and politician
- September 17, 1920 – Dinah Sheridan, English actress
- November 18, 1920 – Mustafa Khalil, 77th Prime Minister of Egypt (d. 2008)
- December 17, 1920 – Kenneth E. Iverson, Canadian computer scientist (d. 2004)