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1920 Historical Event(s)
January 7, 1920
– The New York State Assembly refuses to seat five duly elected Socialist assemblymen.
February 2, 1920
– France occupies Memel.
February 20, 1920
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Monkey in Chinese astrology.
April 28, 1920
– Azerbaijan is added to the Soviet Union.
May 3, 1920
– A Bolshevik coup fails in the Democratic Republic of Georgia.
May 7, 1920
– Kiev Offensive: Polish troops led by Józef Piłsudski and Edward Rydz-Śmigły and assisted by a symbolic Ukrainian force capture Kiev only to be driven out by the Red Army counter-offensive a month later.
August 26, 1920
– The 19th amendment to United States Constitution takes effect, giving women the right to vote.
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.
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?
February 12, 1920
– Pran, Indian actor
February 14, 1920
– Judith Holzmeister, Austrian actress (d. 2008)
February 29, 1920
– Arthur Franz, American actor (d. 2006)
May 22, 1920
– Thomas Gold, Austrian astrophysicist (d. 2004)
June 5, 1920
– Cornelius Ryan, Irish-American author (d. 1974)
August 17, 1920
– Maureen O'Hara, Irish actress
September 1, 1920
– Richard Farnsworth, American actor (d. 2000)
November 25, 1920
– Ricardo Montalbán, Mexican actor (d. 2009)
December 18, 1920
– Robert Leckie, American marine and author (d. 2001)
December 30, 1920
– Jack Lord, American actor (d. 1998)