WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO DECEMBER 1920
Find out what all happened February to December 1920

Czechoslovak National assembly adopted the Constitution. (29. February 1920)

The Haiyuan earthquake, magnitude 8.5, rocks the Gansu province in China, killing an estimated 200,000. (16. December 1920)

Montreal, Quebec radio station XWA broadcasts the first regularly scheduled radio programming in North America. (20. May 1920)

The 19th amendment to United States Constitution takes effect, giving women the right to vote. (26. August 1920)

France occupies Memel. (2. February 1920)

Irish War of Independence: In retaliation for an IRA ambush, British forces burn and loot numerous buildings in Cork city. Many civilians also reported being beaten, shot at, robbed and verbally abused by British forces. (11. December 1920)

Battle of Warsaw so called Miracle at the Vistula. (15. August 1920)

Dimitrios Rallis forms a government in Greece. (5. December 1920)

In the East Prussian plebiscite the local populace decides to remain with Weimar Germany. (11. July 1920)

Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, which began on August 13, ends with the Red Army's defeat. (25. August 1920)

The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed between Estonia and Russia. (2. February 1920)

The Communist Party of Australia is founded in Sydney. (30. October 1920)

The League of Women Voters is founded in Chicago. (14. February 1920)

The Polish Parliament establishes Silesian Voivodeship before the Polish-German plebiscite. (15. July 1920)

The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) is founded in Ankara. (23. April 1920)

In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc. (16. May 1920)

The first German Expressionist film and early horror movie, Robert Wiene's The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, receives its première in Berlin. (26. February 1920)

The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution. (16. August 1920)

World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI's representatives sign the Treaty of Sèvres that divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies. (10. August 1920)

Qantas, Australia's national airline, is founded as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited. (16. November 1920)

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