1920

This decade between 1920 and 1929 brought flare, freedom, and the roaring twenties is the name given to it.

1920

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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Peace Prize

  • Léon Bourgeois

Literature

  • Knut Hamsun

Physics

  • Charles Édouard Guillaume

Chemistry

  • Walther Nernst

Physiology or Medicine

  • August Krogh
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Top #1 songs in the USA

  • - Dardanella
  • - Ten Little Bottles
  • - You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet
  • - In Sweet September
  • - Your Eyes Have Told Me So
  • - The Barefoot Trail
  • - La Veeda
  • - Manyana
  • - Wond'ring
  • - Love Me or Not

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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

1920 Chinese Zodiac and Horoscope

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Historical Events

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Events

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  • 16 Jan 1920 18th Amendment, prohibition, becomes the law of the land - one year after ratification; it is repealed in 1933.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