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List of events
Events from the year 1920 in the United States .
Incumbents
Events
January
January 16:
Prohibition in the United States begins.
January 2 –
First Red Scare : The second of the
Palmer Raids takes place with another 4,025 suspected communists and anarchists arrested and held without trial in several cities.
January 5 –
1920 United States Census count begins. This becomes the first census to record a population exceeding 100 million, at 106,021,537. Because there are so many mixed-race persons and because so many Americans with some black ancestry appear white, the
Census Bureau stops counting mixed-race peoples and the
one-drop rule becomes the national legal standard.
January 6 –
Babe Ruth 's December 26 trade to the
New York Yankees is made public.
[1] (See
1919 in the United States .)
January 7 – The
New York State Assembly refuses to seat five duly elected
Socialist assemblymen.
January 9 – Thousands of onlookers watch as "The Human Fly"
George Polley climbs New York City's
Woolworth Building . He reaches the 30th floor when a policeman arrests him for climbing without a permit.
January 13 –
The New York Times ridicules the American rocket scientist
Robert H. Goddard . (Decades later, on July 17, 1969, as the
Apollo 11 crew head to the
Moon , the newspaper will retract this editorial.)
[2]
January 16 –
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated, is founded on the campus of
Howard University in Washington, D.C.
January 17 –
Prohibition in the United States begins with the
Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution coming into effect.
[3]
[4]
January 19
January 30 – A professional wrestling match in which
Joe Stecher defeats
Earl Caddock at New York City's
Madison Square Garden is filmed by Pioneer Film Corporation for later viewing by cinema audiences; this is the oldest surviving movie of a pro wrestling match.
[5]
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October–November
December
Undated
Black Cross Nurses founded.
Van Wyck Brooks publishes The Ordeal of
Mark Twain , arguing that Twain's genius was twisted by the conditions and culture of late 19th-century America. This begins a reassessment of Twain, who has been seen hitherto mainly as a humorous entertainer, and his contemporaries.
Ongoing
Sport
Births
January
January 1 –
Pete Turnham , American politician (died
2019 )
January 4 –
Cris Alexander , actor, singer, dancer, designer and photographer (died
2012 )
January 6 –
Early Wynn , baseball player (died
1999 )
January 8
January 10 –
Max Patkin , baseball player and clown (died
1999 )
January 12 –
James Farmer , civil rights leader (died
1999 )
January 15
January 16
January 19 –
Buddy O'Grady , basketball player, coach (died
1992 )
January 20
January 24 –
Jerry Maren , actor (died
2018 )
January 30 –
Delbert Mann , television and film director (died
2007 )
January 31 –
James Yimm Lee , martial arts pioneer, teacher, author and publisher (died
1972 )
February
February 3
February 8 –
George W. George , theater, Broadway and film producer (died 2007)
February 11 –
Billy Halop , actor (died 1976)
February 12
February 17 –
Annie Glenn , disability, communication disorder activist (died
2020 )
February 18
February 20 –
Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington ("Kick" Kennedy), socialite (killed in aviation accident 1948)
February 22 –
Burt L. Talcott , American politician (died
2016 )
February 26 –
Tony Randall , actor (died 2004)
February 29 –
Howard Nemerov , poet (died 1991)
March
April
April 1 –
Harry Lewis , actor and businessman (died 2013)
April 2 –
Jack Webb , television actor, director and producer (died 1982)
April 5 –
Arthur Hailey , writer (died 2004)
April 6 –
Edmond H. Fischer , Swiss American biochemist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (died 2021)
April 12 –
Buck Young , actor (died
2000 )
April 13 –
Jack Lambert , actor (died
2002 )
April 19
April 20 –
Ronald Speirs , colonel (died 2007)
April 29 –
Harold Shapero , composer (died 2013)
May
June
July
July 4
Norm Drucker , basketball player and referee (died 2015)
Leona Helmsley , born Lena Rosenthal, businesswoman and tax evader (died 2007)
July 5 –
Viola Harris , American actress (d.
