1920: On This Year

1920

1920 (MCMXX in Roman Numerals) was the year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1920th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations.

Is 1920 a year special to you? If so you may like to discover what 1920 was famous for, who won the Oscars and the Nobel Prizes in 1920, who was Time's Person of the Year in 1920, which books, music and movies were top of the charts in 1920, what Chinese zodiac sign is associated to 1920, what babynames were most popular that year, what was the World population on that year and what happend in 1920.

On this page we will address all your questions and curiosities about 1920 to help you enjoy your trip down memory lane.

history

What was 1920 known for ?

  • This decade between 1920 and 1929 brought flare, freedom, and the roaring twenties is the name given to it.
  • It was in this era that Jazz became popular and a record number of Americans were living in cities compared to farms. Jazz also took center stage as more and more people discovered the pleasures of dancing. Literature also took center stage with Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises and F. Scot Fitzgerald’sThe Great Gatsby took center stage. Pope John Paul II was born this year on May 18.
  • As the roaring twenties took America by storm, the founding of the League of Nations was on January 10, 1920, and made up of 42 countries. The first meeting was in Geneva on November 15, without the participation of the United States of America. The league mediated international conflicts, but major governments paid little regard to the League of Nations.
  • On Election Day in 1920, American women, like their male counterparts voted. This was historic since it was the first time that women were voting. This right had taken over 100 years to come into effect and ratified in the 19th amendment of the American constitution on August 26, 1920.
  • As the year ended, one of the most devastating earthquakes in history hit Chinaon December 16. The 8.5 magnitude quake brought disaster to an area over 25,000 square miles. The earthquake caused massive landslides, and an estimated 200,000 people died in the quake. The earthquake hit ten major densely populated areas of Gansu Province, which led to the high number of casualties.
  • It was in this year that a professional football body called the formation of the American Professional Football Conference, AFPC by seven men including the star athlete of the time, Jim Thorpe. The AFPC was the forerunner of the internationally famous National Football League.

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Monkey chinese zodiac sign

1920: What was the Chinese Zodiac sign associated with the year 1920?


According to the Chinese Zodiac and Astrology 1920 was the Year of the Monkey.

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Nobel Prize

1920: Nobel Prize Winners of the Year


1920: Who won the Nobel Prize in None ?

In 1920 the Nobel Prize in None was awarded to:
  • Léon Bourgeois

1920: Who won the Nobel Prize in None ?

In 1920 the Nobel Prize in None was awarded to:
  • Knut Hamsun

1920: Who won the Nobel Prize in None ?

In 1920 the Nobel Prize in None was awarded to:
  • Charles Édouard Guillaume

1920: Who won the Nobel Prize in None ?

In 1920 the Nobel Prize in None was awarded to:
  • Walther Nernst

1920: Who won the Nobel Prize in None ?

In 1920 the Nobel Prize in None was awarded to:
  • August Krogh
world population

1920: What were the most popular baby names in the USA that year ?

The 3 most popular baby names in 1920 were John, William and Robert for boys and Mary, Dorothy and Helen for girls according to the US Census Bureau historical records.

1920: What were the Top #10 male names given to baby boys that year?

The Top # 10 male names given to baby boys in 1920 in the USA according to the US Census Bureau historical records were:

  • John
  • William
  • Robert
  • James
  • Charles
  • George
  • Joseph
  • Edward
  • Frank
  • Richard

1920: What were the Top #10 female names given to baby girls that year?

The Top # 10 female names given to baby girls in 1920 in the USA according to the US Census Bureau historical records were:

  • Mary
  • Dorothy
  • Helen
  • Margaret
  • Ruth
  • Mildred
  • Virginia
  • Elizabeth
  • Frances
  • Anna

vinyl songs

1920: What was the number 1 song in the USA that year?

The number 1 song in the USA in 1920, i.e. the best selling and most popular song of tha year, was Dardanella by Ben Selvin & His Orchestra

1920: What was the music chart in the USA that year?

