1920 34676 224861413 2008-07-10T19:10:02Z 87.48.76.65 /* January - March */ {{year nav|1920}} {{C20YearInTopicX}} Year '''1920''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCMXX]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Thursday]] (link will display 1920) of the [[Gregorian]] calendar. {{C20YearTOC}} ==Events of 1920== ===January === <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[January 1]] - [[Babe Ruth]] is traded by the [[Boston Red Sox]] to the [[New York Yankees]] for $125,000, the largest sum ever paid for a player at that time. * [[January 7]] - Forces of [[White movement|Russian White]] admiral [[Aleksandr Vasilevich Kolchak|Kolchak]] surrender in [[Krasnoyarsk]]. The [[Great Siberian Ice March]] ensues. * [[January 9]] **Thousands of onlookers watch as "The Human Fly" [[George Polley]], climbs the [[New York]] [[Woolworth Building]]. He has reached the 30th floor when a policeman arrests him for climbing without a permit * [[January 16]] **[[Prohibition]] begins in the [[United States of America|United States]] with the [[Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution]] coming into effect. **The [[World War I]] Allies demand that the [[Netherlands]] extradite the German [[Kaiser]] [[Wilhelm II]], who has fled there. **[[Zeta Phi Beta]] Sorority, Incorporated, was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington D.C. * [[January 19]] - The [[United States Senate]] votes against joining the [[League of Nations]]. * [[January 22]] - The [[Australia]]n [[National Party of Australia|Country Party]] is officially formed.Matthew soares * [[January 23]] - The [[Netherlands]] refuses to extradite the German [[Kaiser]]. * [[January 28]] - The [[Spanish legion]] is founded and stationed in North Africa to fight rebels in [[Morocco]]. * [[January 28]] - [[Turkey]] gives up the [[Ottoman Empire]] and all non-Turkish areas. * [[January 30]] - Oldest surviving pro wrestling match on film happened on this day with [[Joe Stecher]] defeating [[Earl Caddock]] ===February=== [[Image:RCMP officer Expo 67.jpg|thumb|145px|right| [[February 1]]: [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police|RCM Police]] formed.]] * [[February 1]] - The [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] begin operations. * [[February 2]] **[[Estonian War of Independence|Estonian Freedom War]]: [[Treaty of Tartu (Russian–Estonian)|Tartu Peace Treaty]] is signed, ending the war and recognizing [[Estonia]]n independence. **[[France]] occupies [[Memel]]. **Sayyid Muhammad, Khan of [[Khanate of Khiva|Khiva]] abdicates. * [[February 7]] - [[Admiral Kolchak]] and [[Viktor Pepelyayev]] are executed by [[firing squad]] near [[Irkutsk]]. * [[February 9]] - League of Nations gives [[Spitsbergen]] to [[Norway]]. * [[February 10]] - [[Jozef Haller de Hallenburg]] performs the [[Poland's Wedding to the Sea|symbolic wedding of Poland to the sea]], celebrating restitution of Polish access to open sea. * [[February 14]] - The [[League of Women Voters]] is founded in [[Chicago]]. * [[February 17]] -A woman named [[Anna Anderson]] tries to commit suicide in Berlin and is taken to mental hospital, where she claims she is [[Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia|Anastasia]]. * [[February 22]] - In [[Emeryville, California]], the first [[dog racing]] track to employ an imitation [[rabbit]] opens. * [[February 24]] - [[Adolf Hitler]] presents his [[National Socialist German Workers Party|National Socialist]] program in [[Munich]]. ===March=== * [[March]] - World's first peaceful establishment of a [[social democracy|social democratic]] government takes place in [[Sweden]]. [[Hjalmar Branting]] takes over when [[Nils Edén]] resigns. * [[March 1]] **[[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[Admiral]] and [[statesman]] [[Miklós Horthy]] becomes the [[Regent]] of [[Hungary]] **The [[United States Railroad Administration]] returns control of American railroads to its constituent railroad companies. * [[March 10]] - The [[Baylor]] Business Men's Club changes its name to the [[Baylor University Chamber of Commerce]]. It has operated under this name since the change. * [[March 13]]-[[March 17]] - [[Wolfgang Kapp]] fails in his [[coup]] attempt in [[Germany]] due to public resistance and a general strike. * [[March 15]] - [[Red Army of Ruhr]], communist army 60.000 men strong, formed * [[March 19]] - US Congress refuses to ratify [[Versailles Treaty]]. * [[March 23]] - Admiral Horthy declares that [[Hungary]] is a monarchy without anyone on the throne. * [[March 26]] **German government asks France for