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Months in 1920: January February March May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Results 1 - 24 of 24

1st - Church disforms in Wales
1st - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Senators (NHL) beat Seattle (PCHA), 3 games to 2
4th - Arabs attack Jews in Jerusalem
6th - French troop attacks Main/Darmstadt/Hanau
8th - LONGA soccer team forms in Tilburg
13th - 1st woman US Civil Service Commissioner, Helen Hamilton appointed
14th - Tornadoes killed 219 people in Alabama & Mississippi
15th - New Canadian small cent coin is released
17th - American Professional Football Association forms (NFL)
19th - 24th Boston Marathon won by Peter Trivoulidas of Greece in 2:29:31
20th - 7th modern Olympic games opens in Antwerp Belgium
20th - Balfour Declaration recognized, makes Palestine a British Mandate
20th - Big Show ends 2 year run on NBC radio
20th - Tornadoes kill 219 in Alabama & Mississippi
20th - Phillies mgr Gravvy Cravath puts himself in as pinch hitter, his 3- run homer beats NY Giants 3-0
21st - John Galsworthy's "Skin Game," premieres in London
23rd - Turkish Grand National Assembly 1st meets, in Ankara
23rd - The national council in Turkey denounces the government of Sultan Mehmed VI and announces a temporary constitution.
24th - British Mandate over Palestine goes into effect (lasts 28 years)
24th - Polish troops attack Ukraine
26th - H Shapley & H D Curtis hold "great debate" on nature of nebulae
27th - Pogrom leader Petljoera declares Ukraine Independence
28th - Azerbaijan SSR joins USSR (1st time)
28th - Azerbaijan is added to the Soviet Union.

Famous Birthdays

Results 1 - 56 of 56

1st - Joan Frances Will, actress
1st - Toshiro Mifune, Tsing-tao China, writer/actor (Shogun)
2nd - Jack Webb, Santa Monica Calif, actor (Joe Friday-Dragnet)
3rd - Stan Freeman, Waterbury Conn, pianist (Melody Tour)
3rd - John Demjanjuk, Ukrainian-born American auto worker, alleged Nazi
4th - Eric Rohmer, Nancy France, actor (6 in Paris, Collector, Perceval)
5th - Arthur Hailey, Luton England, novelist (Hotel, Airport)
5th - Barend Biesheuvel, Dutch premier (1971-73)
5th - Rafique Zakaria, Indian author (d. 2005)
6th - Bernard Carter, British painter/etcher
7th - Ravi Shankar, Benares India, sitar player (Sounds of India)
7th - Terence Edward Armstrong, polar geographer
8th - Carmen McRae (Clark), US jazz singer/pianist (Dream of Life)
8th - Erik Pausin, Austria, figure skating pairs (Olympics-silver-1936)
9th - Alexander Moulton, English bicycle designer (folding bicycle)
9th - Art Van Damme, Norway Mich, jazz accordionist (Chicago Jazz)
9th - David Walker, Professor of Law (Glasgow University)
9th - F Don Miller, Racine Wisc, Boxing coach (Olympic-1956)
11th - Marlen Haushofer, writer
12th - H R Hewitt, CEO (Johnson Matthey)
12th - Robert Fizdale, Chicago Illinois, pianist (Misia)
13th - Liam Cosgrave, leader (Fine Gael Party)
13th - Roberto Calvi, Italian banker (d. 1982)
13th - Claude Cheysson, French politician
13th - John LaPorta, American musician (d. 2004)
14th - Eduardo Maturana, composer
14th - John Paul Stevens, Supreme Court Justice
15th - Richard von Weizsacker, baron/president (Germany, 1984-94)
16th - Barry Nelson, Oakland, actor (Airport, My Favorite Husband)
16th - Dermot O'Callaghan Grubb, prison governor
16th - John William Farr, Detroit, bank robber (FBI Most Wanted List)
16th - Kees Scherer, Dutch photographer (World Press Photo)
17th - Bengt N Anderberg, Swedish poet/writer (Kain)
17th - Joan "Maudie" Warburton, painter
18th - Walter Clegg, MP
19th - Frank Fontaine, Cambridge Mass, comedian (Crazy Guggenheim)
20th - John Paul Stevens, Illinois, 103rd Supreme Court Justice (1975- )
20th - Ronald Speirs, WWII Veteran (d. 2007)
21st - Bruno Maderna, Venice Italy, conductor/composer, Hyperion) [or Mar 21]
21st - Christopher Dark, NY, actor, Suddenly, Tenderfoot)
21st - Edmund Adamkiewicz, German footballer (d. 1991)
22nd - Hal March, SF Calif, actor/TV host ($64,000 Question, Outrage)
22nd - Jos de Haes, Flemish philological/poet (Misery of the Word)
23rd - Eric Yarrow, CEO (Clydesdale Bank)
23rd - Louis Barron, composer
25th - Jean Carmet, actor (Cache Cash, Miss Mona, Night Magic)
25th - Marre, reformer of the bar
26th - Juan C Lampe, Aruba, pianist/composer
27th - Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor (d. 1956)
27th - Edwin Morgan, Scottish poet
27th - Mark Krasnosel'skii, Russian-Ukrainian mathematician (d. 1997)
28th - Nan Merriman, US/Neth singer (Arturo Toscanini NBC Orch)
29th - Edward Blishen, writer teacher/broadcaster
29th - Harold Samuel Shapero, Lynn Mass, composer (9 Minute Opera)
30th - Duncan Hamilton, driver
30th - Leen 't Hart, Dutch organist/composer

Famous Deaths

Results 1 - 9 of 9

3rd - Homer Newton Bartlett, composer, dies at 74
7th - Karl Binding, German jurist (b. 1841)
8th - Charles Tomlinson Griffes, US composer (White Peacock), dies at 35
10th - Moritz B Cantor, German mathematician, dies at 90
10th - Tryggve Andersen, Norwegian writer (Mod Kvaeld), dies at 53
15th - Jacob van Stolk Azn, art collector, dies at 74
16th - John Conrad Nordqvist, composer, dies at 80
26th - Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician (b. 1887)
29th - William Henry Seward, Jr., Union Brigadier General in the American Civil War (b. 1839)