The Music Chart in the USA in 1920 with the top 10 most popular songs, was:

  1. Dardanella by Ben Selvin & His Orchestra
  2. Ten Little Bottles by Bert Williams
  3. You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet by Al Jolson
  4. In Sweet September by Al Jolson
  5. Your Eyes Have Told Me So by John McCormack
  6. The Barefoot Trail by John McCormack
  7. La Veeda by Green Brothers Novelty Band
  8. Manyana by Prince's Orchestra
  9. Wond'ring by Shannon Four
  10. Love Me or Not by Enrico Caruso

1920: What were the most popular movies that year ?

The most popular movies and box office hits in 1920 were:

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Release year: 1920

Directed by: Robert Wiene

Starring: Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher, Lil Dagover

Country: United States of America

Way Down East

Way Down East

Release year: 1920

Directed by: D.W. Griffith

Starring: Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Mrs. David Landau, Lowell Sherman

Country: United States of America

The Penalty

The Penalty

Release year: 1920

Directed by: Wallace Worsley

Starring: Charles Clary, Doris Pawn, Jim Mason, Lon Chaney

Country: United States of America

Sand

Sand

Release year: 1920

Directed by: Lambert Hillyer

Starring: William S. Hart, Mary Thurman, G. Raymond Nye, Patricia Palmer

Ginger Snaps

Ginger Snaps

Release year: 1920

Directed by: firstlook

history

What happened in 1920?

Here's what happened in 1920:

