* 1841 – Karl Binding, German jurist ( d. 1920 )

* 1898 – Jeanne Hébuterne, French artist, the wife of Amedeo Modigliani ( d. 1920 )

* 1920 – Jack Cover, American inventor of the Taser gun ( d. 2009 )

* 1920 – Edmond H. Fischer, Swiss-American biochemist, Nobel laureate

* 1893 – Robert Harron, American actor ( d. 1920 )

* 1920 – Two security guards are murdered during a robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts.

* 1920 – Peru becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

* 1920 – Duncan Hamilton, English racing driver ( d. 1994 )

* 1920 – Ella Raines, American actress ( d. 1988 )

* 1867 – Evelina Haverfield English activist ( d. 1920 )

* 1920 – Enzo Biagi, Italian journalist and writer ( d. 2007 )

* 1920 – Francis Lynch, American politician ( d. 1993 )

* 1920 – Polish – Soviet War: the Battle of Warsaw begins and will last till August 25.

* 1920 – Neville Brand, American actor ( d. 1992 )

They won the first eight matches in succession including a 5 – 0 whitewash in 1920 – 1921 at the hands of Warwick Armstrong's team.

The Ashes resumed after the war when England toured in 1946 – 47, and as in 1920 – 21, found that Australia had made the best post-war recovery.

* 1920 – Louis Pauwels, French journalist and writer ( d. 1997 )

* 1908 – The Territorial Force ( renamed Territorial Army in 1920 ) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.

* 1985 – Douglass Wallop, American novelist and playwright ( b. 1920 )

* 1893 – Alexander of Greece ( d. 1920 )

* 1920 – P. D. James, English novelist

* 1920 – Charlie Shavers, American trumpet player ( d. 1971 )

* 1920 – Polish-Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, which began on August 13, ends.

* 1920 – Polish-Bolshevik War: a decisive Polish victory in the Battle of Komarów.

* Sinesi, Michael Patrick ( 2001 ) Modern Bewegungskrieg: German Battle Doctrine, 1920 – 1940.

The last major cavalry battle was the Battle of Komarów in 1920, between Poland and the Russian Bolsheviks.

Polish – Soviet War, Battle of Warsaw ( 1920 ) | defenses near Warsaw, August 1920

* June 21 – Battle of Bomarsund in the Åland Islands ( which later became part of Finland-in 1920 :) The Royal Navy seaman's mate Charles D. Lucas throws a live Russian artillery shell overboard by hand before it explodes, for which he was awarded the first Victoria Cross in 1857.

In the summer of 1920, during the Polish-Soviet War, Piasecki fought in the Battle of Radzymin.

Some of the achievements of the Provisional Government include the Battle of Chingshanli of 1920 and the ambush of Japanese Military Leadership in China in 1932.

* Edgar Vincent d ' Abernon, The Eighteenth Decisive Battle of the World: Warsaw, 1920, Hyperion Press, 1977, ISBN 0-88355-429-1.

* 1907-09, Nassau class battleship Westfalen, participated 1916 Battle of Jütland ( in German: Skagerrakschlacht ), after war 1920 delivered to Great Britain, 1924 scrapped

The French issued an ultimatum and intervened militarily at the Battle of Maysalun in June 1920.

Attempts to unionize by coal miners in 1920 led to the Battle of Matewan between miners and Baldwin-Felts detectives, which was the inspiration for the 1987 movie Matewan.

The city was lost to the Red Army on July 20, 1920 in what became known as the First Battle of Grodno.

The city was the site of the Battle of Daugavpils from 1919 to 1920.

In the Battle of Maysalun on 24 July 1920, the French were victorious and Faisal was expelled from Syria.

The struggle for Greater Syria collapsed after France defeated the Arab forces in Battle of Maysalun in July 1920.

It was briefly occupied by the Bulgarians in 1913, following the Battle of Odrin ; and by the Greeks between the Treaty of Sèvres in 1920 and the end of the Turkish War of Independence in 1922.

The French issued an ultimatum and intervened militarily at the Battle of Maysalun in June 1920.

This house served as his headquarters during the Battle of Balinalee in 1920.

During the war, decryption of Red Army radio messages made it possible to use small Polish military forces efficiently against the Russians and win many individual battles, the most important being the 1920 Battle of Warsaw.

Polish negotiators made better progress with the Latvian Provisional Government, and in late 1919 and early 1920 Polish and Latvian forces were conducting joint operations including the Battle of Daugavpils, against Soviet Russia.

Polish soldiers displaying captured Soviet standards after the Battle of Warsaw ( 1920 ) | Battle of Warsaw