permission to use its own troops against rebellious [[Ruhr Red Army]] in the French-occupied area. **[[Irish War of Independence]]: The [[Black and Tans]] special constables arrive in [[Ireland]]. * [[March 28]] - The [[Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920]] hits the Great Lakes region and [[Deep South]] states. * [[March 29]] - [[William Robertson|Sir William Robertson]], who enlisted in [[1877]], becomes a field marshal in the British Army, the first man to rise to this rank from private * [[March 31]] - [[Government of Ireland Act 1920]] is presented in British parliament. ===April=== * [[April 2]] - German army marches to [[Ruhr]] to fight [[Red Ruhr Army]]. * [[April 4]] - [[Jerusalem pogrom of April, 1920]] . Violence between Arabic and Jewish resident in Jerusalem . governor declares the state of siege * [[April 6]] - The short-lived [[Far Eastern Republic]] declared in eastern [[Siberia]] * [[April 11]] - [[Mexican Revolution]] - [[Álvaro Obregón]] flees from [[Mexico City]] during a trial intended to ruin his reputation - he flees to [[Guerrero]] where he joins [[Fortunato Maycotte]] * [[April 19]] - Germany and [[Bolshevist Russia]] agree to the exchange of prisoners of war. * [[April 20]] - [[Álvaro Obregón]] announces in [[Chilpancingo]] that he intends to fight against the rule of [[Venustiano Carranza]] * [[April 23]] - National council in [[Turkey]] denounces the government of [[sultan]] [[Mehmed VI]] and announces a temporary constitution. * [[April 24]] - [[Polish-Soviet War]]: [[Poland|Polish]] and Anti-Soviet [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] troops attack the [[Red Army]] in Soviet Ukraine. * [[April 26]] - the [[Khorezm People's Soviet Republic]] is officially created by [[Bolshevist Russia]] as the successor to the [[Khanate of Khiva]]. ===May=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[May 2]] - The first game of the [[Negro National League (the first)|Negro National League baseball]] is played in [[Indianapolis, Indiana]]. * [[May 7]] **[[Polish-Soviet War]]: [[Poland|Polish]] troops occupy [[Kyiv]]. The government of [[Ukrainian People's Republic]] returns to the city. **[[Venustiano Carranza]] leaves [[Mexico City]] in a large train. **[[Treaty of Moscow (1920)]]: [[Russian SFSR|Soviet Russia]] recognizes independence of the [[Democratic Republic of Georgia]] only to invade the country six months later. * [[May 19]] - [[Álvaro Obregón]]'s troops enter [[Mexico City]] * [[May 15]] - [[Maria Bochkareva]] executed in Soviet Russia * [[May 16]] - **[[Joan of Arc]] is [[canonization|canonised]]. Over 30,000 people attended the ceremony in Rome, including 140 descendants of Joan of Arc's family. [[Pope Benedict XV]] presided over the rite, for which the interior of [[St. Peter's Basilica]] in Rome was richly decorated. **[[Referendum]] in [[Switzerland]] is favorable to joining [[League of Nations]]. * [[May 17]] **French and Belgian troops leave the cities they have occupied in Germany. **First flight of [[KLM]], Dutch air company, from [[Amsterdam]] to [[London]]. * [[May 20]] - [[Venustiano Carranza]] arrives in San Antonio Tlaxcalantongo. Troops of [[Rodolfo Herrera]] attack him at night and shoot him * [[May 24]] - [[Venustiano Carranza]] is buried in [[Mexico City]] - all of his mourning allies are arrested. [[Adolfo de la Huerta]] is elected provisional president * [[May 27]] - [[Tomáš Masaryk]] becomes president of [[Czechoslovakia]]. * [[May 29]] - Great [[Horncastle, Lincolnshire|Horncastle]] flood. 20 people killed. ===June=== * [[June 4]] - [[Treaty of Trianon]], Treaty of Peace between The Allied and Hungary. * [[June 12]] - [[Polish-Soviet War]]: [[Red Army]] retakes [[Kyiv]]. * [[June 13]] - The [[United States Postal Service|United States Post Office Department]] rules that children may not be sent via parcel post * [[June 15]] - New border treaty between [[Germany]] and [[Denmark]] gives northern [[Schleswig]] to Denmark. * [[June 22]] - [[Greece]] attacks [[Turkey|Turkish]] troops. ===July=== * [[July 1]] - Germany declares its neutrality in the war between Poland and Soviet Russia * [[July 2]] - [[Polish-Soviet War]]: [[Red Army]] continues offensive into [[Poland]]. * [[July 10]] - [[Arthur Meighen]] becomes [[Canada]]'s ninth [[Prime Minister of Canada|prime minister]]. * [[July 12]] - [[Bolshevist Russia]] recognizes independent [[Lithuania]]. * [[July 13]] - [[London County Council]] bars foreigners from council jobs. * [[July 14]] - France declares that [[Faisal I of Syria]] is deposed and occupies [[Damascus]] and [[Aleppo]]. * [[July 19]] – [[August 