  • Jan 1, 1920: The Belorussian Communist Organisation is founded as a separate party.
  • Jan 2, 1920: 10,000 US union and socialist organizers arrested (Palmer Raids).
  • Jan 3, 1920: New York Yankees purchase Babe Ruth from Boston Red Sox for $125,000.
  • Jan 4, 1920: Amsterdam actors decide to strike for retirement benefits.
  • Jan 5, 1920: Boston Red Sox sell Babe Ruth to New York Yankees.
  • Jan 7, 1920: The New York State Assembly refuses to seat five duly elected Socialist assemblymen.
  • Jan 9, 1920: Thousands of onlookers watch as quotThe Human Flyquot George Polley climbs the New York Woolworth Building. He reaches the 30th floor before being arrested.
  • Jan 10, 1920: Montreal Canadiens (14) and Toronto Saint Patricks (7) score NHL record 21 goals.
  • Jan 11, 1920: French passenger ship Afrique sinks near La Rochelle; 553 die
  • Jan 12, 1920: Annual drafting of baseball players from minor leagues to be done in inverse order of the final standings, agreed to.
  • Jan 13, 1920: New York Times editorial (falsely) reports rockets can never fly
  • Jan 16, 1920: 18th Amendment, prohibition, becomes the law of the land - one year after ratification; it is repealed in 1933.
  • Jan 17, 1920: Paul Deschanel elected President of France.
  • Jan 19, 1920: Alexandre Millerand forms French government.
  • Jan 20, 1920: The American Civil Liberties Union is founded.
  • Jan 22, 1920: The Australian Country Party is officially formed, led by Nelson Pollard.
  • Jan 23, 1920: The Netherlands refuses to extradite the German Kaiser.
  • Jan 26, 1920: Former Ford Motor Company executive Henry Leland launches the Lincoln Motor Company which he later sold to his former employer.
  • Jan 29, 1920: Walt Disney starts first job as an artist; $40 week with Kansas City Slide Co.
  • Jan 30, 1920: The oldest surviving pro wrestling match on film happens, with Joe Stecher defeating Earl Caddock.
  • Jan 31, 1920: Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, at Howard University, incorporates.
  • Feb 1, 1920: Soccer team Quick Boys forms.
  • Feb 2, 1920: Tarto / Dorpat peace treaty: USSR recognizes Estonian independence
  • Feb 6, 1920: Saarland administrated by League of Nations.
  • Feb 7, 1920: Admiral Kolchak and Viktor Pepelyayev are executed by firing squad near Irkutsk.
  • Feb 9, 1920: Joint Rules Commission bans foreign substances and alterations to baseballs.
  • Feb 10, 1920: Baseball outlaws all pitches involving tampering with the ball.
  • Feb 13, 1920: League of Nations recognizes perpetual neutrality of Switzerland.
  • Feb 14, 1920: The League of Women Voters is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
  • Feb 17, 1920: A woman named Anna Anderson tries to commit suicide in Berlin and is taken to a mental hospital, where she claims she is Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia.
  • Feb 19, 1920: Netherlands joins League of Nations.
  • Feb 20, 1920: An earthquake hits Gori Georgia, killing 114.
  • Feb 21, 1920: The island province of Marinduque in the Philippines archipelago is founded.
  • Feb 22, 1920: 1st artificial rabbit used at a dog race track (Emeryville, California)
  • Feb 24, 1920: Peace treaty gives Estonia independence.
  • Feb 26, 1920: The first German Expressionist film and early horror movie, Robert Wiene's The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, premiered in Berlin.
  • Mar 1, 1920: Buriat ASSR, in RSFSR, constituted
  • Mar 3, 1920: Montreal Canadiens scores NHL record 16 goals beating QuTbec Bulldogs.
  • Mar 4, 1920: Last day of Julian civil calendar in Greece.
  • Mar 8, 1920: Denmark and Cuba join the League of Nations.
  • Mar 10, 1920: 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.
  • Mar 13, 1920: The Kapp Putsch briefly ousts the Weimar Republic government from Berlin.
  • Mar 15, 1920: The Ruhr Red Army, a communist army 60,000 men strong, is formed in Germany.
  • Mar 16, 1920: 1 Acre Park also known as Baby Park in the Bronx renamed Melrose Park.
  • Mar 18, 1920: Greece adopts the Gregorian calendar.
  • Mar 19, 1920: The United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time (the first time was on November 19, 1919).
  • Mar 20, 1920: US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Theresa Weld.
  • Mar 22, 1920: Azeri and Turkish army soldiers with participation of Kurdish gangs attacked the Armenian inhabitants of Shushi (Nagorno Karabakh).
  • Mar 23, 1920: Perserikatan Communist of India (PKI) political party forms.
  • Mar 25, 1920: Greek Independence Day.
  • Mar 27, 1920: Film stars Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks wed.
