Encyclopedia - 1920: Encyclopedia - 1920
1920 (MCMXX) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) 1920 - Events. January 7 - Forces of Russian White ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1920: Encyclopedia Ii - 1920 - Births
1920 - January. January 1 - Virgilio Savona, Italian singer and songwriter (Quartetto Cetra) January 2 - Isaac Asimov, Russian-born au...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1920: Encyclopedia Ii - 1920 - Events
1920 - January. January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. January 9 - Britain announces it will b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anders Zorn: Encyclopedia - Anders Zorn
Anders Zorn (February 18, 1860 – August 22, 1920) was a Swedish painter who painted a portrait of, among others, the former American Pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Weimar Timeline: Encyclopedia Ii - Weimar Timeline - Weimar Republic
Weimar Timeline - 1920. January 1920 The DAP grew to 190 members. February 4, 1920 Allies demand 900 Germans be handed over for war cr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bloody Sunday: Encyclopedia - Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday can refer to any of the following historical events (in chronological order): Bloody Sunday (1887), violence in London on ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1920 In Aviation: Encyclopedia Ii - 1920 In Aviation - Events
February February 1 - the South African Air Force is established as an independent air arm. February 4 - Pierre van Ryneveld and Quentin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1945: Encyclopedia Ii - 1945 - Deaths
1945 - January. January 3 - Edgar Cayce, American psychic (b. 1877) January 22 - Else Lasker-Schuler, German poet (b. 1869) January 31...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1945: Encyclopedia Ii - 1945 - Deaths
1945 - January. January 3 - Edgar Cayce, American psychic (b. 1877) January 22 - Else Lasker-Schuler, German poet (b. 1869) January 31...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Völkischer Beobachter: Encyclopedia - Völkischer Beobachter
The Völkischer Beobachter ("Völkisch Observer") was the newspaper of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) from 1920. It...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Annie Glenn: Encyclopedia - Annie Glenn
Annie Glenn (born Anna Margaret Castor on February 17, 1920) is the wife of former astronaut and Senator John Glenn. Annie Glenn - Privat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anton Drexler: Encyclopedia - Anton Drexler
Anton Drexler (June 13, 1884 - February 24, 1942) was a machine-fitter before becoming a railway locksmith in Berlin in 1902. He was a po...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jürgen Von Beckerath: Encyclopedia - Jürgen Von Beckerath
Jürgen von Beckerath (born 19 February 1920) is a prominent German Egyptologist. He is a prolific writer who has published countless art...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vyacheslav Molotov: Encyclopedia - Vyacheslav Molotov
Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov (Russian: Вячесла́в Миха́йлович Мо́лотов) (February 25, 1890 (O.S.) (March 9,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clarence Irving Lewis: Encyclopedia - Clarence Irving Lewis
Clarence Irving Lewis (April 12, 1883 Stoneham, Massachusetts - February 3, 1964 Cambridge, Massachusetts) was an American academic philo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albert Hackett: Encyclopedia - Albert Hackett
Albert Hackett (February 16, 1900 – March 16, 1995) was an American dramatist and screenwriter. He almost always collaborated with his ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dazzy Vance: Encyclopedia - Dazzy Vance
Clarence Arthur "Dazzy" Vance (March 4, 1891 - February 16, 1961) was a star Major League Baseball pitcher during the 1920s. Born in Orie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Mother: Encyclopedia - The Mother
Mirra Alfassa (later Morisset and Richard), known as The Mother (February 21, 1878 - November 17, 1973), was the spiritual partner of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saarland: Encyclopedia Ii - Saarland - History
The territory was established in 1920 in accordance with the Treaty of Versailles. It comprised portions of the Prussian Rhine Province a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1854 In Rail Transport: Encyclopedia Ii - 1854 In Rail Transport - Births
1854 in rail transport - January births. January 6 - William N. Page, American civil engineer who built the Chesapeake and Ohio Railwa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - National Socialist Program: Encyclopedia Ii - National Socialist Program - The German Party Platform
The 25 point Program of the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP) (i.e. the Nazi Party) was proclaimed by Adolf Hitler a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kearsarge Class Battleship: Encyclopedia Ii - Kearsarge Class Battleship - Ships In Class
Kearsarge class battleship - USS Kearsarge. Designation: BB-5 (AB-1 from 5 August 1920) Laid down: 30 June 1896 Launched: 24 March 189...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cloverleaf Interchange: Encyclopedia Ii - Cloverleaf Interchange - The First Cloverleaves
The cloverleaf was patented in the United States by Arthur Hale, a civil engineer in Maryland, on February 29, 1916.[1] Several cloverlea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1875 In Rail Transport: Encyclopedia Ii - 1875 In Rail Transport - Births
1875 in rail transport - May births. May 9 - H.P.M. Beames, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Western Railway 1920–1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Black Pete: Encyclopedia Ii - Black Pete - Alice Comedies
Black Pete - 1925. Pete first appeared in the Walt Disney-produced 1920s "Alice Comedies" short subject series. He first appeared in Al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1859 In Rail Transport: Encyclopedia Ii - 1859 In Rail Transport - Births
1859 in rail transport - January births. January 11 - Charles Bowen-Cooke, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Western R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uss Abel P. Upshur Dd-193: Encyclopedia Ii - Uss Abel P. Upshur Dd-193 - As Uss Abel P. Upshur
Named after Secretary of the Navy, Abel Parker Upshur, she was laid down on 20 August 1918 at Newport News, Virginia by the Newport News ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marshal Of The Air Force: Encyclopedia Ii - Marshal Of The Air Force - List Of Air Force Marshals