7]] – The Second Congress of the [[Communist International]] took place in [[St. Petersburg]] and [[Moscow]]. The notorious [[Twenty-one Conditions]] were adopted. * [[July 20]] – The [[United Kingdom]] cedes its brief control of the key [[Black Sea]] port of [[Batum]] to the [[Democratic Republic of Georgia]]. * [[July 22]] - [[Polish-Soviet War]]: [[Poland]] sues for peace with [[Bolshevist Russia]]. * [[July 23]] - The [[France|French]] defeat the [[Greater Syria|Syrian army]] in the [[Battle of Maysalun]]. * [[July 25]] - First transatlantic two-way [[radio]] broadcast? * [[July 26]] - [[Pancho Villa]] takes over [[Sabina (Mexico)|Sabina]] and contacts de la Huerta to offer his conditional surrender. He signs his surrender in [[July 28]] * [[July 29]] - The [[United States Bureau of Reclamation]] begins construction of the [[Link River Dam]] as part of the [[Klamath Reclamation Project]]. *[[July 31]] - [[France]] prohibits the sale or prescription of [[contraceptives]]. ===August=== * [[August 2]] - [[Irish War of Independence]]: British parliament passes bill to restore order in [[Ireland]], suspending jury trials. * [[August 3]] - Irish War of Independence: Catholics riot in [[Belfast]]. * [[August 10]] - [[Ottoman sultan]] [[Mehmed VI]]'s representatives sign the [[Treaty of Sèvres]]. * [[August 11]] - [[Bolshevik Russia]] recognizes independent [[Estonia]] and [[Latvia]]. * [[August 13]] - [[August 25]] - [[Polish-Soviet War]]: The [[Red Army]] is defeated in the [[Battle of Warsaw (1920)|Battle of Warsaw]]. * [[August 15]] - Irish War of Independence: Town Hall of [[Templemore]], [[Ireland]], is burned down during the riots. * [[August 18]] - Amendment 19 allowed women the right to vote under constitutional protection. * [[August 19]]-[[August 25]] - [[Second Silesian Uprising]], the Poles in [[Upper Silesia]] rise against the Germans * [[August 20]] - The first commercial [[radio]] station in the United States, 8MK ([[WWJ]]), begins operations in [[Detroit, Michigan]]. * [[August 26]] - [[Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|19th Amendment to US constitution]] is passed, guaranteeing women's [[suffrage]]. ===September=== * [[September 4]] - ''El Tercio de Extranjeros'', the "Regiment of Foreigners" (modern-day [[Spanish Legion]]) inaugurated in [[Spain]] * [[September 5]] - Presidential elections begin in [[Mexico]] * [[September 8]] - [[Gabriele D'Annunzio]] proclaims the [[Italian Regency of Carnaro]] in the city of [[Rijeka|Fiume]]. * [[September 16]] - The [[Wall Street bombing]]: a hi cordell bomb in a [[horse wagon]] explodes in front of the [[J.P.Morgan]] building in [[New York City]] - 38 dead, 400 injured * [[September 20]] - The first soldier joins the [[Spanish Legion]]. * [[September 22]] - [[Flying Squad]] formed in [[London Metropolitan Police]]. * [[September 29]] **First domestic radio sets come to stores in USA &ndash; [[Westinghouse Electric Corporation|Westinghouse]] radio costs $10. **[[Adolf Hitler]] makes first public political speech, in [[Austria]]. ===October=== * [[October 9]] - Polish troops take [[Vilnius]] * [[October 10]] - In the [[Carinthian Plebiscite]] a large part of [[Carinthia (province)|Carinthia Province]] votes to become part of [[Austria]] rather than of the [[Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes|Yugoslavia]]. * [[October 12]] - [[Polish-Soviet War]] After Polish army captures [[Tarnopol]], [[Dubno]], [[Minsk]], and [[Dryssa]], the ceasefire is enforced. * [[October 18]] - Thousands of unemployed demonstrate in London ? 50 injured * [[October 26]] - [[Álvaro Obregón]] is announced elected [[president of Mexico]] * [[October 27]] - [[League of Nations]] moves its headquarters to [[Geneva]], [[Switzerland]] ===November=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[November 2]] **[[Warren G. Harding]] defeats [[James M. Cox]] and [[Eugene V. Debs]] in the [[U.S. presidential election, 1920|U.S. presidential election]], the first national U.S. election in which women have the right to vote. **In the [[United States]], [[KDKA AM]] of [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]] (owned by [[Westinghouse Electric Corporation|Westinghouse]]) starts broadcasting as a commercial [[radio station]]. The first broadcast was the results of the [[U.S. presidential election, 1920]]. * [[November 11]] - [[Unknown Soldier]] buried in [[Westminster Abbey]]. * [[November 15]] - In [[Geneva]], the first assembly of the [[League of Nations]] is held. * [[November 16]] - Queensland and Northern Territory Aviation Services ([[Qantas]]) is founded by [[Hudson