  • Mar 28, 1920: Thomas Masaryk elected President of Czechoslovakia.
  • Mar 29, 1920: 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.
  • Mar 31, 1920: British parliament accept Irish "Home Rule"-law.
  • Apr 1, 1920: Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators (NHL) beat Seattle (PCHA), three games to 2.
  • Apr 2, 1920: The German army marches to the Ruhr to fight the Ruhr Red Army.
  • Apr 4, 1920: Arabs attack Jews in Jerusalem.
  • Apr 6, 1920: French troop attacks Main / Darmstadt / Hanau
  • Apr 8, 1920: LONGA soccer team forms in Tilburg.
  • Apr 11, 1920: 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.
  • Apr 13, 1920: 1st woman US Civil Service Commissioner, Helen Hamilton appointed
  • Apr 14, 1920: Tornadoes killed 219 people in Alabama and Mississippi.
  • Apr 15, 1920: New Canadian small cent coin is released
  • Apr 17, 1920: American Professional Football Association forms (NFL).
  • Apr 19, 1920: 24th Boston Marathon won by Peter Trivoulidas of Greece in 2:29:31.
  • Apr 20, 1920: 7th modern Olympic games opens in Antwerp Belgium
  • Apr 23, 1920: Turkish Grand National Assembly first meets, in Ankara.
  • Apr 24, 1920: British Mandate over Palestine goes into effect (lasts 28 years).
  • Apr 26, 1920: H Shapley and H D Curtis hold "great debate" on nature of nebulae.
  • Apr 27, 1920: Pogrom leader Petljoera declares Ukraine Independence.
  • Apr 30, 1920: Peru becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
  • May 1, 1920: Belgian-Luxembourg toll tunnel opens.
  • May 2, 1920: The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis, Indiana.
  • May 3, 1920: A Bolshevik coup fails in the Democratic Republic of Georgia.
  • May 5, 1920: Polish troops occupy Kiev.
  • May 7, 1920: Kiev Offensive: Polish troops led by Jozef Pi?sudski and Edward Rydz-Smig?y and assisted by a symbolic Ukrainian force capture Kiev only to be driven out by the Red Army counter-offensive a month later.
  • May 8, 1920: 46th Kentucky Derby: Ted Rice aboard Paul Jones wins in 2:09.
  • May 15, 1920: Russian Revolution: Russian White soldier Maria Bochkareva is executed in Soviet Russia.
  • May 16, 1920: Spanish bullfighter Joselito is fatally gored fighting his last bull.
  • May 19, 1920: Mexican Revolution: Álvaro Obregón's troops enter Mexico City.
  • May 20, 1920: Montreal, Quebec radio station XWA broadcasts the first regularly scheduled radio programming in North America.
  • May 23, 1920: Pope Benedictus XV publishes encyclical Pacem Dei.
  • May 24, 1920: Venustiano Carranza is buried in Mexico City all of his mourning allies are arrested. Adolfo de la Huerta is elected provisional president.
  • May 26, 1920: Anti-Soviet opposition in the Azerbaijan SSR launches an abortive revolt in Ganja.
  • May 27, 1920: Tatar ASSR is established in Russian SFSR.
  • May 29, 1920: The Great Louth Flood kills 23.
  • Jun 1, 1920: RKSV Volendam soccer team forms in Volendam
  • Jun 4, 1920: Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris.
  • Jun 6, 1920: Gen Wrangel opens offensive against red Army
  • Jun 11, 1920: Republicans nominate Warren G Harding for president.
  • Jun 12, 1920: Farmer Labor Party organized (Chicago).
  • Jun 13, 1920: Post Office says children could not be sent by parcel post
  • Jun 15, 1920: De Zweef soccer team forms in Nijverdal
  • Jun 17, 1920: Dutch 2nd Chamber accept Anti-revolution law
  • Jun 22, 1920: Greece attacks Turkish troops.
  • Jun 24, 1920: Chuvash Autonomous Region formed in RSFSR.
  • Jun 25, 1920: League of Nations places International head of Justice in Hague
  • Jul 1, 1920: Germany declares its neutrality in the war between Poland and Soviet Russia.
  • Jul 2, 1920: Polish–Soviet War: Red Army continues offensive into Poland.
  • Jul 3, 1920: 40th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bill Tilden beats Patterson (26 63 62 64)
  • Jul 6, 1920: Yankees score 14 in 5th inning and beat Washington Senators, 17-0
  • Jul 10, 1920: Tris Speaker is stopped at 11 consecutive hits by Tom Zachary
  • Jul 11, 1920: In the East Prussian plebiscite the local populace decides to remain with Weimar Germany.
  • Jul 12, 1920: Lithuania and the USSR sign peace treaty, Lithuania becomes independent rep
  • Jul 13, 1920: London County Council bars foreigners from council jobs.
  • Jul 15, 1920: The Manila Mint in the Philippines begins coining bronze 1-centavo coins for circulation. This is the first official coinage of the Philippines under US administration.
  • Jul 16, 1920: 15th Davis Cup: USA beats Australasia in Auckland (5-0)
