Date: May 7, 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 coin the political phrase "smoke-filled room". Date: June 11, 1920 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other…
The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage. Date: August 18, 1920 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 18 📅 Events on this day in 1920 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1920Free City of Danzig Established November 15, 1920U.S. Senate Rejects Treaty of…
The League of Women Voters is founded in Chicago. Date: February 14, 1920 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 14 📅 Events on this day in 1920 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1920Grand National Assembly of Turkey Founded in Ankara, April 23, 1920Carinthian Plebiscite Keeps Most of Carinthia…
League of Nations Covenant automatically enters into force after the Treaty of Versailles is ratified by Germany. Date: January 10, 1920 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 10 📅 Events on this day in 1920 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1920National Football League Organized in Canton, Ohio August…
Ukrainian War of Independence: The All-Ukrainian Central Executive Committee outlaws the Makhnovshchina by decree, igniting the Bolshevik–Makhnovist conflict. Date: January 9, 1920 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 9 📅 Events on this day in 1920 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1920Józef Haller Symbolically Weds Poland to the…
The 1920 Summer Olympics, having started four months earlier, officially open in Antwerp, Belgium, with the newly adopted Olympic flag and the Olympic oath being raised and taken at the Opening Ceremony for the first time in Olympic history. Date: August 14, 1920 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 14 📅…