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

Historical Events

Results 1 - 25 of 25

1st - 1st commercial armored car introduced (St Paul Minn)
1st - Soccer team Quick Boys forms
1st - Royal Canadian Mounted Police forms as Royal Northwest Mounted Police merge with Dominion Police
2nd - Estonia declares its Independence from Russia (Dorpat Peace)
2nd - France occupies (German) Memel territory
2nd - Tarto/Dorpat peace treaty: USSR recognizes Estonian independence
4th - 1st flight from London to South Africa takes-off (lasts 1½ months)
6th - Saarland administrated by League of Nations
8th - Swiss men vote against women's suffrage
9th - International treaty recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Svalbard
9th - Joint Rules Com bans foreign substances & alterations to baseballs
10th - Baseball outlaws all pitches involving tampering with ball
10th - Jozef Haller de Hallenburg performs symbolic wedding of Poland to the sea, celebrating restitution of Polish access to open sea.
12th - -Apr 26] 14,000 Rotterdam/Amsterdam harbor workers strike
12th - NL votes 6-2 for 1 commissioner AL votes 6-2 to keep group commission
13th - National Negro Baseball League organizes
13th - League of Nations recognizes perpetual neutrality of Switzerland
13th - Switzerland rejoin League of Nations
14th - League of Women Voters forms in Chicago
19th - Netherlands joins League of Nations
21st - Darius Milhaud & Jean Cocteau's ballet, premieres in Paris
22nd - 1st artificial rabbit used at a dog race track (Emeryville Calif)
24th - NSDAP begins at Hofbrauhaus Munich
24th - Peace treaty gives Estonia independence
28th - Maurice Ravel's "Le tombeau de Couperin," premieres

Famous Birthdays

Results 1 - 73 of 73

1st - Kenneth Bond, former vice-chairman
2nd - An Wang, founder (Wang Labs, Wang Computers)
3rd - Bibi Osterwald, New Brunswick NJ, actress (Bridget Loves Bernie)
3rd - Henry Heimlich, doctor/inventor (Heimlich maneuver)
3rd - Stan Ockers, Belgian bicyclist (Tour de France 1955, 56)
3rd - Tony Gaze, Australian racing driver
4th - Derek Worlock, English RC archbishop (Liverpool)
4th - John Hartford Worlock, rC Bishop of Liverpool
5th - Frank Muir, British comedian (d. 1998)
6th - James H Scheuer, (Rep-D-NY, 1965-73, 75- )
7th - Eddie Bracken, Astoria NYC, actor (Summer Stock, Young & Willing)
7th - Oscar Brand, Winnipeg Canada, folk vocalist (Draw Me a Laugh)
8th - Buddy Blattner, baseball player
8th - Lana Turner, Wallace Idaho, actress (Survivors, Falcon Crest)
10th - Alexander Comfort, English poet/writer (Wreath for the Living)
10th - J Heslop-Harrison, botanist
11th - Billy Halop, NYC, actor (Bert Munson-All in the Family)
11th - Daniel F[rancis] Galouye, US, sci-fi author (Dark Universe, Last Leap)
11th - Farouk I, Cairo, last King of Egypt (1936-52)
11th - Paul Peter Piech, artist
12th - William Roscoe Estep, Baptist historian and professor (d. 2000)
12th - Pran, Indian actor
13th - Bryant Boudleaux, Shellman Ga, rock writer (Bye Bye Love)
13th - Eileen Farrell, Willimantic Conn, opera soprano (Interrupted Melody)
14th - Arnold Elton, consultant surgeon
15th - Ingmar Milveden, composer
15th - Piet van Aken, Flemish writer (Devil Sails to US, Niggers)
15th - Richard O'Brien, CEO (Manpower Services Commission)
15th - Endicott Peabody, 62nd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1997)
16th - Hubert van Herreweghen, Flemish writer/journalist
16th - Lee Russell, Cleveland Oh, vocalist (Vincent Lopez)
16th - Patty Andrews, Minneapolis MN, vocalist (Andrews Sisters)
16th - Anna Mae Hays, American army general
17th - Colin Franklin, doctor
17th - Paul Fetler, composer
17th - Trevor Oswald Ling, religious studies professor
18th - Bill Cullen, Pitts, TV game show host (over 20 different games)
18th - Jack Palance, [Walter Palanuik], Lattimer Pa, actor (City Slickers)
18th - Eric Gairy, Grenadan politician (d. 1997)
19th - Frances K Bairstow, educator/labor relations consultant
19th - George Rose, Bicester England, actor (Beacon Hill, Holocaust)
19th - C. Z. Guest, American socialite (d. 2003)
19th - Jaan Kross, Estonian writer (d. 2007)
20th - Armin Schibler, Dutch Swiss composer (Devil in the Winter Palace)
20th - Liesbeth Tonckens, [Wilhelmina], actress/lecturer (Free People)
20th - Evgeny Dragunov, Russian weapons designer (d. 1991)
22nd - Bettina Vernon-Warren, dancer
22nd - Del Wood, singer
22nd - Giulietta Masina, Italy, actress (La Strada, Swindle, White Sheik)
23rd - David Wright, poet
23rd - Hall Overton, Bangor Michigan, composer (Enchanted Pear Tree)
23rd - Lord St Levan
23rd - Paul Gérin-Lajoie, French Canadian politician
24th - Frank Rogers, CEO (NPA Telegraph)
25th - Antony Duff, diplomat
25th - Hayes Gordon, Boston MA, actor (Sky Pirates, Dark Room)
25th - Gérard Bessette, Canadian author (d. 2005)
26th - A W [Rie] Kuiper-Mastenbroek, Neth, swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-1936)
26th - Antony Kearey, TV producer
26th - Tony Randall, [Leonard Rosenberg], Tulsa Ok, actor (Felix-Odd Couple)
26th - Danny Gardella, American baseball player (d. 2005)
26th - Lucjan Wolanowski, Polish journalist, writer and traveller (d. 2006)
27th - David Vere Bendall, former diplomat
27th - Jose Melis, Havana Cuba, orch leader (Jack Paar Program)
27th - Reg Simpson, cricketer (prolific England opener 1948-55)
28th - Edward Kassner, music publisher
28th - Jim Olin, (Rep-D-VA, 1983- )
28th - Marjorie M Sweeting, English geomorphologist
29th - Arthur Franz, Perth Amboy NJ, actor (Invaders From Mars, Young Lions)
29th - James Mitchell, Sacramento Calif, actor (Palmer-All My Children)
29th - Louise Wood, director of Girl Scouts of USA (1961-72)
29th - Michèle Morgan, French actress
29th - Ivan Petrov, Russian operatic bass (d. 2003)

Famous Deaths

Results 1 - 12 of 12

7th - Alexander Koltsjak, adm/leader Russian counter-revolutionary, executed
7th - Aleksandr Vasilevich Kolchak, Russian military commander (b. 1874)
8th - Richard Dehmel, writer, dies at 56
12th - Emile Sauret, composer, dies at 67
12th - Jean Allemane, French socialist/communard (allemanisten), dies at 77
12th - Ottalee Baker, Frank "Home Run" Baker's wife, dies at 31
20th - Robert E Peary, US pole explorer (North Pole, 6/4/1909), dies at 63
21st - Jacinta Marto, witness of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Fatima (b. 1910)
23rd - Alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer, dies at 61
25th - Aloys, Liechtenstein nobleman/politician, dies at 73
26th - Ludwig Rubiner, writer, dies at 38
27th - Alexandru D Xenopol, Romanian historian, dies at 72