Historical Events In 1920

Mar 01 Austria becomes a kingdom again, under Admiral Horthy

Mar 13 Wolfgang Kapp's coup attempt in Berlin fails

Mar 18 Greece adopts the Gregorian calendar

Mar 31 British parliament accept Irish "Home Rule"-law

Mar 08 The management of the Grand Trunk Pacific is entrusted to the Board of Directors appointed for the Canadian National Railways.

Mar 04 Last day of Julian civil calendar in Greece

Mar 24 US coast guard air station established (Morehead City NC)

Mar 28 Thomas Masaryk elected President of Czechoslovakia

Mar 31 British parliament accept Irish "Home Rule"-law

Mar 20 US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Theresa Weld

Mar 08 Denmark &Cuba join the League of Nations

Mar 27 Film stars Mary Pickford & Douglas Fairbanks wed

Mar 25 Greek Independence Day

Mar 07 USSR recognizes independence of Georgia

Mar 27 Hermann Müller becomes German chancellor (SPD)

Mar 20 The first flight from London to South Africa lands (1½ months)

Mar 19 US Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles for 2nd time refusing to ratify League of Nations' covenant (maintaining isolation policy)

Mar 28 Actor Douglas Fairbanks marries actress Mary Pickford

Mar 03 James Doohan,actor played chief engineer Commander Montgomery Scott (Scotty) in Star Trek and WW II military pilot, , born at Vancouver BC

Mar 20 US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Sherwin Badger

Mar 23 Perserikatan Communist of India (PKI) political party forms

Aug 18 Tennessee ratifies 19th Amendment, guarantees women voting right

Aug 13 Princes Highway between Melbourne and Sydney is officially opened at Warragul.

Aug 26 The 19th Amendment to the US Constitution is ratified, granting women the right to vote.

Aug 26 US Women given the right to vote

Aug 29 The birth of Charlie Parker, Legendary American Jazz musician

Aug 25 The first US woman to win in Olympics (Ethelda Bleibtrey)

Aug 26 19th amendment passes-women's suffrage granted (about time!)

Aug 03 The birth of PD James, British Author

Aug 20 First US coml radio, 8MK (WWJ), Detroit began daily broadcasting

Aug 22 The birth of Ray Bradbury, American author; 'The Martian Chronicles'

Sep 01 Lebanon created by France, Beirut becoming the capital

Sep 17 National Football League organized in Canton Ohio

Sep 12 7th Olympic games close in Antwerp Belgium

Sep 06 The first radio broadcast of a prizefight

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