Historical Events for July 1920

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1st - Wash Senator Walter Johnson no-hits Boston Red Sox, 1-0
3rd - 40th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bill Tilden beats Patterson (26 63 62 64)
3rd - Java Technical School Bandung opens
3rd - Royal Air Force holds an air display at Hendon, England
6th - Yankees score 14 in 5th inning & beat Washington Senators, 17-0
10th - Tris Speaker is stopped at 11 consecutive hits by Tom Zachary
12th - Lithuania & USSR sign peace treaty, Lithuania becomes independent rep
12th - Panama Canal opens
15th - Ruth ties his record of 29 HRs in a season
16th - 15th Davis Cup: USA beats Australasia in Auckland (5-0)
16th - China joins the League of Nations
16th - Gen Amos Fries appointed 1st US army chemical warfare chief
16th - Ruth sets season home run record with 30 en route to 54
20th - Heerenveen soccer team forms
23rd - British East Africa renamed Kenya & becomes a British crown colony
25th - Red Sox turn triple-play, but Ruth's 35th HR leads Yanks to 8-2 win
27th - Radio compass used for 1st time for aircraft navigation
27th - Resolute beats Shamrock IV (England) in 14th running of America's Cup
29th - 1st transcontinental airmail flight from NY to SF
29th - Mexican rebel Pancho Villa surrenders
29th - Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project.


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