WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO AUGUST 1920
Find out what all happened June to August 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)

Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Radzymin concludes; the Soviet Red Army is forced to turn away from Warsaw. (16. August 1920)

The first radio news program is broadcast by 8MK in Detroit, Michigan. (31. August 1920)

Telecommunications: the first transatlantic two-way radio broadcast takes place. (25. July 1920)

Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project. (29. July 1920)

The Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty is signed. Soviet Russia recognizes independent Lithuania. (12. July 1920)

A new border treaty between Germany and Denmark gives northern Schleswig to Denmark. (15. June 1920)

The first commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit, Michigan. (20. August 1920)

Duluth lynchings in Minnesota. (15. June 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)

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

Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and dies early the next day. Chapman was the second player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game, the first being Doc Powers in 1909. (16. August 1920)

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

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

Battle of Warsaw so called Miracle at the Vistula. (15. August 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 congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution. (16. August 1920)

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

Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris. (4. June 1920)

The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage. (18. August 1920)