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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