Historical Events for January 1920
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Months in 1920: February March April May June July August September October November December
Results 1 - 30 of 30
1st - The Belorussian Communist Organisation is founded as a separate party.
2nd - 10,000 US union & socialist organizers arrested (Palmer Raids)
3rd - Arthur Honegger's "Chant de Nigamon," premieres
3rd - NY Yankees purchase Babe Ruth from Red Sox for $125,000
4th - 1st Black baseball league, National Negro Baseball League, organizes
4th - Amsterdam actors decide to strike for retirement benefits
5th - Boston Red Sox sell Babe Ruth to NY Yankees
5th - NY Yankees announce purchase of Babe Ruth
10th - League of Nations established
10th - Mont Canadiens (14) & Tor St Patricks (7) score NHL record 21 goals
10th - Silver reaches record $1.37 an ounce
11th - French passenger ship Afrique sinks near La Rochelle; 553 die
12th - Annual drafting of baseball players from minor leagues to be done in inverse order of the final standings, agreed to
13th - NY Times editorial (falsely) reports rockets can never fly
16th - 18th Amendment, prohibition, goes into effect; repealed in 1933
16th - 1st assembly of League of Nations (Paris)
16th - Georgia declares independence
17th - Paul Deschanel elected president of France
19th - Alexandre Millerand forms French govt
19th - US Senate votes against membership in League of Nations
20th - Dutch 2nd Chamber passes school laws
20th - The American Civil Liberties Union is founded.
23rd - Dutch refuse to turn over ex-kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany to allies
26th - Amadeo Modigliani's mistress jumps out of a window
26th - Former Ford Motor Co. executive Henry Leland launches the Lincoln Motor Company which he later sold to his former employer.
29th - Walt Disney starts 1st job as an artist; $40 week with KC Slide Co
30th - Quebec's Joe Malone sets NHL record of 7 goals in a game
31st - 1st Ukrainian daily newspaper in US (NYC) begins publication
31st - Joe Malone, Quebec Bulldogs, sets NHL record with 7 goals in a game
31st - Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, at Howard University, incorporates