  • Jul 19, 1920: August 7 ampndash The Second Congress of the Communist International takes place in Saint Petersburg and Moscow. The notorious Twenty-one Conditions are adopted.
  • Jul 20, 1920: Heerenveen soccer team forms
  • Jul 22, 1920: Polish–Soviet War: Poland sues for peace with Bolshevist Russia (refused).
  • Jul 23, 1920: British East Africa renamed Kenya and becomes a British crown colony
  • Jul 24, 1920: French troops occupy Damascus and depose Faisal I of Syria as king.ref name=quotFrench occupation of Syriaquot
  • Jul 25, 1920: Telecommunications: the first transatlantic two-way radio broadcast takes place.
  • Jul 26, 1920: Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes over Sabina and contacts de la Huerta to offer his conditional surrender. He signs his surrender on July 28.
  • Jul 27, 1920: Radio compass used for 1st time for aircraft navigation
  • Jul 29, 1920: Mexican rebel Pancho Villa surrenders
  • Jul 30, 1920: August 8 ampndash 1st World Scout Jamboree held at Olympia, London.
  • Aug 1, 1920: Papendrecht soccer team forms
  • Aug 2, 1920: Marcus Garvey presents his Back To Africa program in New York City
  • Aug 3, 1920: Irish War of Independence: Catholics riot in Belfast.
  • Aug 8, 1920: Tigers beat Yanks 1-0 in shortest AL game, 73 minutes
  • Aug 9, 1920: Bulgarian and allied Peace of Neuilly-sur-Seine goes into effect
  • Aug 10, 1920: Allies recognize Poland, Czechoslovakia and Romania
  • Aug 11, 1920: 1st peace of Riga-Soviet Union recognizes Independence of Latvia
  • Aug 13, 1920: 24th US Golf Open: Ted Ray shoots a 295 at Inverness Club in Ohio
  • Aug 14, 1920: Little Entente formed by Czechoslovakia andYugoslavia
  • Aug 15, 1920: Polish-Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw : Poles defeat the Red Army.
  • Aug 16, 1920: Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and dies early the next day. To date, Chapman is the second player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game, the first being Doc Powers in 1909.
  • Aug 17, 1920: In memory of Ray Chapman (died August 16), Yanks cancel game with Indians
  • Aug 18, 1920: 1st class debut of Walter Hammond
  • Aug 19, 1920: August 25 ampndash Second Silesian Uprising: The Poles in Upper Silesia rise up against the Germans.
  • Aug 20, 1920: Preliminary meeting in Akron to form American Pro Football League.
  • Aug 21, 1920: 3rd PGA Championship: Jock Hutchison at Flossmoor Country Club - Flossmoor, Illinois
  • Aug 25, 1920: Polish-Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, which began on August 13, ends. The Red Army is defeated.
  • Aug 26, 1920: Percy Fender (Surrey vs. Northants) scores 100 in 35 minutes
  • Aug 31, 1920: Belgium starts paying old age pensions
  • Sep 1, 1920: France creates Lebanon
  • Sep 4, 1920: Last day of Julian civil calendar (in parts of Bulgaria).
  • Sep 5, 1920: Iron monument unveiled at Stone churches, Flanders
  • Sep 6, 1920: 40th US Mens Tennis: Wm Tilden beats Wm M Johnston (61 16 75 57 63)
  • Sep 7, 1920: Two newly purchased Savoia flying boats crash in the Swiss Alps en route to Finland where they were to serve with the Finnish Air Force, killing both crews.
  • Sep 8, 1920: US Air Mail service begins (New York City to San Francisco).
  • Sep 12, 1920: 7th Olympic games close in Antwerp Belgium
  • Sep 16, 1920: Bomb explosion in Wall Street, kills 30
  • Sep 17, 1920: Cards set a record of 12 consecutive hits in 4th (10) and 5th (2) innings
  • Sep 20, 1920: Foundation of the Spanish Legion.
  • Sep 21, 1920: Communist Party of Uruguay is founded.
  • Sep 22, 1920: Chicago grand jury convenes to investigate charges that 8 White Sox players conspired to fix the 1919 World Series
  • Sep 25, 1920: 34th US Womens Tennis: M B Mallory beats M Zinderstein (63 61)
  • Sep 27, 1920: Polish–Soviet War: Bolshevist Russia sues for peace with Poland.
  • Sep 28, 1920: Dirk Fock appointed as Governor-General of the Netherlands Indies
  • Sep 29, 1920: Joseph Horne Company in Pittsburgh sells radios for $10
  • Sep 30, 1920: Time Square Theater opens at 217 W 42nd St, New York City
  • Oct 1, 1920: Dutch law provides for an 8 hour working day
  • Oct 2, 1920: Only tripleheader of century (Reds win 13-4, 7-3 then Pirates win 6-0)
  • Oct 3, 1920: Browns 1st baseman George Sisler gets his record 257th hit of season
  • Oct 9, 1920: 1st World Series game in Cleveland, Indians win 2-1
  • Oct 10, 1920: 1st Grandslam in WS (Smith) and 1st unassisted triple play (Wambsganss)
  • Oct 12, 1920: Construction begins on Holland Tunnel connecting New Jersey and New York City
  • Oct 13, 1920: World Series celebration in Wade Park brings out 50,000+ Clevelanders
