Explore 4052 historical events from 1920–1929.
The Troubles in Ulster of the 1920s was a period of conflict in the Irish province of Ulster, from June 1920 until June 1922, during and after the Irish War of Independence and the…
The "Belfast Pogrom" begins two years of violence with the expulsion of thousands of Catholic shipyard, factory and…
World War I, or the First World War, also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. Major theatres of war included Eu…
World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI's representatives sign the Treaty of Sèvres that divides up the Ottoman Empire…
After the death of the Irish revolutionary Thomas Ashe on hunger strike Irish Republicans prisoners carried out several hunger strikes with their demands being granted. The 1920 Co…
The 1920 Cork hunger strike begins which eventually results in the deaths of three Irish Republicans including the…
The 1920 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad and commonly known as Antwerp 1920, were an international multi-sport event held in 1920 in Antwerp, Bel…
The 1920 Summer Olympics, having started four months earlier, officially open in Antwerp, Belgium, with the newly…
The Polish–Soviet War was fought primarily between the Second Polish Republic and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, following World War I and the Russian Revolution…
Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, so-called Miracle at the Vistula.
The Communist Party of Bukhara was a political party in the Bukharan People's Soviet Republic. The party was founded in 1918, by a section of the Jadid movement. It was led by N. H…
The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution.
The Polish–Soviet War was fought primarily between the Second Polish Republic and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, following World War I and the Russian Revolution…
Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Radzymin concludes; the Soviet Red Army is forced to turn away from Warsaw.
The Tambov Rebellion of 1920–1922 was one of the largest and best-organized peasant rebellions challenging the Bolshevik government during the Russian Civil War. The uprising took …
The Tambov Rebellion breaks out, in response to the Bolshevik policy of Prodrazvyorstka.
Raymond Johnson Chapman was an American professional baseball player. He spent his entire career as a shortstop for the Cleveland Indians of the American League.
Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees.…
The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the United States and its states from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis o…
The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage.
WWJ is a commercial AM radio station licensed to serve Detroit, Michigan, featuring an all-news radio format known as WWJ Newsradio 950. Owned by Audacy, Inc., the station services…
The first commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit.
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league in the United States. Composed of 32 teams, it is divided equally between the American Football Confer…
The National Football League is organized as the American Professional Football Conference in Canton, Ohio
The Polish–Soviet War was fought primarily between the Second Polish Republic and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, following World War I and the Russian Revolution…
Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, which began on August 13, ends with the Red Army's defeat.
The Polish–Soviet War was fought primarily between the Second Polish Republic and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, following World War I and the Russian Revolution…
Polish–Soviet War: A decisive Polish victory in the Battle of Komarów.
SIAI-Marchetti was an Italian aircraft manufacturer primarily active during the interwar period.
Two newly purchased Savoia flying boats crash in the Swiss Alps en route to Finland where they were to serve with the…
Ananda Dassanayake was a Sri Lankan politician belonging to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. He was the governor of Uva Province and Southern Province of Sri Lanka. He was a member of …
Ananda Dassanayake, Sri Lankan politician (died 2012)
Prince Georg of Denmark was a Danish diplomat and member of the Danish royal family as a great-grandson of Christian IX. He was a first cousin of Harald V of Norway, Baudouin of Be…
Prince Georg of Denmark (died 1986)
Edmonde Charles-Roux was a French writer.
Edmonde Charles-Roux, French journalist and author (died 2016)
The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the United States and its states from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis o…
The 19th amendment to United States Constitution, giving women the right to vote, is certified.
The Wall Street bombing was an act of terrorism on Wall Street at 12:01 pm on Thursday, September 16, 1920. The blast killed 30 people immediately, and another eight later died of …
The Wall Street bombing: A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City…
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league in the United States. Composed of 32 teams, it is divided equally between the American Football Confer…
The National Football League is organized as the American Professional Football Association in Canton, Ohio.
The Irish War of Independence, also known as the Anglo-Irish War, was a guerrilla war fought in Ireland from 1919 to 1921 between the Irish Republican Army and British forces: the …
Irish War of Independence: British police known as "Black and Tans" burn the town of Balbriggan and kill two local men…
The 1920 Louisiana hurricane was a strong tropical cyclone that caused significant damage in parts of Louisiana in September 1920. The second tropical storm and hurricane of the an…
The Louisiana hurricane dissipates over Kansas after forcing around 4,500 people to evacuate and causing $1.45 million…
John Franklin "Smiling Jack" Wiley was an American football player and coach. He played professionally a tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL) fr…
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