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* 1920 – During the U. S. Republican National Convention in Chicago, U. S. Republican Party leaders gathered in a room at the Blackstone Hotel to come to a consensus on their candidate for the U. S. presidential election, leading the Associated Press to first coin the political phrase " smoke-filled room ".
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* 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 )
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During the governorship of Montagu Norman, which lasted from 1920 to 1944, the Bank made deliberate efforts to move away from commercial banking and become a central bank.
During Prohibition in the United States ( 1920 – 1933 ), when alcoholic beverages were illegal, cocktails were still consumed illegally in establishments known as speakeasies.
During the course of the next thirty years, these same numbers were combined with filing codes used by the Navy's clerks to create an informal version of the system that was put in place in 1920.
During the 1920 Jerusalem riots, the 1921 Palestine riots and the 1929 Palestine riots, Palestinian Arabs manifested hostility against Zionist immigration and Jewish communities, which provoked the reaction of Jewish militias, sometimes supported by British troops.
During 1920 and 1921 all Communist-won mandates were nullified.
During the Civil War period, he published several theoretical economic works, including the popular primer The ABC of Communism ( with Yevgeni Preobrazhensky, 1919 ), and the more academic Economics of the Transitional Period ( 1920 ) and Historical Materialism ( 1921 ).
During the 1920 restoration William Hawley, who had excavated nearby Old Sarum, excavated the base of six stones and the outer ditch.
During their September run, the Giants ' pitching staff allowed no more than 3 runs for 18 straight games, the longest single-season streak since 1920.
During the War of Independence, on May 3, 1920, Birinci Ferik Mustafa Fevzi Pasha ( Çakmak ) was appointed the Minister of National Defence, Mirliva İsmet Pasha ( İnönü ) was appointed the Minister of the Chief of General Staff of the government of GNA.
During these years Hortense met her boyfriend Quackmore Duck whom she married on 1920.
* Statistics of the Military Effort of the British Empire During the Great War 1914 – 1920, The War Office March 1922.
During the Prohibition era in the United States lasting from 1920 to 1933, all alcohol sales were banned in the country.
During August 1920, at the time of Polish Silesian Uprising in Upper Silesia, the Polish Consulate and School were destroyed, while the Polish Library was burned down by a mob.
During this period, Stravinsky composed three further works for the Ballets Russes — Petrushka, a ballet in four scenes ( 1911 ), the two-part ballet The Rite of Spring ( 1913 ) and his ' ballet with song ' in one act, Pulcinella ( 1920 ).
During the Russian Civil War, the Soviet Red Army troops took Tuva in January 1920, which was also part of the Qing Empire of China and a protectorate of Imperial Russia.
During the years 1920 – 1923, Holst's popularity grew through the success of The Planets and The Hymn of Jesus ( 1917 ) ( based on the Apocryphal gospels ), and the publication of a new opera, The Perfect Fool ( a satire of a work by Wagner ).
During its brief existence from July 1919 to early 1920, the Bulletin was widely read by student groups around the country and suppressed on at least one occasion by the national government as " harmful to public safety and social order.
During the 20th century Iceland gained independence, Greenland and the Faroese became integral parts of the Kingdom of Denmark and North Schleswig reunited with Denmark 1920 after a referendum.
During the Siberian Intervention, Japan briefly held the northern part of the island from 1920 to 1925.
During the German Revolution he became a member of the soldier's soviet of his army corps and later a member of the KPD in 1920, joining its Central Committee in 1923.
During Prohibition in the United States as of 1920, the decreasingly popular alcoholic variety was illegal as well.
During this period, the studio earned few profits ; and in 1920, the Warners secured a bank loan to settle outstanding debts.
During 1920 – 25, she appeared with Professor George Morrison's Melody Hounds, a touring black ensemble, and in the mid-1920s she embarked on a radio career, singing with the Melody Hounds on station KOA in Denver.
During the reign of the Dukes of Burgundy, Philip the Good ( 1419 – 1467 ) and Charles the Bold ( 1467 – 1477 ) Woerden enjoyed an unprecedented period of peace, and by 1477 its population had almost tripled to about 1920.
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