WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO DECEMBER 1920
Find out what all happened January to December 1920

Adam Martin Wyant became the first former professional American football player to be elected to the United States Congress. (2. November 1920)

Foundation of the Spanish Legion. (20. September 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 first coin the political phrase "smoke-filled room". (11. June 1920)

Treaty of Moscow: Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of the Democratic Republic of Georgia only to invade the country six months later. (7. May 1920)

The Carinthian Plebiscite determines that the larger part of Carinthia should remain part of Austria. (10. October 1920)

The Nazi Party is founded. (24. February 1920)

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

A new border treaty between Germany and Denmark gives northern Schleswig to Denmark. (15. June 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 Royal Canadian Mounted Police begins operations. (1. February 1920)

The Belorussian Communist Organisation is founded as a separate party. (1. January 1920)

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

The Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty, which relinquished Russia's authority and pretenses to Latvia, is signed, ending the Latvian War of Independence. (11. August 1920)

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

American Fishing Schooner Esperanto defeats the Canadian Fishing Schooner Delawana in the First International Fishing Schooner Championship Races in Halifax. (1. November 1920)

Patriarch Tikhon issues a decree that leads to the formation of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia. (7. November 1920)

The national council in Turkey denounces the government of Sultan Mehmed VI and announces a temporary constitution. (23. April 1920)

The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I. (10. January 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. (25. April 1920)

The New York State Assembly refuses to seat five duly elected Socialist assemblymen. (7. January 1920)