43 events found for 1920
The Greek Army takes control of Silivri after Greece is awarded the city by the Paris Peace Conference; by 1923 Greece…
The "Belfast Pogrom" begins two years of violence with the expulsion of thousands of Catholic shipyard, factory and…
Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project.
World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI's representatives sign the Treaty of Sèvres that divides up the Ottoman Empire…
The 1920 Cork hunger strike begins which eventually results in the deaths of three Irish Republicans including the…
The Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty, which relinquished Russia's authority and pretenses to Latvia, is signed, ending the…
Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Warsaw begins and will last till August 25. The Red Army is defeated.
The 1920 Summer Olympics, having started four months earlier, officially open in Antwerp, Belgium, with the newly…
Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, so-called Miracle at the Vistula.
Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees.…
The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution.
Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Radzymin concludes; the Soviet Red Army is forced to turn away from Warsaw.
The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage.
The Tambov Rebellion breaks out, in response to the Bolshevik policy of Prodrazvyorstka.
The first commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit.
The National Football League is organized as the American Professional Football Conference in Canton, Ohio
Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, which began on August 13, ends with the Red Army's defeat.
The 19th amendment to United States Constitution, giving women the right to vote, is certified.
Polish–Soviet War: A decisive Polish victory in the Battle of Komarów.
Two newly purchased Savoia flying boats crash in the Swiss Alps en route to Finland where they were to serve with the…