Fysh]] and [[Paul McGinniss]]. * [[November 17]] - The council of the [[League of Nations]] accepts the [[constitution]] for the [[Free City of Danzig]]. * [[November 21]] - [[Bloody Sunday (1920)|Bloody Sunday]] - British forces open fire on spectators and players during a [[gaelic football|football]] match in [[Dublin]]'s [[Croke Park]], killing 14 Irish civilians. This followed the assassinations of 12 British agents by the [[Irish Republican Army|IRA]] in an earlier attack elsewhere. * [[November 28]] - The Third Cork Brigade Flying Column under [[Tom Barry]] successfully ambush two lorries of British soldiers at [[Kilmichael, County Cork]], in the [[Kilmichael Ambush]] * [[Edmonton Symphony Orchestra]]'s first concert in the world along with martha Washington. ===December=== * [[December 5]] - [[Referendum]] in [[Greece]] is favorable to reinstatement of monarchy. * [[December 11]] - [[Martial law]] in [[Ireland]]. * [[December 16]] **[[Finland]] joins the [[League of Nations]]. **8.6 Richter scale [[1920 Haiyuan earthquake|Haiyuan earthquake]] causes [[landslide]] in [[Gansu|Gansu Province]], [[China]] - 180.000 dead. * [[December 22]] - The 8th [[Congress of Soviets|Congress of Soviets of the Russian SFSR]] adopts [[GOELRO plan]], the major plan of the economical development of the country. * [[December 23]] - [[United Kingdom]] and [[France]] ratify the border between French-held [[Syria]] and British-held [[Palestine]]. * [[December 25]] - Foundation of [[The Rosicrucian Fellowship]]'s Spiritual Healing Temple "The Ecclesia" at [[Mount Ecclesia]], [[Oceanside, California]] ([[United States]]). ===Ongoing=== * [[Ethnic cleansing]] in [[Turkey]]: ** [[Assyrian Genocide]] ([[1914]]–[[1922]]) ** [[Pontic Greek Genocide]] ([[1916]]–[[1923]]). *[[Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)]] *[[Irish War of Independence]] ==Births== {{Year in other calendars|japanese=[[Taishō]] 9}} ===January-February=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[January 1]] - [[Virgilio Savona]], Italian singer and songwriter ([[Quartetto Cetra]]) *[[January 2]] - [[Isaac Asimov]], Russian-born author (d. [[1992]]), [[Anne-Sofie Østvedt]], Norweigan resistance leader *[[January 3]] - [[Renato Carosone]], Italian musician and singer (d. [[2001]]) *[[January 5]] - [[Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli]], Italian pianist (d. [[1995]]) *[[January 6]] **[[Sun Myung Moon]], Korean evangelist **[[John Maynard Smith]], English biologist (d. [[2004]]) **[[Early Wynn]], baseball player (d. [[1999]]) *[[January 9]] - [[Hakim Mohammed Said]], Pakistani scholar and philanthropist (d. [[1998]]) *[[January 12]] - [[Bill Reid]], Canadian artist (d. [[1998]]) *[[January 19]] - [[Javier Pérez de Cuéllar]], Peruvian [[United Nations Secretary General]] *[[January 20]] **[[Federico Fellini]], Italian film director (d. [[1993]]) **[[DeForest Kelley]], American actor (d. [[1999]]) **[[John Cardinal O'Connor|John O'Connor]], American Catholic cardinal (d. [[2000]]) *[[January 23]] - [[Gottfried Boehm|Gottfried Böhm]], German architect *[[January 27]] - [[Helmut Zacharias]], German violinist (d. [[2002]]) *[[January 30]] - [[Delbert Mann]], American television and film director *[[February 2]] - [[Heikki Suolahti]], Finnish composer (d. [[1936]]) *[[February 7]] - [[An Wang]], Chinese-born computer pioneer (d. [[1990]]) *[[February 11]] **[[Farouk I]], [[King of Egypt]] (d. [[1965]]) **[[Billy Halop]], American actor (d. [[1976]]) *[[February 12]] - [[William Roscoe Estep]], American Baptist historian (d. [[2000]]) *[[February 13]] - [[Seneka Bibile]], Sri Lankan pharmacologist (d. [[1977]]) *[[February 17]] - [[Ivo Caprino]], Norwegian film director (d. [[2001]]) *[[February 18]] - [[Bill Cullen]], American game show host (d. [[1990]]) *[[February 18]] - [[Eddie Slovik]], U.S. Army private (d. [[1945]]) *[[February 26]] **[[Tony Randall]], American actor (d. [[2004]]) **[[Lucjan Wolanowski]], Polish journalist, writer, and traveler (d. [[2006]]) *[[February 29]] - [[Howard Nemerov]], American poet (d. [[1991]]) ===March-April=== *[[March 3]] **[[James Doohan]], Canadian-born actor (d. [[2005]]) **[[Ronald Searle]], British cartoonist *[[March 4]] **[[Jean Lecanuet]], French politician (d. [[1993]]) **[[Alan MacNaughtan]], Scottish actor (d. [[2002]]) *[[March 10]] **[[Alfred Peet]], Dutch-American entrepreneur and the founder of Peet's Coffee & Tea (d. [[2007]]) **[[Boris Vian]], French writer, poet, singer, and musician (d. [[1959]]) *[[March 11]] - [[Nicolaas Bloembergen]], Dutch physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate *[[March 14]] - [[Hank Ketcham]], American cartoonist (d. [[2001]]) *[[March 15]] **[[Lawrence Sanders]], American novelist (d. [[1998]]) **[[E. Donnall Thomas]], American physician, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] *[[March 16]] - [[Leo McKern]], Australian actor (d. [[2002]]) *[[March 19]] - [[Kjell Aukrust]], Norwegian poet and artist (d. [[2002]]) *[[March 20]] - [[Pamela Harriman]], English-born U.S. ambassador to France (d. [[1997]]) *[[March 22]] - [[Werner Klemperer]], German actor (d. [[2000]]) *[[March 23]] - [[Tetsuharu Kawakami]], Japanese baseball player and coach *[[March 24]] - [[Corbin Harney]], an elder and spiritual leader of the Newe (Western Shoshone) people (d. [[2007]]) *[[March 25]] **[[Patrick Troughton]], British actor (d. [[1987]]) **[[Arthur Wint]], Jamaican runner (d. [[1992]]) *[[March 27]] - [[Robin Jacques]], English illustrator (d. [[1995]]) * [[April 1]] - [[Toshiro Mifune|Toshirô Mifune]], Japanese actor (d. [[1997]]) * [[April 2]] - [[Jack Webb]], American actor, director, and producer (d. [[1982]]) * [[April 5]] - [[Arthur Hailey]], American writer (d. [[2004]]) * [[April 6]] - [[Edmond H. Fischer]], Swiss-American biochemist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] * [[April 7]] - [[Ravi Shankar (musician)|Ravi Shankar]], Indian sitar player * [[April 8]] - [[Carmen McRae]], American jazz singer (d. [[1994]]) * [[April 11]] - [[Peter O'Donnell]], British author and writer of comic strips * [[April 13]] - [[Liam Cosgrave]], fifth [[Taoiseach]] of [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] * [[April 15]] - [[Thomas Stephen Szasz]], Hungarian-born psychiatrist and writer * [[April 21]] - [[Edmund Adamkiewicz]], German footballer (d. [[1991]]) * [[April 27]] - [[Guido Cantelli]], Italian conductor (d. [[1956]]) * [[April 29]] - [[Harold Shapero]], American composer ===May-June=== <!-- BIRTHS --> <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[May 2]] **[[Jean-Marie Auberson]], Swiss conductor (d. [[2004]]) **[[Otto Buchsbaum]], Austrian-born writer and ecological activist (d. [[2000]]) *[[May 6]] - [[Kamisese Mara|Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara]], first [[Prime Minister of Fiji]] and [[President of Fiji]] (d. [[2004]]) *[[May 8]] - [[Saul Bass]], American graphic designer (d. [[1996]]) *[[May 9]] - [[Richard Adams (author)|Richard Adams]], English author *[[May 11]] - [[Denver Pyle]], American actor (d. [[1997]]) *[[May 13]] - [[Gareth Morris]], British flautist (d. [[2007]]) *[[May 18]] **[[Pope John Paul II]] (d. [[2005]]) **[[Lucia Mannucci]], Italian singer ([[Quartetto Cetra]]) *[[May 23]] - [[Helen O'Connell]], American singer (d. [[1993]]) *[[May 26]] - [[Peggy Lee]], American singer (d. [[2002]]) *[[May 28]] - [[Gene Levitt]], American television writer, producer, and director (d. [[1999]]) *[[May 29]] - [[John Harsanyi]], Hungarian-born economist, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[2000]]) *[[May 30]] - [[Franklin Schaffner]], American film and television director (d. [[1989]]) *[[June 2]] - [[Tex Schramm]], American football executive (d. [[2003]]) *[[June 12]] **[[Dave Berg]], American cartoonist (d. [[2002]]) **[[Jim Siedow]], American actor (d. [[2003]]) *[[June 16]] - [[José López Portillo]], [[President of Mexico]] (d. [[2004]]) *[[June 17]] **[[Jacob H. Gilbert]], American politician (d. [[1981]]) **[[François Jacob]], French biologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] *[[June 25]] - [[Ozan Marsh]], American pianist *[[June 29]] - [[Ray Harryhausen]], American animator ===July-August=== *[[July 4]] - [[Leona Helmsley]], Hotel operator, Realestate investor (d. [[2007]]) *[[July 10]] - [[Owen Chamberlain]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate *[[July 11]] - [[Yul Brynner]], Russian-born actor (d. [[1985]]) *[[July 13]] **[[Bill Towers]], English footballer (d. [[2000]]) **[[Don Ralke]], American music arranger (d. [[2000]]) *[[July 17]] - [[Juan Antonio Samaranch]], Spanish International Olympic Committee president *[[July 21]] - [[Isaac Stern]], Ukrainian-born violinist (d. [[2001]]) *[[July 24]] - [[Bella Abzug]], American politician (d. [[1998]]) *[[July 25]] - [[Rosalind Franklin]], British crystallographer (d. [[1958]]) *[[August 1]] - [[Sammy Lee (diver)|Sammy Lee]], Korean American diver *[[August 2]] - [[Reginald Hugh Hickling]], British lawyer, colonial civil servant, law academic and author (d. [[2007]]) *[[August 3]] - [[Hayden Carruth]], American poet and literary critic *[[August 8]] **[[Leo Chiosso]], Italian poet (d. [[2006]]) **[[Jimmy