1920 Saarland administrated by League of Nations

1921 "The Kid," starring Charlie Chaplin & Jackie Coogan, released

1922 Cardinal Achille Ratti elected Pope Pius XI

1922 US, UK, France, Italy & Japan sign Washington naval arms limitation

1926 The National Football League agrees that college players cannot play in the NFL until they graduate.

1929 Rudy Vallee recorded "Deep Night"

1932 Fascist coup in the Memel territory

1933 -90ºF (-68ºC), Oymyakon, USSR (Asian record)

1933 Highest recorded sea wave (not tsunami), 34 meters (112 feet), in Pacific hurricane near Manila

1933 President von Hindenburg & von Papen end Prussian parliament

1933 The 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution goes into effect, which changes the start of congressional, vice-presidential, and presidential terms from March to January.

1935 Board game "Monopoly" goes on sale for the first time

1935 First election to allow women to vote in Turkey

1936 4th Winter Olympics games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

1936 Pravda criticizes Shostakovitch' ballet "Clear Brook"

1937 K Elizabeth Ohi becomes first Japanese-US female lawyer

1939 Spanish government flees to France

1941 Battle of Beda Fomm Italian 10th army destroyed

1941 British troops conquer Bengazi, Libya

1943 HMCS Louisburg (Corvette) torpedoed in the Mediterranean

1943 Singer Frank Sinatra debuts on radio's "Your Hit Parade"

1943 The first Spitfire in action above Darwin, Australia, Mu Ki-46 shot down

1945 8th Air Force bombs Magdeburg/Chemnitz

1945 Russian Red Army crosses the river Oder

1947 Compton & Arthur Morris both complete dual tons in same Test Cricket

1948 Bradman retires hurt, 57 in his last Test Cricket innings in Australia

1948 First radio-controlled airplane flown

1951 "Broker Special" train crashes in Woodbridge NJ, killing 84

1951 Radio commentator Paul Harvey arrested for trying to sneak into Argonne Atomic Lab (Illinois), to demonstrate lax in security

1951 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1952 Britain's King George VI dies and is succeeded by his daughter, Elizabeth II.

1952 England replaces King George VI stamp series with Queen Elizabeth II

1953 Ian Craig makes Test Cricket debut at 17 years 239 days, youngest Aussie

1953 US controls on wages & some consumer goods were lifted

1956 Chicago's Daily Defender, begins publishing

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