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1920 Calendar Trivia

The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2032. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.

April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.

1920 Calendar

Historical Events Of 1920

• February 20, 1920 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Monkey in Chinese astrology.
• April 23, 1920 – The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) is founded in Ankara, Turkey. It denounces the government of Sultan Mehmed VI and announces the preparation of a temporary constitution.
• April 25, 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.
• August 26, 1920 – The 19th amendment to United States Constitution takes effect, giving women the right to vote.
• August 31, 1920 – The first radio news program is broadcast by 8MK in Detroit.
• September 1, 1920 – The Fountain of Time opens as a tribute to the 100 years of peace between the United States and Great Britain following the Treaty of Ghent.
• November 2, 1920 – Adam Martin Wyant became the first former professional American football player to be elected to the United States Congress.
• November 7, 1920 – Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow issues a decree that leads to the formation of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.
• November 16, 1920 – Qantas, Australia’s national airline, is founded as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited.

Who Were Born On 1920?

• February 11, 1920 – Farouk of Egypt (d. 1965)
• February 17, 1920 – Ivo Caprino, Norwegian director and screenwriter (d. 2001)
• February 29, 1920 – James Mitchell, American actor and dancer (d. 2010)
• March 23, 1920 – Neal Edward Smith, American pilot, lawyer, and politician
• April 17, 1920 – Edmonde Charles-Roux, French journalist and author
• May 3, 1920 – John Lewis, American pianist and composer (Modern Jazz Quartet) (d. 2001)
• May 10, 1920 – Basil Kelly, Northern Irish barrister, judge and politician (d. 2008)
• May 18, 1920 – Pope John Paul II (d. 2005)
• July 12, 1920 – Keith Andes, American actor and singer (d. 2005)
• September 25, 1920 – Sergei Bondarchuk, Ukrainian-Russian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1994)