Witherspoon]], American singer (d. [[1997]]) *[[August 9]] - [[Milton G. Henschel]], a member of the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses and 5th President of Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society (d. [[2003]]) *[[August 20]] - [[Red Holzman]], American basketball coach (d. [[1998]]) *[[August 16]] - [[Charles Bukowski]], American writer (d. [[1994]]) *[[August 17]] - [[Maureen O'Hara]], Irish actress *[[August 18]] **[[Bob Kennedy]], baseball player and manager (d. [[2005]]) **[[Shelley Winters]], American actress (d. [[2006]]) *[[August 21]] - [[Christopher Robin Milne]], English author and bookseller (d. [[1996]]) *[[August 22]] - [[Ray Bradbury]], American writer *[[August 26]] - [[Mauri Favén]], Finnish painter (d. [[2006]]) *[[August 29]] - [[Charlie Parker]], American saxophonist and composer (d. [[1955]]) ===September-October=== <!-- BIRTHS --> <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[September 9]] - [[Aldo Parisot]], Brazilian/American cellist *[[September 10]] - [[Fabio Taglioni]], Italian motorcycle engineer (d. [[2001]]) *[[September 14]] **[[Mario Benedetti]], Uruguayan writer **[[Lawrence Klein]], American economist, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Prize]] laureate *[[September 16]] - Brittany Ellis/ voted greatest girl in Canada *[[September 18]] - [[Jack Warden]], American actor (d. [[2006]]) *[[September 22]] - [[William H. Riker]], American political scientist (d. [[1993]]) *[[September 23]] - [[Mickey Rooney]], American film actor *[[September 24]] - [[Dick Bong]], American fighter ace *[[September 27]] - [[Jayne Meadows]], American actress *[[September 29]] - [[Peter D. Mitchell]], English chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1992]]) *[[October 1]] **[[Charles Daudelin]], Canadian sculptor (d. [[2001]]) **[[Walter Matthau]], American actor (d. [[2000]]) *[[October 6]] - [[Pietro Consagra]], Italian sculptor (d. [[2005]]) **[[Helen Andelin]], American author *[[October 8]] - [[Frank Herbert]], American author (d. [[1986]]) *[[October 9]] - [[Jens Bjørneboe]], Norwegian author (d. [[1976]]) *[[October 13]] - [[Laraine Day]], American actress (d. [[2007]]) *[[October 15]] - [[Mario Puzo]], American author (d. [[1999]]) *[[October 19]] - [[Pandurang Shastri Athavale]], Founder Swadhyay Movement (d. [[2003]]) *[[October 22]] - [[Timothy Leary]], American psychologist and author (d. [[1996]]) *[[October 29]] - [[Baruj Benacerraf]], Venezuelan-born immunologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] *[[October 30]] - [[Norman Bird]], British character actor (d. [[2005]]) *[[October 31]] **[[Joseph Gelineau]] - [[France|French]] composer. **[[Fritz Walter (footballer, 1920)|Fritz Walter]], German footballer (d. [[2002]]) ===November-December=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[November 2]] - [[Ann Rutherford]], Canadian actress *[[November 22]] - [[Anne Crawford]], British actress (d. [[1956]]) *[[November 25]] - [[Ricardo Montalban]], Mexican actor *[[November 29]] - [[Yegor Ligachev]], Soviet politician *[[November 30]] - [[Virginia Mayo]], American actress (d. [[2005]]) *[[December 6]] **[[Dave Brubeck]], American jazz pianist and composer **[[George Porter]], English chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[2002]]) *[[December 9]] - [[Carlo Azeglio Ciampi]], [[List of Presidents of the Italian Republic|President of the Italian Republic]] *[[December 21]] - [[J. Roderick MacArthur]] American businessman and philanthropist (d. [[1984]]) *[[December 24]] - [[Evgeniya Rudneva]], Soviet World War II heroine (d. [[1944]]) *[[December 30]] - [[Jack Lord]], American actor (d. [[1998]]) *[[December 31]] - [[Rex Allen]], American actor, singer, songwriter (d. [[1999]]) *''date unknown'' **[[Patrick Campbell Rodger]], Scottish Anglican bishop (d. [[2002]]) **[[Tommy J. Smith]], Australian trainer (d. [[1998]]) **[[Amos Yarkoni]], Israeli soldier (d. [[1991]]) ==Deaths== === January - March === <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[January 2]] - [[Paul Adam]], French writer (b. [[1862]]) *[[January 3]] - [[Zygmunt Janiszewski]], Polish mathematician (b. [[1888]]) *[[January 4]] - [[Benito Pérez Galdós]], Spanish novelist (b. [[1843]]) *[[January 6]] - [[Hieronymus Georg Zeuthen]], Danish mathematician (b. [[1839]]) *[[January 7]] - [[Edmund Barton]], Prime Minister of Australia (b. [[1849]]) *[[January 18]] - [[Giovanni Capurro]], Italian poet (b. [[1825]]) *[[January 24]] **[[William Percy French]], Irish songwriter and entertainer (b. [[1854]]) **[[Amedeo Modigliani]], Italian painter