Historical Events for December 1920

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3rd - Turkey & Armenia agree to peace treaty
4th - 1st Pro football playoff game Buffalo-7, Canton-3 at Polo Grounds
4th - 8th CFL Grey Cup: U of Toronto defeats Toronto Argonauts, 16-3
5th - Pro football playoff game Akron & Buffalo 0-0 tie, title undecided
5th - Dimitrios Rallis forms a government in Greece.
7th - NSW make 802 against South Australia, then Mailey takes 8-81
7th - USPD-KPD parties merge into Vereinigte Communist Party of Germany
12th - Maurice Ravels ballet "La Valse," premieres in Paris
13th - F Pease's interferometer measures 1st stellar diameter (Betelgeuse)
13th - League of nations establishes Intl Court of Justice in The Hague
13th - Netherland breaks contact with kingdom of Serbia, Croatia & Slavia
14th - Heavyweight Jack Dempsey KOs Bill Brennan in NYC
14th - Jack Dempsey KOs Bill Brennan in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
16th - 8.6 earthquake destroys 15,000 square miles and kills over 180,000 in Kansu China
16th - The Haiyuan earthquake, magnitude 8.5, rocks the Gansu province in China, killing an estimated 200,000.
17th - AL votes to let spitball pitchers to continue using it
17th - British Empire receives League of Nations mandate to Nauru
17th - Japan receives League of Nations mandate over Pacific islands
17th - South Africa receives League of Nations mandate over SW Africa
18th - 1st US postage stamps printed without the words United States or US
19th - 1st US indoor curling rink opens (Brookline, Mass)
19th - King Constantine I is restored as King of the Hellenes after the death of his son Alexander I of Greece and a plebiscite.
20th - Bert Collins scores 104 on Test Cricket debut v England SCG
20th - Bob Hope became an American citizen
21st - Jerome Kern/BG DeSylva's musical "Sally," premieres in NYC
23rd - Ireland divided into 2 parts, each with its own parliament
23rd - King George V signs Home Rule Act
24th - Enrico Caruso gives his last public performance (NYC)
29th - The netherlands/Venezuela recover diplomatic relations
29th - Yugoslav govt bans communist party
31st - Roy Park makes 1st-ball duck in only Test Cricket inn, v Eng at MCG


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