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

Historical Events

Results 1 - 29 of 29

1st - Papendrecht soccer team forms
1st - Peace of Riga-Independence of Latvia
2nd - Marcus Garvey presents his "Back To Africa" program in NYC
8th - Tigers beat Yanks 1-0 in shortest AL game, 73 minutes
9th - Bulgarian & allied Peace of Neuilly-sur-Seine goes into effect
10th - Allies recognize Poland, Czechoslovakia & Romania
10th - Treaty of Sèvres (Allies & Turkey)
10th - Turkish Govt renounces its claim to Israel, recognizes British mandate
11th - 1st peace of Riga-Soviet Union recognizes Independence of Latvia
13th - 24th US Golf Open: Ted Ray shoots a 295 at Inverness Club in Ohio
14th - Little Entente formed by Czechoslovakia & Yugoslavia
14th - Olympic Games open in Antwerp
16th - Ray Chapman, of Indians is hit in head by Yanks' Carl Mays pitch; he dies next day, only major league fatality
17th - In memory of Ray Chapman (died Aug 16), Yanks cancel game with Indians
18th - 1st class debut of Walter Hammond
18th - Tennessee ratifies 19th Amendment, guarantees women voting right
20th - 1st US coml radio, 8MK (WWJ), Detroit began daily broadcasting
20th - Allen Woodring wins Oympic 200 m dash wearing borrowed shoes
20th - Israel publishes it's 1st medical journal "Ha-Refuah"
20th - Preliminary meeting in Akron to form American Pro Football League
20th - Red Sox-Indians game postponed in Boston to allow Indian players to attend Ray Chapman's funeral in Cleveland
21st - 3rd PGA Championship: Jock Hutchison at Flossmoor CC Flossmoor Ill
23rd - M R Rinehart & A Hopwood's "Bat," premieres in NYC
25th - 1st US woman to win in Olympics (Ethelda Bleibtrey)
26th - 19th amendment passes-women's suffrage granted (about time!)
26th - Percy Fender (Surrey v Northants) scores 100 in 35 mins
28th - 19th amendment acknowledges women's rights
31st - Belgium starts paying old age pensions
31st - Detroit radio station is 1st to broadcast a news program on the air

Famous Birthdays

Results 1 - 51 of 51

1st - Jeffrey Segal, actor (Traitors)/playwright
1st - Maria Cole, Boston MA
1st - Sammy Lee, Fresno Calif, platform diver (Oly-2 gold/bronze-1948, 52)
1st - Viscount Hanworth, barrister
2nd - Louis Pauwels, writer/editor
2nd - Phyllis James, mystery writer
2nd - Theo Marcuse, WA, actor (Mara of Wilderness)
3rd - Maria Karnilova, Hartford Ct, actress (Olga-Ivan the Terrible)
3rd - P D James, mystery writer (Cover Her Face)
3rd - Phyllis D "P D" James, English thriller writer (Innocent Blood)
3rd - Charlie Shavers, American trumpet player (d. 1971)
3rd - Elmar Tampõld, Estonian-Canadian architect
4th - Helen Thomas, UPI journalist (starts press conferences)
5th - G V [Sonny] Montgomery, (Rep-D-Mississippi, 1967- )
5th - Selma Diamond, London Ontario, comedienne (Selma-Night Court)
7th - Jan Walravens, Flemish writer (Motionless at Sea)
8th - Don Cook, foreign Correspondent
8th - Leo Chiosso, Italian lyricist (d. 2006)
8th - Jimmy Witherspoon, American singer (d. 1997)
9th - Enzo Biagi, Italian journalist and writer
10th - William "Red" Holzman, NBA coach (NY Knickerbockers, 754 wins)
11th - Derry Jeffares, Honorary Prof of English Studies (Stirling U)
11th - William Masselos, Niagara Falls NY, pianist/prof (Juilliard 1976)
12th - Percy Mayfield, US singer (Please Send Me Someone to Love)
12th - Peter West, British sports commentator
13th - Charlie Alfred Galbraith, jazz trombonist
13th - George Shearing, London, blind pianist/composer (Lullabye of Byrdland)
14th - Nehemiah Persoff, Jerusalem Palestine, actor (Al Capone, Yentl)
16th - Charles Bukowski, Andernach Germany, US writer (Hollywood: A Novel)
17th - Georgia Gibbs, Worcester Mass, singer (Ballin the Jack, Kiss of Fire)
18th - Bob Kennedy, baseball player
18th - [Thomas] Godfrey Evans, English cricket keeper (1950's)
18th - Shelly Winters, American actress (A Place in the Sun, A Patch of Blue & Poseidon Aventure)
19th - Lucila Engels-Boskaljon, Curacao painter
19th - Paul Kont, composer
21st - Christopher R Milne, son of Alan A Milne (Winnie the Pooh)
22nd - Anthony Tuke, CEO (Savoy Hotel Groups)
22nd - Denton Cooley, Houston, heart surgeon (1st artifical heart transplant)
22nd - Pierre A Lauffer, Antillian poet (Patria)
22nd - Ray[mond Douglas] Bradbury, Ill, sci-fi author (Fahrenheit 451)
22nd - W Schnurre, writer
23rd - Aart Verstegen, ballet dancers/choreographer (Jolly Joker's Last Joke)
25th - Jef Diederen, Dutch painter
26th - Brant Parker, American cartoonist (d. 2007)
27th - James Molyneaux, MP (Ulster unionist)
28th - Frits Bernard, pedophile activist (d. 2006)
29th - Charles White, Perth Amboy NJ, actor (Airpot 95, Serpico)
29th - Charlie "Bird" Parker, US jazz saxophonist
29th - Susan Damante Shaw, London England, actress (Wilderness Family)
30th - Ben Cami, Flemish writer/poet (Rose from Mud)
31st - James Lanphier, NY, actor (Flight of Lost Balloon)

Famous Deaths

Results 1 - 10 of 10

1st - Bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian hindu leader, dies
2nd - Ormer Locklear, American stunt pilot (b. 1891)
4th - Vladimir Ivanovich Rebikov, composer, dies at 54
6th - Stefan Bastyr, Polish aviator, first flight in independent Poland (b. 1890)
10th - Ádám Politzer, Austrian physician (b. 1835)
16th - J Norman Lockyer, English physicist (discovered helium in Sun), dies
17th - Ray Chapman, hit in the head by Yanks' Carl Mays pitch, dies
17th - Ray Chapman, American baseball player (b. 1891)
22nd - Anders Zorn, Swedish painter (Gustavus Vasa), dies at 60
31st - Wilhelm Wundt, German physiologist/psychologist/philosopher, dies