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 📅…
Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Warsaw begins and will last till August 25. The Red Army is defeated. Date: August 13, 1920 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 13 📅 Events on this day in 1920 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty, which relinquished Russia's authority and pretenses to Latvia, is signed, ending the Latvian War of Independence. Date: August 11, 1920 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 11 📅 Events on this day in 1920 📅 On This Day (Today)
The 1920 Cork hunger strike begins which eventually results in the deaths of three Irish Republicans including the Lord Mayor of Cork Terence MacSwiney. Date: August 11, 1920 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 11 📅 Events on this day in 1920 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI's representatives sign the Treaty of Sèvres that divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies. Date: August 10, 1920 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 10 📅 Events on this day in 1920 📅 On This Day (Today)
Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project. Date: July 29, 1920 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 29 📅 Events on this day in 1920 📅 On This Day (Today)
The "Belfast Pogrom" begins two years of violence with the expulsion of thousands of Catholic shipyard, factory and linen mill workers from their jobs. Date: July 21, 1920 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 21 📅 Events on this day in 1920 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Greek Army takes control of Silivri after Greece is awarded the city by the Paris Peace Conference; by 1923 Greece effectively lost control to the Turks. Date: July 20, 1920 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 20 📅 Events on this day in 1920 📅 On This Day (Today)
Aftermath of World War I: The Parliament of Poland establishes Silesian Voivodeship before the Polish-German plebiscite. Date: July 15, 1920 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 15 📅 Events on this day in 1920 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty is signed, by which Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of Lithuania. Date: July 12, 1920 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 12 📅 Events on this day in 1920 📅 On This Day (Today)