2017 )
July 7
July 9 –
Robert H. B. Baldwin , banker and
Under Secretary of the Navy (died 2016)
July 10 –
Owen Chamberlain , physicist,
Nobel Prize laureate (died 2006)
July 11 –
Yul Brynner , Russian-born actor (died 1985)
July 15 –
Theresa Kobuszewski , underhand baseball pitcher (died 2005)
July 16
July 19 –
Robert Mann , violinist (died 2018)
July 24 –
Bella Abzug , politician (died 1998)
August
August 1
August 2 –
Bill Scott , voice actor and writer (died
1985 )
August 3 –
Earl Killian , college sports coach and athletic director (died
2022 )
[13]
August 4
August 6 –
Ella Raines , screen actress (died 1988)
August 8 –
Jimmy Witherspoon , singer (died 1997)
August 10
August 11 –
Clifford E. Dorr , Wisconsin politician (died 1978)
[15]
August 13 –
Neville Brand , actor and combat soldier (died 1992)
August 14 –
Gorham Getchell , basketball and baseball player (died 1980)
August 16 –
Charles Bukowski , writer (died 1994)
August 18
August 22 –
Ray Bradbury , science-fiction writer (died
2012 )
[16]
August 23 –
Jim Leavelle , American detective (died
2019 )
August 24
August 26 –
Richard E. Bellman , mathematician (died
1984 )
[17]
August 29
September
September 1 –
Richard Farnsworth , actor, stuntman (died 2000)
September 3 –
Sterling Lord , literary agent and editor (died 2022)
[19]
September 5 –
Apolonia Muñoz Abarca , health professional and reproductive rights advocate (died 2009)
September 7 –
Al Caiola , guitarist and composer (died 2016)
September 8 –
Lawrence LeShan , psychologist (died 2020)
September 13 –
Alan Sagner , politician and public servant (died 2018)
September 14
September 15 –
Dave Garcia , baseball coach, manager (died 2018)
September 17 –
Marjorie Holt , politician (died 2018)
September 18 –
Jack Warden , actor (died 2006)
September 19 –
Roger Angell , journalist, author, and editor (died 2022)
September 22 –
William H. Riker , political scientist (died 1993)
September 23 –
Mickey Rooney , film actor (died 2014)
September 24
September 27 –
William Conrad , actor (died 1994)
September 30 –
Milton P. Rice , politician (died 2018)
October
November
November 5
November 8
November 13
November 19 –
Gene Tierney , actress (died 1991)
November 21
November 29 –
Bob Wolff , sportscaster (died 2017)
November 30 –
Virginia Mayo , film actress (died 2005)
December
December 6 –
Dave Brubeck , jazz pianist and composer (died
2012 )
December 14
December 15
December 19
December 21
December 30 –
Jack Lord , actor (died 1998)
[20]
December 31 –
Rex Allen , screen actor, singer and songwriter, "the Arizona Cowboy" (d.
1999 )
Deaths
January 8 –
Maud Powell , violinist (born 1867)
January 14 –
John Francis Dodge , automobile manufacturer (born 1864)
January 16 –
Reginald De Koven , composer, conductor and critic (born 1859)
February 2 –
Field Eugene Kindley , World War I aviator (born 1896)
February 3 –
Frank Brown , 42nd Governor of Maryland from 1892 to 1896 (born 1846)
February 15 –
Joseph Burton Sumner , founder of Sumner, Mississippi (born 1837)
February 20
February 27 –
William Sherman Jennings , 18th Governor of Florida from 1901 to 1905 (born 1863)
March 1
March 4 –
Roswell P. Bishop , U.S. Representative from Michigan from 1895 to 1907 (born 1843)
March 13 –
Mary Devens , photographer (born 1857)
March 14 –
Henry W. Blair , U.S. Senator from New Hampshire from 1879 to 1891 (born 1834)
March 26
March 31 –
Edwin Warfield , 45th Governor of Maryland from 1904 to 1908 (born 1848)
April 3 –
Mary Katharine Brandegee , botanist (born 1844)
April 6 –
Mary Evelyn Hitchcock , author and explorer (born 1849)
April 8
April 12 –
Walter Edwards , film director (born 1870)
April 21 –
Maria L. Sanford , educator (born 1836)
May 11 –
William Dean Howells , novelist (born 1837)
May 10 –
John Wesley Hyatt , inventor (born 1837)
May 16 –
Levi P. Morton , 22nd
vice president of the United States from 1889 to 1893 (born 1824)
May 21 –
Eleanor H. Porter , novelist (born 1868)
June 5 –
Julia A. Moore , poet (born 1847)
[21]
June 11 –
Esther G. Frame , Quaker minister and evangelist (born 1840)
June 18 –
Jewett W. Adams , 4th Governor of Nevada from 1883 to 1887 (born 1835)
July 2 –
William Louis Marshall , general and engineer (born 1846)
July 6 –
Andrew Traynor , soldier (born 1843)
July 17 –
Charles E. Courtney , rower and coach (born 1849)
