* 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 )

The Catalogue of Tzarigrad Patriarchy ( April 1855 ), Athens Sintagma, letter of Tzarigrad Patriarch Grigorius to St. Petar I Petrovic Njegos ( dated 29 January 1798 ), and against the claims of other documents, see here and here ( a list of historical documents ; external links are in Serbian ) are interpreted by the MOC that the Church of Montenegro was independent and autocephalous until Yugoslav regent Alexander I of Yugoslavia abolished it and incorporated, by the decree of 17 ( 30 ) June 1920, with Serb-Orthodox churches into a Serbian Orthodox Church, an act which received subsequently canonical recognition from the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

Patriarch Cardinal Mar Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir (, ; born May 15, 1920 ) is the patriarch emeritus of Lebanon's largest Christian body, the Maronite Church, an Eastern Catholic Church in communion with the Holy See.

On November 7, 1920, Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow, issued an ukase ( decree ) instructing all Orthodox Christian bishops currently under the authority and protection of his Patriarchate, should they be unable to contact the Higher Church Administration, to seek protection and guidance by organizing among themselves.

:" The Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia is an indissoluble part of the Russian Orthodox Church, and for the time until the extermination in Russia of the atheist government, is self-governing on conciliar principles in accordance with the resolution of the Patriarch, the Most Holy Synod, and the Highest Church Council of the Russian Church dated 7 / 20 November 1920, No. 362.

* Died: Shimun XXIII Eshai, 67, Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East since 1920, and leader of Syrian Christians, was assassinated at his home in San Jose, California, bringing an end to the hereditary succession of the " Shimun line " that had existed since 1600.

Both of these issues generated considerable public discussion, which eventually led to a heated debate in Parliament on 4 May 1920.

In 1920, the Watch Tower Society reprinted all issues from 1879 – 1919 in seven volumes, known as the Watchtower Reprints, which have since been reprinted through the years by other groups.

Therefore, from the date that the armistice was signed until the Treaty of Versailles was fully ratified in January 1920, many territorial and sovereignty issues remained unresolved.

* 13 January 1920 – Headquarters of Great Poland front issues orders for preparation of implementation of Treaty of Versailles.

Yet, ethnic issues continued to trouble the country, especially on the side of the Ossetians as in May 1920.

As the election of 1920 approached, the Republican nominee, Warren Harding, campaigned on the domestic issues that united his party and sent confusing signals about his support for a League of Nations.

* Communist Labor ( New York )-Six issues of this irregularly-issued tabloid newspaper were produced between December 6, 1919 and May 15, 1920 This was the " illegal " underground organ of the CLP.

Film Fun was a British comic book that ran from ( issues dates ) 17 January 1920 to 15 September 1962, when it merged with Buster, a total of 2225 issues.

The Greek occupying authorities issued three sets of stamps for use in the region: stamps from the " Engraved ", " Lithographic " and 1916 " ET " issues overprinted with Διοίκησις Δυτικής Θράκης ( Administration of Western Thrace ), released in May 1920 ; Turkish stamps overprinted with Υπάτη Αρμοστεία Θράκης ( High Commission of Thrace ) and new values, released in July 1920 ; and Greek stamps from the three sets listed above, overprinted with Διοίκησις Θράκης and released the same year.

Full-text digitized issues from 1920 through spring 2005 can be found through the Digital Collections page of the Gustavus Adolphus College Archives.

On November 12, 1920, Italy and the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes ( later renamed Yugoslavia ) signed the Treaty of Rapallo, 1920, which resolved the frontier issues between them without reference to the other Allies.

Kim Jun-Yop ( born 1920 ) is a former president of Korea University, a noted historian focusing on China and North Korea issues. Kim declined a nomination from Roh Tae-woo to become Prime Minister of South Korea in 1990, preferring to stay in academia.

After a deadlock over these issues in Parliament, Averescu's group and the National Liberals began negotiation a new parliamentary majority ; advised by Nicolae Iorga, who was president of the Chamber, Mihalache handed in his resignation ( March 12, 1920 ), with the expectation that the land reform project was to be endorsed by parliamentary initiative.

From his base on Wall Street, he was the foremost Jewish leader from 1880 to 1920 in what later became known as the " Schiff era ", grappling with all major Jewish issues and problems of the day, including the plight of Russian Jews under the Tsar, American and international anti-semitism, care of needy Jewish immigrants, and the rise of Zionism.

* Journal Officiel ( Official Gazette ), various issues relating to nomination dates ( 1875, 1882, 1884, 1895, 1912, 1914, 1916, 1919, 1920 )

The underlying commentary on the severity of racial issues is one that has not been expressed by many other filmmakers in this way, however, Franklin ’ s film has been likened to Oscar Micheaux's Within Our Gates ( 1920 ), John Singleton's Boyz N the Hood ( 1991 ), and Roman Polanski's Chinatown ( 1974 ).

Hays was active in civil liberties issues before becoming general counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union in 1920.

Further special coinage issues would be minted for them at the Manila Mint from 1920 to 1930.

Abraham ( 1920 ) also showed interest in cultural issues.

Meanwhile, the FPA's publications, Foreign Policy Reports ( 1925 – 51 ), Foreign Policy Bulletin ( 1920 – 61 ) and Headline Series ( 1935 – present ) became known and respected at the time for their clear and impartial analysis of foreign policy issues.

: ( 1920: later issues ) 100 centimes = 1 franc