and sculptor (tuberculosis) (b. [[1884]]) **[[William Plunket, 5th Baron Plunket]], British diplomat and administrator (b. [[1864]]) *[[January 26]] - [[Jeanne Hébuterne]], French artist, model, and common-law wife of [[Amedeo Modigliani]] (suicide) (b. [[1898]]) *[[February 2]] - [[Field E. Kindley]], American World War I aviator (b. [[1896]]) *[[February 3]] - [[Frank Brown]], Governor of Maryland (b. [[1846]]) *[[February 6]] - [[Augustus F. Goodridge]], Canadian merchant and politician (b. [[1839]]) *[[February 7]] - [[Aleksandr Kolchak]], Russian naval commander (b. [[1874]]) *[[February 15]] - [[Joseph Burton Sumner]], founder of Sumner, Mississippi (b. [[1837]]) *[[February 20]] **[[Joseph J. Fern]], Mayor of Honolulu (b. [[1872]]) **[[Robert Peary]], American Arctic explorer (b. [[1856]]) *[[February 27]] - [[William Sherman Jennings]], Governor of Florida (b. [[1863]]) *[[March 1]] **[[John H. Bankhead]], U.S. Senator from Alabama (b. [[1842]]) **[[William A. Stone]], Governor of Pennsylvania (b. [[1846]]) **[[Joseph Trumpeldor]], Russian Zionist (b. [[1880]]) *[[March 3]] - [[Theodor Philipsen]], Danish painter (b. [[1840]]) *[[March 4]] - [[Roswell P. Bishop]], U.S. Congressman from Michigan (b. [[1843]]) *[[March 11]] - [[Julio Garavito Armero]], Colombian astronomer (b. [[1865]]) *[[March 13]] - [[Charles Lapworth]], English geologist (b. [[1842]]) *[[March 26]] **[[William Chester Minor]], American surgeon (b. [[1834]]) **[[Mary Augusta Ward]], Tasmanian novelist (b. [[1851]]) *[[March 31]] **[[Paul Bachmann]], German mathematician (b. [[1837]]) **[[Edwin Warfield]], Governor of Maryland (b. [[1848]]) ===April - June===<!-- DEATHS --> <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[April 8]] **[[John Brasheer]], American astronomer (b. [[1840]]) **[[Charles Tomlinson Griffes]], American composer (b. [[1884]]) *[[April 9]] - [[Moritz Cantor]], German historian of mathematics (b. [[1829]]) *[[April 21]] - [[Maria L. Sanford]], American educator (b. [[1836]]) *[[April 26]] - [[Srinivasa Ramanujan]], Indian mathematician (b. [[1887]]) *[[May 1]] - [[Princess Margaret of Connaught]], Crown Princess of Sweden (b. [[1882]]) *[[May 11]] **[[James Colosimo]], Italian-born gangster (b. [[1877]]) **[[William Dean Howells]], American writer (b. [[1837]]) *[[May 16]] - [[Levi P. Morton]], [[Vice President of the United States]] (b. [[1824]]) *[[May 21]] **[[Venustiano Carranza]], [[President of Mexico]] (b. [[1859]]) **[[Eleanor H. Porter]], American novelist (b. [[1868]]) *[[May 23]] - [[Svetozar Borojevic]], Austro-Hungarian field marshal (b. [[1856]]) *[[May 30]] - [[George Ernest Morrison]], Australian adventurer (b. [[1862]]) *[[June 5]] **[[Rhoda Broughton]], Welsh writer (b. [[1840]]) **[[Julia A. Moore]], American poet (b. [[1847]]) *[[June 6]] - [[James Dunsmuir]], Canadian politician (b. [[1851]]) *[[June 13]] - [[Essad Pasha]], [[Prime Minister of Albania]] (b. [[1863]]) *[[June 14]] **[[Gabrielle Réjane]], French actress (b. [[1856]]) **[[Max Weber]], German political economist (b. [[1864]]) *[[June 18]] **[[Jewett W. Adams]], Governor of Nevada (b. [[1835]]) **[[John Macoun]], Irish born naturalist (b. [[1831]]) *[[June 20]] **[[Marie Adolphe Carnot]], French chemist, mining engineer, and politician (b. [[1839]]) **[[John Grigg (astronomer)|John Grigg]], New Zealand astronomer (b. [[1838]]) *[[June 27]] - [[Adolphe Basile Routhier]], Canadian poet (b. [[1839]]) ===July - September===<!-- DEATHS --> <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[July 1]] - [[Delfim Moreira]], [[President of Brazil]] (b. [[1868]]) *[[July 2]] - [[William Louis Marshall]], American general and engineer (b. [[1846]]) *[[July 10]] - [[John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher]], British admiral (b. [[1841]]) *[[July 11]] - [[Empress Eugénie]] of France (b. [[1826]]) *[[July 14]] - [[Albert Keller]], German painter (b. [[1844]]) *[[July 22]] - [[William Kissam Vanderbilt]], American heir (b. [[1849]]) *[[August 1]] **[[Frank Hanly]], Governor of Indiana (b. [[1863]]) **[[Bal Gangadhar Tilak]], Indian nationalist (b. [[1856]]) *[[August 2]] - [[Ormer Locklear]], American pilot (b. [[1891]]) *[[August 9]] - [[Samuel Griffith]], Australian politician and judge (b. [[1845]]) *[[August 10]] - [[Adam Politzer]], Austrian otologist (b. [[1835]]) *[[August 12]] - [[Hermann Struve]], Russian-born astronomer (b. [[1854]]) *[[August 16]] **[[Henry Daglish]], Premier of Australia (b. [[1866]]) **[[Joseph Norman Lockyer]], English astronomer (b. [[1836]]) *[[August 17]] - [[Ray Chapman]], baseball player (b. [[1891]]) *[[August 