* 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 )

* 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 )

Light designer Robert Edmond Jones ( 1887-1954 ) drawing at a waist high table ( c. 1920 ).

Early stagecraft master Robert Edmond Jones ( 1887-1954 ) drawing at a waist high table ( c. 1920 ).

Scenic designer Robert Edmond Jones ( 1887-1954 ) drawing at a waist high table ( c. 1920 ).

* Edmond H. Fischer ( born 1920 ), Swiss-American biochemist

De Wiart was well connected in European circles, his two closest cousins being Count Henri Carton de Wiart, Prime Minister of Belgium from 1920 to 1921, and Baron Edmond Carton de Wiart, political secretary to the King of Belgium and director of La Société Générale de Belgique.

Robert Edmond Jones ( circa 1920 )

Edmond H. Fischer ( born April 6, 1920 ) is a Swiss American biochemist.

* William Edmond Robinson ( 1920 – 1992 ), Missouri politician

His son was born in August 1920 and in 1924 Milne produced a collection of children's poems When We Were Very Young, which were illustrated by Punch staff cartoonist E. H. Shepard.

* 1920 – Jacob H. Gilbert, American politician ( d. 1981 )

* 1839 – William H. Seward, Jr., American general ( d. 1920 )

The theory of guild socialism was developed and popularised by G. D. H. Cole who formed the National Guilds League in 1915 and published several books on guild socialism, including Self-Government in Industry ( 1917 ) and Guild Socialism Restated ( 1920 ).

* Idowu, H. Oludare The Conseil General in Senegal, 1879 – 1920, Ibadan, University of Ibadan, 1970 ( Thèse )

* 1842 – John H. Bankhead, American politician ( d. 1920 )

* Chafe, William H., " The American Woman: Her Changing Social, Economic, And Political Roles, 1920 – 1970 ", Oxford University Press, 1972.

* July 17 – The New York Times publicly takes back the ridicule of the rocket scientist Robert H. Goddard published in 13 Jan 1920 that spaceflight is impossible.

* February 27 – Jacob H. Gilbert, American politician ( b. 1920 )

* September 13 – John H. Bankhead, U. S. Senator ( d. 1920 )

* Pirenne, H. Histoire de Belgique vol2 ( 1903 ) online ; full text of vol 3 ( 1907 ) online ; vol 5 ( 1920 ) online

His books of poetry include Poems 1913 and 1914 ( 1914 ); Poems Translated from the French ( 1914 ); Three Poems ( 1916 ); The Barn ( 1916 ); The Silver Bird of Herndyke Mill ; Stane Street ; The Gods of the World Beneath, ( 1916 ); The Harbingers ( 1916 ); Pastorals ( 1916 ); The Waggoner and Other Poems ( 1920 ); The Shepherd, and Other Poems of Peace and War ( 1922 ); Old Homes ( 1922 ); To Nature: New Poems ( 1923 ); Dead Letters ( 1923 ); Masks of Time: A New Collection of Poems Principally Meditative ( 1925 ); Japanese Garland ( 1928 ); Retreat ( 1928 ); Winter Nights: A Reminiscence ( 1928 ); Near and Far: New Poems ( 1929 ); A Summer's Fancy ( 1930 ); To Themis: Poems on Famous Trials ( 1931 ); Constantia and Francis: An Autumn Evening, ( 1931 ); Halfway House: A Miscellany of New Poems, ( 1932 ); Choice or Chance: New Poems ( 1934 ); Verses: To H. R. H. The Duke of Windsor, ( 1936 ); An Elegy and Other Poems ( 1937 ); On Several Occasions ( 1938 ); Poems, 1930-1940 ( 1940 ); Shells by a Stream ( 1944 ); After the Bombing, and Other Short Poems ( 1949 ); Eastward: A Selection of Verses Original and Translated ( 1950 ); Records of Friendship ( 1950 ); A Hong Kong House ( 1959 ); Poems on Japan ( 1967 ).

* 1920: The War with Mexico by Justin H. Smith

In 1920, Williams was sharply criticized by many of his peers ( like H. D., Pound, and Wallace Stevens ) when he published one of his most experimental books, Kora in Hell: Improvisations.

* Photius ' epitome of Persica translated by J. H. Freese ( 1920 )

In the 1920 novella La Jeune Vampire ( The Young Vampire ), by J .- H. Rosny aîné, vampirism is given a biological explanation by describing it as a genetic mutation.

In 1920, athletic officials from six Texas HBCUs — C. H.

Pan American Airways, Incorporated ( PAA ) was founded as a shell company on March 14, 1927 by Air Corps Majors Henry H. " Hap " Arnold, Carl A. Spaatz, and John H. Jouett as a counterbalance to the German-owned Colombian carrier SCADTA, operating in Colombia since 1920.

Iðunn is carried off by Þjazi in this artwork by H. Theaker, 1920.

In 1920, Standard Oil Company bought the land from H. V.

Ellsworth was laid out on 6 December 1871 by Jonathan H. Cheney ( 1833 – 1920 ) and Almon Brigham Ives ( 1816 – 1887 ) and Oliver Ellsworth, whom the town was named after.

* Percy H. Johnston, president of Chemical 1920 – 1946, responsible for building Chemical into one of the largest U. S. banks.