Historical Events for August 1920
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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
