* 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 )

On 19 June 1920 Lieutenant-Colonel Gerald Smyth made a speech to the ranks of the Listowel RIC in which he was reported as having said:

Charles Gerald Mitchel ( 8 November 1920 – 18 August 1996 ) was an Irish actor and broadcaster best known as a newsreader for the RTÉ News from 1961 until 1984.

Elliot Lee Richardson ( July 20, 1920 December 31, 1999 ) was an American lawyer and politician who was a member of the cabinet of Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.

Gerald Brenan described the widespread habit in Spain in the 1920 ’ s of placing a brazier beneath a cloth-covered table to keep the legs and feet of the family warm on winter evenings.

Arthur Gerald Cole ( 1920 – 2005 ), younger brother of the 6th Earl.

Gerald Keith Bouey, ( April 2, 1920 – February 6, 2004 ) was the fourth Governor of the Bank of Canada from 1973 to 1987, succeeding Louis Rasminsky.

State funerals have been held in Washington D. C. for William Henry Harrison ( 1841 ), Zachary Taylor ( 1850 ), Abraham Lincoln ( 1865 ), Thaddeus Stevens ( 1868 ), James A. Garfield ( 1881 ), William McKinley ( 1901 ), Warren Harding ( 1920 ), the Unknown Soldier of World War I ( 1921 ), William Howard Taft ( 1930 ), John J. Pershing ( 1948 ), the Unknown Soldiers of World War II and the Korean War ( 1958 ), John F. Kennedy ( 1963 ), Douglas MacArthur ( 1964 ), Herbert Hoover ( 1964 ), Dwight D. Eisenhower ( 1969 ), Lyndon B. Johnson ( 1973 ), Ronald Reagan ( 2004 ), and Gerald Ford ( 2006-2007 ).

Frank Gerald Blaker VC MC ( 8 May 1920 – 9 July 1944 ) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Gerald Thomas ( 10 December 1920 – 9 November 1993 ) was an English film director, born in Hull.

* 1920 – Chuck Rayner, Canadian ice hockey player ( d. 2002 )

* 1920 – The Royal Canadian Mounted Police begins operations.

* 1920 – Paul Gérin-Lajoie, Canadian politician

* 1920 – Oscar Brand, Canadian folk musicologist

* 2012 – Ralph Raymond Loffmark, Canadian lawyer and politician ( b. 1920 )

* 1920 – Raymond U. Lemieux, Canadian chemist ( d. 2002 )

* 1920 – Pierre Berton, Canadian journalist and writer ( d. 2004 )

* 1920 – Max Bentley, Canadian ice hockey player ( d. 1984 )

* 1839 – Adolphe-Basile Routhier, Canadian judge, author, and lyricist ( d. 1920 )

* 1920 – Olive Dickason, Canadian historian ( d. 2011 )

* 1920 – Lloyd MacPhail, Canadian politician ( d. 1995 )

* 1920 – American Fishing Schooner Esperanto defeats the Canadian Fishing Schooner Delawana in the First International Fishing Schooner Championship Races in Halifax.

The merger of these two police forces in 1920 formed the world famous Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

* 2012 – Sam Sniderman, Canadian businessman, founded Sam the Record Man ( b. 1920 )

* 1855 – Simon-Napoléon Parent, Canadian politician, 12th Premier of Quebec ( d. 1920 )

By 1920, the University of Manitoba was the largest university in the Canadian Prairies and the fifth largest in Canada.

* The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs ( annual, 1901 – 1938 ), full text for 1920 online and downloadable.

** Bill Reid, Canadian artist ( b. 1920 )

** The Canadian Parliament establishes the North-West Mounted Police ( which is renamed the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in 1920 ).

** Robert Herbert McElroy, Canadian politician and merchant ( d. 1920 )

Arthur Hailey ( 5 April 1920 – 24 November 2004 ) was a British / Canadian novelist, whose works have sold more than 170 million copies in 40 languages.

Pierre Francis de Marigny Berton, ( July 12, 1920 – November 30, 2004 ) was a noted Canadian author of non-fiction, especially Canadiana and Canadian history, and was a well-known television personality and journalist.