July 22 –
William Kissam Vanderbilt , heir (born 1849)
August 1 –
Frank Hanly , 26th Governor of Indiana from 1905 to 1909 (born 1863)
August 2 –
Ormer Locklear , pilot (born 1891)
August 6 –
Edward Francis Searles , interior designer (born 1841)
August 9 –
Melvin O. Adams , attorney and railroad executive (born 1847)
August 10 –
James O'Neill , actor (born 1847 in Ireland)
August 12 –
Walter W. Winans , sculptor, painter, marksman and horse-breeder (born 1852)
August 17 –
Ray Chapman , baseball player (born 1891)
August 26 –
James Wilson , politician (born 1835 in Scotland)
September 5 –
Robert Harron , actor (born 1893)
September 10 –
Olive Thomas , silent film actress (born 1894)
October 2 –
Winthrop M. Crane , 40th Governor of Massachusetts from 1900 to 1903 and U.S. Senator from Massachusetts from 1904 to 1913 (born 1853)
October 17 –
John Reed , journalist, in Moscow (born 1887)
November 2 –
Louise Imogen Guiney , poet and essayist (born 1861)
November 3 –
Warren Terhune ,
United States Navy
Commander and 13th
Governor of American Samoa (born 1869)
November 7 –
Amelie Veiller Van Norman , educator and civic reformer (born 1844 in France)
November 25 –
Madeline McDowell Breckinridge , women's suffrage campaigner (born 1872)
November 30 –
Eugene W. Chafin , politician (born 1852)
December 9 –
Mollie McConnell , actress (born 1865)
December 14
December 18 –
Casimiro Barela , politician, member of the
Colorado Senate (born 1847)
December 24 –
Stephen Mosher Wood , politician (born 1832)
See also
References
^
"Ruth Bought By New York Americans For $125,000, Highest Price In Baseball Annals" (PDF) .
The New York Times . January 6, 1920. Retrieved October 27, 2009 .
^
"FAQs about Robert H. Goddard" . Clark University. Archived from
the original on November 3, 2009. Retrieved October 27, 2009 . "When was the famous New York Times editorial about Dr. Goddard?"
^
"History of Alcohol Prohibition" . National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse. Retrieved January 17, 2020 .
^ Vick, Dwight (2010).
Drugs and Alcohol in the 21st Century: Theory, Behavior, and Policy . Jones & Bartlett Learning. p. 128.
ISBN
978-0-7637-7488-2 . Retrieved January 18, 2011 .
^
Film on YouTube.
^
"The long legacy of the U.S. occupation of Haiti" . Washington Post . Retrieved August 19, 2022 .
^
"Volstead Act | History, Definition, & Significance | Britannica" . www.britannica.com . Retrieved August 15, 2022 .
^
Golway, Terry (2001). Full of Grace: An Oral Biography of John Cardinal O'Connor . New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 1.
ISBN
978-0-7434-4814-7 .
^ McLellan, Dennis (February 13, 2010).
"Walter Fredrick Morrison dies at 90; father of the Frisbee" .
Los Angeles Times . Retrieved February 14, 2010 .
^
"DeForest Kelley | actor" . Encyclopedia Britannica . Retrieved August 10, 2019 .
^
"The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1990" . NobelPrize.org . Retrieved August 15, 2022 .
^
"Marvin Mandel (1920-2015)" . Archives of Maryland (Biographical Series) . Retrieved June 19, 2019 .
^
"Earl W Killian" . Florida Resident Database. November 7, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2016 .
^
"Helen Thomas Fast Facts" . CNN.com. Retrieved July 21, 2013 .
^ "Journal of the Assembly (June 13, 1978)". Assembly Journal . 5 .
Wisconsin Legislature Legislative Reference Bureau: 4420. 1977.
^ Martin Harry Greenberg; Joseph D. Olander (1980).
Ray Bradbury . Taplinger Publishing Company. p. 214.
ISBN
978-0-8008-6638-9 .
^ National Academy of Engineering (January 1, 1989).
Memorial Tributes: Volume 3 . National Academies Press. p. 23.
ISBN
978-0-309-03939-0 .
^ Johnson Publishing Company (January 1989).
Ebony . Johnson Publishing Company. p. 132.
^
Sterling Lord, agent who championed Jack Kerouac and more, dies at 102
^
Chase's Calendar of Events 2021: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months . Rowman & Littlefield. October 27, 2020. p. 616.
ISBN
978-1-64143-424-9 .
^
"Julia A. Moore | American poet | Britannica" . www.britannica.com . Retrieved August 15, 2022 .
Further reading
Burns, Eric . (2015). 1920: The Year That Made the Decade Roar . New York: Pegasus Books. IMDB 978-1-605-98772-9.
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