December 1920 calendar

Events

• 02 Dec 1920 Following more than a month of Turkish-Armenian War, the Turkish dictated Treaty of Alexandropol is concluded.
• 03 Dec 1920 Turkey and Armenia agree to peace treaty.
• 05 Dec 1920 Pro football playoff game Akron and Buffalo 0-0 tie, title undecided.
• 07 Dec 1920 New South Wales make 802 against South Australia, then Mailey takes 8-81.
• 11 Dec 1920 Martial law is declared in Ireland.
• 12 Dec 1920 Maurice Ravels ballet "La Valse" premieres in Paris.
• 13 Dec 1920 Netherlands breaks contact with kingdoms of Serbia, Croatia and Slavia.
• 14 Dec 1920 Jack Dempsey KOs Bill Brennan in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
• 15 Dec 1920 December 22 ampndash The Brussels Conference establishes a timetable for German war reparations intended to extend for over 42 years.
• 16 Dec 1920 The Haiyuan earthquake, magnitude 8.5, rocks the Gansu province in China, killing an estimated 200,000.
• 17 Dec 1920 AL votes to let spitball pitchers to continue using it
• 19 Dec 1920 King Constantine I is restored as King of the Hellenes after the death of his son Alexander I of Greece and a plebiscite.
• 20 Dec 1920 Bob Hope becomes an American citizen.
• 22 Dec 1920 The GOELRO economic development plan is adopted by the 8th Congress of Soviets of the Russian SFSR.
• 23 Dec 1920 Ireland divided into two parts, each with its own parliament.
• 24 Dec 1920 Enrico Caruso gives his last public performance (New York City, New York).
• 25 Dec 1920 The Rosicrucian Fellowship's spiritual healing temple ''The Ecclesia'' is founded at Mount Ecclesia, Oceanside, California.
• 29 Dec 1920 The netherlands / Venezuela recover diplomatic relations

Famous Birthday

• Dave Brubeck

  American pianist, composer and leader of a jazz quartet, one of the great jazz recording artists who garnered world-wide fame.

• André Verchuren

  French popular accordionist; his hit "Les fiancés d'Auvergne" sold 10 millions copies.

• Manuel Pereira da Silva
• Jack Lord

  American actor who made a screen debut in "Project X," 1949, and became best known for his TV series, "Hawaii Five-O," 1968-1980.

• Jean Négroni
• René Alpsteg

  French soccer player.

• Viveca Lindfors

  Swedish actress and director with a face carved of magnificent planes and angles.

• Pierre Poujade

  French populist politician after whom the Poujadist movement was named.

• Enrique Grau
• Princess Antoinette Baroness of Massy
• Josefa Iloilo

  Statesman.

• Jacques Douai

  French singer, dubbed "the modern troubadour" for having reprised many medieval songs and old French folklore.

• Roy Arnold Anderson
• Vaino Linna

  Finnish author and national figure.

• Daniel Sorano
• Maurice Gendron

  French cellist and teacher.

• Kenneth Iverson

  Canadian computer scientist developed the APL programming language (d. 2004).

• Carlo Ciampi

  Italian politician, President of Italy.

• Lord Merlyn-Rees

  British politician (Born 1920).

• Don Taylor (actor/director)
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Famous Deaths

• Albert Roelofs

  Dutch Painter / etcher, dies at 43.

• Ma [the Benovelent]

  Chinese muslim rebel (holy war).

• Karel Kovarovic composer

  dies at age 57.

• Paul Lacome composer

  dies at age 82.

• Olive Schreiner South Africa writer (Healing Imagination)

  dies at age 75.

• Horace Elgin Dodge

  American automobile manufacturer (Born 1868).

• George Gipp

  American football player (Born 1895).

• Mohammed Abdullah Hassan

  Somalian nationalist leader (Born 1856).

• Olive Schreiner

  South African author and activist (d. 1920).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. John McCormack - Thank God for a Garden
2. Art Hickman & His Orchestra - Whispering
3. Nora Bayes - The Argentines, the Portugese, and the Greeks
4. Henry Burr - You're the Only Girl That Made Me Cry
5. Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra - Anytime, Anyday, Anywhere