22]] - [[Anders Zorn]], Swedish painter (b. [[1860]]) *[[August 26]] - [[James Wilson (U.S. politician)|James Wilson]], Scottish-born American politician (b. [[1835]]) *[[August 31]] - [[Wilhelm Wundt]], German physiologist and psychologist (b. [[1832]]) *[[September 7]] - [[Simon-Napoléon Parent]], Premier of Quebec (b. [[1855]]) *[[September 10]] - [[Olive Thomas]], American actress (b. [[1894]]) *[[September 18]] - [[Robert Beaven]], Canadian politician (b. [[1836]]) *[[September 24]] - [[Peter Carl Fabergé]], Russian jeweler (b. [[1846]]) *[[September 25]] - [[Jacob Schiff]], German-born banker and philanthropist (b. [[1847]]) *[[September 30]] - [[William Wilfred Sullivan]], Canadian journalist, politician, and jurist (b. [[1843]]) ===October - December===<!-- DEATHS --> <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[October 2]] - [[Winthrop M. Crane]], Governor of Massachusetts and Senator (b. [[1853]]) *[[October 10]] - [[Hudson Stuck]], English mountaineer (b. [[1865]]) *[[October 19]] - [[John Reed (journalist)|John Reed]], American journalist (b. [[1887]]) *[[October 20]] - [[Max Bruch]], German composer (b. [[1838]]) *[[November 21]]- [[Michael Hogan (sportsman)]] Was shot during a [[Gaelic football]] match by the British army who also killed 14 Irish supporters . *[[October 24]] - [[Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia]] (b. [[1853]]) {{C20YearTOCright}} *[[November 1]] - [[Kevin Barry]], Irish republican (hanged) (b. [[1902]]) *[[November 4]] - [[Ludwig Struve]], Russian astronomer (b. [[1858]]) *[[November 13]] - [[Luc-Olivier Merson]], French painter and illustrator (b. [[1846]]) *[[November 23]] - [[George Callaghan]], British admiral (b. [[1852]]) *[[November 25]] - [[Madeline McDowell Breckinridge]], a leader of the women’s suffrage movement and one of Kentucky's leading Progressive reformers. (b. [[1872]]) *[[November 25]] - [[Gaston Chevrolet]], Swiss-born race car driver and manufacturer (b. [[1892]]) *[[November 30]] - [[Eugene W. Chafin]], American politician (b. [[1852]]) *[[December 3]] - [[William de Wiveleslie Abney]], English astronomer and photographer (b. [[1843]]) *[[December 11]] - [[Olive Schreiner]], South African writer (b. [[1855]]) *[[December 12]] - [[Edward Gawler Prior]], Canadian mining engineer and politician (b. [[1854]]) *[[December 14]] - [[George Gipp]], American football player (b. [[1895]]) *''date unknown'' - [[Reginald Farrer|Reginald John Farrer]], English botanist (b. [[1880]]) ==Nobel Prizes== * [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] - [[Charles Edouard Guillaume]] * [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] - [[Walther Nernst]] * [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Medicine]] - [[Schack August Steenberg Krogh]] * [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] - [[Knut Hamsun]] * [[Nobel Prize/Peace|Peace]] - [[Léon Bourgeois|Léon Victor Auguste Bourgeois]] ==Notes== <references/> ==External links== {{commonscat_left|1920}} [[Category:1920| ]] [[af:1920]] [[am:1920 እ.ኤ.አ.]] [[ar:1920]] [[an:1920]] [[roa-rup:1920]] [[frp:1920]] [[ast:1920]] [[av:1920]] [[az:1920]] [[bn:১৯২০]] [[map-bms:1920]] [[be:1920]] [[be-x-old:1920]] [[bh:१९२०]] [[bs:1920]] [[br:1920]] [[bg:1920]] [[ca:1920]] [[cv:1920]] [[cs:1920]] [[co:1920]] [[cy:1920]] [[da:1920]] [[de:1920]] [[et:1920]] [[el:1920]] [[es:1920]] [[eo:1920]] [[eu:1920]] [[fa:۱۹۲۰ (میلادی)]] [[fo:1920]] [[hif:1920]] [[fr:1920]] [[fy:1920]] [[ga:1920]] [[gan:1920年]] [[gv:1920]] [[gd:1920]] [[gl:1920]] [[ko:1920년]] [[hy:1920]] [[hi:1920]] [[hr:1920.]] [[io:1920]] [[ilo:1920]] [[bpy:মারি ১৯২০]] [[id:1920]] [[ia:1920]] [[os:1920]] [[is:1920]] [[it:1920]] [[he:1920]] [[jv:1920]] [[pam:1920]] [[kn:೧೯೨೦]] [[ka:1920]] [[csb:1920]] [[kk:1920]] [[kw:1920]] [[sw:1920]] [[ht:1920 (almanak gregoryen)]] [[ku:1920]] [[la:1920]] [[lv:1920]] [[lb:1920]] [[lt:1920 m.]] [[lij:1920]] [[lmo:1920]] [[hu:1920]] [[mk:1920]] [[mi:1920]] [[mr:इ.स. १९२०]] [[ms:1920]] [[nah:1920]] [[nl:1920]] [[new:ई सं १९२०]] [[ja:1920年]] [[nap:1920]] [[no:1920]] [[nn:1920]] [[nrm:1920]] [[nov:1920]] [[oc:1920]] [[uz:1920]] [[pi:१९२०]] [[nds:1920]] [[pl:1920]] [[pt:1920]] [[ty:1920]] [[ksh:Joohr 1920]] [[ro:1920]] [[ru:1920 год]] [[se:1920]] [[sq:1920]] [[scn:1920]] [[simple:1920]] [[sk:1920]] [[sl:1920]] [[so:1920]] [[sr:1920]] [[sh:1920]] [[su:1920]] [[fi:1920]] [[sv:1920]] [[tl:1920]] [[ta:1920]] [[tt:1920]] [[te:1920]] [[tet:1920]] [[th:พ.ศ. 2463]] [[vi:1920]] [[tg:1920]] [[tr:1920]] [[uk:1920]] [[vec:1920]] [[wa:1920]] [[vls:1920]] [[yo:1920]] [[zh-yue:1920年]] [[cbk-zam:1920]] [[bat-smg:1920]] [[zh:1920年]]