  • Oct 14, 1920: Part of Petsamo Province is ceded by the Soviet Union to Finland.
  • Oct 17, 1920: Chicago Bears (as Decatur Staleys) play first NFL game, win 7-0.
  • Oct 18, 1920: Thousands of unemployed demonstrate in London 50 are injured.
  • Oct 20, 1920: 1st Year with Frank Craven premieres in New York City
  • Oct 23, 1920: Chicago grand jury indicts Abe Attell, Hal Chase, and Bill Burns as go-betweens in Black Sox World Series scandal
  • Oct 25, 1920: After 74 days on Hunger Strike in Brixton Prison, England, the Sinn Fein Lord Mayor of Cork, Terence MacSwiney died.
  • Oct 26, 1920: Álvaro Obregón is announced the elected president of Mexico.
  • Oct 27, 1920: League of Nations moves headquarters in Geneva.
  • Oct 29, 1920: Ed Barrow appointed GM of New York Yankees
  • Oct 30, 1920: The Communist Party of Australia is founded in Sydney.
  • Oct 31, 1920: Romania annexes Bessarabia
  • Nov 1, 1920: Warren Harding elected 29th President
  • Nov 2, 1920: Warren G Harding elected President.
  • Nov 7, 1920: Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow issues a decree that leads to the formation of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.
  • Nov 8, 1920: Actress Edna Lewis Thomas debuts at Putnam Theatre Brooklyn
  • Nov 11, 1920: The Unknown Warrior is buried in Westminster Abbey.
  • Nov 12, 1920: Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis elected first baseball commissioner.
  • Nov 15, 1920: Free City of Danzig established under League of Nations protection.
  • Nov 16, 1920: 1st postage stamp meter is set in Stamford Conn
  • Nov 17, 1920: The council of the League of Nations accepts the constitution for the Free City of Danzig.
  • Nov 18, 1920: Apollo Theater (Academy, Bryant) opens at 221 W 42nd St, New York City
  • Nov 20, 1920: Nobel Peace Prize awarded to US President W Wilson
  • Nov 21, 1920: Irish War of Independence: In Dublin, 31 people are killed in what became known as ''Bloody Sunday''. This included fourteen British informants, fourteen Irish civilians and three Irish Republican Army prisoners.
  • Nov 25, 1920: 1st Thanksgiving Parade (Philadelphia)
  • Nov 28, 1920: Irish War of Independence: Kilmichael Ambush - The Irish Republican Army ambush a convoy of British Auxiliaries and kill seventeen.
  • Dec 2, 1920: Following more than a month of Turkish-Armenian War, the Turkish dictated Treaty of Alexandropol is concluded.
  • Dec 3, 1920: Turkey and Armenia agree to peace treaty.
  • Dec 5, 1920: Pro football playoff game Akron and Buffalo 0-0 tie, title undecided.
  • Dec 7, 1920: New South Wales make 802 against South Australia, then Mailey takes 8-81.
  • Dec 11, 1920: Martial law is declared in Ireland.
  • Dec 12, 1920: Maurice Ravels ballet "La Valse" premieres in Paris.
  • Dec 13, 1920: Netherlands breaks contact with kingdoms of Serbia, Croatia and Slavia.
  • Dec 14, 1920: Jack Dempsey KOs Bill Brennan in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
  • Dec 15, 1920: December 22 ampndash The Brussels Conference establishes a timetable for German war reparations intended to extend for over 42 years.
  • Dec 16, 1920: The Haiyuan earthquake, magnitude 8.5, rocks the Gansu province in China, killing an estimated 200,000.
  • Dec 17, 1920: AL votes to let spitball pitchers to continue using it
  • Dec 19, 1920: King Constantine I is restored as King of the Hellenes after the death of his son Alexander I of Greece and a plebiscite.
  • Dec 20, 1920: Bob Hope becomes an American citizen.
  • Dec 22, 1920: The GOELRO economic development plan is adopted by the 8th Congress of Soviets of the Russian SFSR.
  • Dec 23, 1920: Ireland divided into two parts, each with its own parliament.
  • Dec 24, 1920: Enrico Caruso gives his last public performance (New York City, New York).
  • Dec 25, 1920: The Rosicrucian Fellowship's spiritual healing temple ''The Ecclesia'' is founded at Mount Ecclesia, Oceanside, California.
  • Dec 29, 1920: The netherlands / Venezuela recover diplomatic relations
  • Jan 2, 1920: The second Palmer Raid, ordered by the US Department of Justice, results in 6,000 suspected communists and anarchists being arrested and held without trial.

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What does the year 1920 refer to in the Gregorian calendar?

The year 1920 refers to a specific year in the Gregorian calendar, which is commonly used internationally. It is the 21st year of the 20th century and the 0th year of the 1920s decade. In the Gregorian calendar, it follows 1919 and precedes 1921.

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