WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO JUNE 1920
Find out what all happened May to June 1920

The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis. (2. May 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)

Polish-Soviet War: The Polish army under General Edward Rydz-Śmigły celebrates its capture of Kiev with a victory parade on Khreschatyk. (9. May 1920)

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

Kiev Offensive: Polish troops led by Józef Piłsudski and Edward Rydz-Śmigły and assisted by a symbolic Ukrainian force capture Kiev only to be driven out by the Red Army counter-offensive a month later. (7. May 1920)

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

The Art Gallery of Ontario, in Toronto, opens the first exhibition by the Group of Seven. (7. May 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)

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

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

Authorities arrest Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti for alleged robbery and murder. (5. May 1920)

Duluth lynchings in Minnesota. (15. June 1920)

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