News, Facts and Events, - Movies, TV and Music, - Technology, - Born This Year, World Leaders,
Inventions Inventors and Country ( or attributed to First Use )
Sticky Plasters USA by Earle Dickson
Hair Dryer Germany
The Tea Bag Joseph Krieger
Parachute USA by Karl O.K. Osterday
Isaac Asimov This Day In History 2nd January
Walter Matthau News And Events From 1st October
P D James This Day In History 3rd August
Brazil President Epitácio Pessoa
Canada Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden till July 10th
Canada Prime Minister Arthur Meighen From July 10
Italy Prime Minister Francesco Saverio Nitti Till This Day In History June 15th
Italy Prime Minister Giovanni Giolitti From 15 June
Japan Prime Minister Takashi Hara
Mexico President Adolfo de la Huerta From June 1st
Mexico President Adolfo de la Huerta Till November 30th
Mexico President Álvaro Obregón From 1 December
Russia / Soviet Union
Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars Vladimir Lenin
South Africa Prime Minister Field Marshal Jan Christiaan Smuts
United States President Woodrow Wilson
United Kingdom Prime Minister David Lloyd George
United States Presidential Election 1920 Warren G. Harding (Republican) defeats James M. Cox (Democratic) and Eugene V. Debs (Socialist)
The Information above is taken from our new page that gives world leaders from 1920 to current.
Political World Leaders From 1920 To Current
Popular Culture 1920
U.S.- In the United States the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution is started in 1920 which outlawed the production and consumption of alcohol more commonly known as Prohibition. Available as a downloadable image on our Amendments to The Constitution Of The United States Public Domain Images Page
What News Events Happened in 1920
UK- In 1920 the war in Europe was over but politicians realised that many men who were coming home after the war would not have homes to go to and Britain was one of the countries that tried to address this by announcing it would build 1,000,000 homes for war veterans
- Women were finally given the right to vote following ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution and vote in the Presidential election of 1920
- The Chinese Communist Party is formed
- An earthquake measuring 8.5 magnitude on the Richter scale hits the heavily populated of Gansu province of China
- The Russian Civil war Ends but famine begins and worsens the following year
- Prohibition Comes Into Effect When the 18th Amendment is passed
- Radical anarchists bomb Wall Street killing 38
- Influenza (the flu) and pneumonia spread Worldwide killing many thousands
- The League Of nations Comes into Being In Paris and the US Senate votes against Joining
- Switzerland Joins League Of Nations
- The U.S. Justice and Immigration Departments ( The Palmer Raids ) on January 19th arrest 6,000 foreign aliens who were deported as suspected radical leftists.
- The Hague becomes the seat of International Justice Court
- World Population Is Estimated at 1,811,000,000
- Small pox becomes a major problem worldwide
- US Population Is Estimated at 107,823,000
- New York Yankees Buy Babe Ruth
- The US Postal Service Puts more Airmail Services Into Effect
- Pancho Villa surrenders to the Mexican government
- Tornadoes swept through the mid-western and southern portions of the United States , killing more than 200.
- The Summer Olympics are held in Antwerp, Belgium
Technology
U.S.- The Ford Model T was continuing to sell well in the US
- Austin in the UK
produced a Austin 20/4
- Airlines are starting to appear around the world as the commercial implications are realised, the start of what is now QUANTAS in Australia , and KLM in Holland to name just 2
- The first commercial radio station in the United States, 8MK (WWJ), begins operations in Detroit, Michigan . and the first radios start to appear for sale in shops in the US
Inventions Inventors and Country ( or attributed to First Use )
Sticky Plasters USA by Earle Dickson
Hair Dryer Germany
The Tea Bag Joseph Krieger
Parachute USA by Karl O.K. Osterday
Born This Year in 1920
Arthur Hailey News And Events From 5th AprilIsaac Asimov This Day In History 2nd January
Walter Matthau News And Events From 1st October
P D James This Day In History 3rd August
Major World Political Leaders 1920
Australia Prime Minister Billy HughesBrazil President Epitácio Pessoa
Canada Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden till July 10th
Canada Prime Minister Arthur Meighen From July 10
Italy Prime Minister Francesco Saverio Nitti Till This Day In History June 15th
Italy Prime Minister Giovanni Giolitti From 15 June
Japan Prime Minister Takashi Hara
Mexico President Adolfo de la Huerta From June 1st
Mexico President Adolfo de la Huerta Till November 30th
Mexico President Álvaro Obregón From 1 December
Russia / Soviet Union
Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars Vladimir Lenin
South Africa Prime Minister Field Marshal Jan Christiaan Smuts
United States President Woodrow Wilson
United Kingdom Prime Minister David Lloyd George
Political Elections 1920
United States Presidential Election 1920 Warren G. Harding (Republican) defeats James M. Cox (Democratic) and Eugene V. Debs (Socialist)
The Information above is taken from our new page that gives world leaders from 1920 to current.
Political World Leaders From 1920 To Current

