* 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 )

In 1920, as the startling news that the 1919 White Sox had conspired to lose the World Series leaked out, fans grew disillusioned and disinterested in baseball.

In addition to Triumphant Democracy ( 1886 ), and The Gospel of Wealth ( 1889 ), he also wrote An American Four-in-hand in Britain ( 1883 ), Round the World ( 1884 ), The Empire of Business ( 1902 ), The Secret of Business is the Management of Men ( 1903 ), James Watt ( 1905 ) in the Famous Scots Series, Problems of Today ( 1907 ), and his posthumously published autobiography Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie ( 1920 ).

Beneath the Arc is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from World War I. Interred here on Armistice Day 1920, it has the first eternal flame lit in Western and Eastern Europe since the Vestal Virgins ' fire was extinguished in the fourth century.

* 1920 – At the San Remo conference, the principal Allied Powers of World War I adopt a resolution to determine the allocation of Class " A " League of Nations mandates for administration of the former Ottoman-ruled lands of the Middle East.

Following World War I, the 1920 Treaty of Sèvres demilitarized the strait and made it an international territory under the control of the League of Nations.

Since their establishment as a Major League franchise in 1901, the Indians have won two World Series championships, in 1920 and 1948.

After serving in World War I, Brown was given his first co-directing credit ( with Tourneur ) for The Great Redeemer ( 1920 ).

* 1920 – Yevgeniya Rudneva, Russian World War II heroine ( d. 1944 )

Thompson's older brother William Frank Thompson ( 1920 – 1944 ), was also a member of the British Communist Party during World War Two.

The " European War " became known as " The Great War ", and it was not until 1920, in the book " The First World War 1914 – 1918 " by Charles à Court Repington, that the term " First World War " was used as the official name for the conflict.

The Palestine Mandate was based on the principles contained in Article 22 of the draft Covenant of the League of Nations and the San Remo Resolution of 25 April 1920 by the principal Allied and associated powers after the First World War.

The reign of Alfonso XIII ( 1886 – 1931 ) saw the Spanish-American War of 1898, culminating in the loss of the Philippines plus Spain's last colonies in the Americas, Cuba and Puerto Rico ; the " Great War " in Europe ( now known as World War I, 1914 – 1918 ), although Spain maintained neutrality throughout the conflict ; the influenza pandemic nicknamed the Spanish Flu ( 1918 – 1919 ); and the Rif War in Morocco ( 1920 – 1926 ).

Hungary's modern borders were first established after World War I when, by the terms of the Treaty of Trianon in 1920, it lost more than 71 % of what had formerly been the Kingdom of Hungary, 58. 5 % of its population, and 32 % of the Hungarians.

Other films of the 1920s include Dr. Jekyll And Mr Hyde ( 1920 ), The Phantom Carriage ( Sweden, 1920 ), The Lost World ( 1925 ), The Phantom Of The Opera ( 1925 ), Waxworks ( Germany 1924 ), and Tod Browning's ( lost ) London After Midnight ( 1927 ) with Chaney.

On 25 October 1920 the Italian government recognized Sheikh Sidi Idris the hereditary head of the nomadic Senussi, with wide authority in Kufra and other oases, as Emir of Cyrenaica, a new title extended by the British at the close of World War I.

This, along with World War I, practically suspended the activities of the Ido Academy from 1914 to 1920.

Expressionist influence is also in evidence in Frankenstein, drawn in part from the work of Paul Wegener and his films The Golem ( 1915 ) and The Golem: How He Came into the World ( 1920 ) along with The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ( 1920 ) from Robert Wiene, which Whale reportedly screened repeatedly while preparing to shoot Frankenstein.

* 1920 – The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I.

A rising sense of Latvian nationalism from the 1850s onwards bore fruit after World War I when, after two years of struggle in the Russian Civil War, Latvia finally won sovereign independence recognised by Russia in 1920 and by the international community in 1921.

After a post World War I League of Nations mandate was established over Lebanon in April 1920, France formed the Army of the Levant, which was later reorganized into the " Troupes Spéciales du Levant " ( Special Troops of the Levant ).

In January 1920, when the League was born, Germany was not permitted to join because it was seen as the aggressor in the First World War.