Marshal of the Air Force - Egypt. HM King Farouk (1920-1965) 26 July 1952 - HM King Fuad II (b.1952) Marshal of the Air Force - Germ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Progressive Conservative Party Of Canada: Encyclopedia Ii - Progressive Conservative Party Of Canada - Tory Leaders Since Confederation:
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada - Liberal- Conservative Party of Canada. Sir John A. Macdonald (July 1, 1867 - June 6, 1891) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prohibition: Encyclopedia Ii - Prohibition - Prohibition In The United States
In the United States, Prohibition was accomplished by means of the Eighteenth Amendment to the national Constitution (ratified January 16...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wallace Fard Muhammad: Encyclopedia Ii - Wallace Fard Muhammad - Controversy Over Identity
According to FBI records, Fard (pronounced "fuh-RAHD") Muhammad is identical to one Wallace Dodd Ford, also known as Wallace Dodd, whose ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franz Halder: Encyclopedia Ii - Franz Halder - Pre-world War Ii Service
Between 1919 and 1920 Halder served with the Reichswehr War Ministry Training Branch. Between 1921 and 1923 he was a Tactics Instructor w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carl Spaatz: Encyclopedia Ii - Carl Spaatz - World War I
Following America's entry into World War I, Spaatz was sent with the American Expeditionary Forces in command of the Thirty-First Aero Sq...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bengal Engineering & Science University: Encyclopedia Ii - Bengal Engineering & Science University - Historical Roots
It has had a long and checkered past. Initially known as Bishop's College, Bengal Engineering College came to be known as Calcutta Civil ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Svalbard: Encyclopedia Ii - Svalbard - Politics
By the terms of the Svalbard Treaty of February 9, 1920, international diplomacy recognized Norwegian sovereignty and designated the area...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Raf Regiment: Encyclopedia Ii - Raf Regiment - History
The genesis of the RAF Regiment was with the creation of No 1 Armoured Car Company RAF in 1921 for operations in Iraq, followed shortly a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arthur Sheekman: Encyclopedia Ii - Arthur Sheekman - Background
Arthur Sheekman (February 5, 1901, Chicago – January 12, 1978), a graduate from the University of Minnesota, started his career as colu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trailways Transportation System: Encyclopedia Ii - Trailways Transportation System - History
The company was founded February 5, 1936 by: Burlington Transportation Company, Santa Fe Trails Transportation Company, Missouri-Pacific ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Waukegan Illinois: Encyclopedia Ii - Waukegan Illinois - History
Waukegan was established as a French trading post in the late 17th century. The town became the county seat in 1841, replacing Libertyvil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ian Clunies Ross: Encyclopedia Ii - Ian Clunies Ross - Early Career
Clunies Ross was born in Bathurst, New South Wales on February 22, 1899. His father's father, Robert Clunies Ross, was a brother of that ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jovan Karamata: Encyclopedia Ii - Jovan Karamata - Life
Jovan Karamata was born in Zagreb on February 1, 1902 to a Serbian-Aromanian father and a Serbian mother. His family descends from a merc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kastanies: Encyclopedia Ii - Kastanies - History
The Balkan Wars of 1912 and 1913 affected Kastanies. In the 1920s, it became a part of Greece. Flooding occurred on December 17, 1996. On...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Northwood New Hampshire: Encyclopedia Ii - Northwood New Hampshire - History
First settled in 1763, Northwood was incorporated on February 6, 1773 by Colonial Governor John Wentworth, when a large tract of land cal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leon Trotsky: Encyclopedia Ii - Leon Trotsky - After The Russian Revolution
After the Bolsheviks came to power, Trotsky became the People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs and published the secret treaties previous...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leon Trotsky: Encyclopedia Ii - Leon Trotsky - The Last Exile 1929-1940
Trotsky was deported from the Soviet Union in February 1929. His first station in exile was the Turkish island of Prinkipo (now Büyükad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Turkish War Of Independence: Encyclopedia Ii - Turkish War Of Independence - Stage For Peace March 1922- April 1923
The first communication between nationals and the Entente build when the first time Entente began to see the need to make some kind of ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wales National Rugby Union Team: Encyclopedia Ii - Wales National Rugby Union Team - History
Wales national rugby union team - The Early Years 1881 - 1919. The Welsh Rugby Union was formed in 1881 in Glamorganshire, to organise ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uss Yarnall Dd-143: Encyclopedia Ii - Uss Yarnall Dd-143 - As Uss Yarnall
Named for John Yarnall, she was laid down on 12 February 1918 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crewe Alexandra F.c.: Encyclopedia Ii - Crewe Alexandra F.c. - History
Crewe were founder members of Division 2 in 1892 having previously been members of the Football Alliance, but became a non-league side af...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wilhelm Ii Of Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - Wilhelm Ii Of Germany - Marriages And Family
On February 27, 1881, he married Augusta Viktoria, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein. They had seven children: Crown Prince Wilhelm (1882-19...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Space Burial: Encyclopedia Ii - Space Burial - Famous People Buried In Space
Space burial - Launched to Earth orbit on April 21 1997. Gene Roddenberry (August 19, 1921 - October 24, 1991), creator of Star Trek. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Waste Land: Encyclopedia Ii - The Waste Land - Composition History
The Waste Land - Writing. Eliot probably started work on the poem that was to become The Waste Land late 1920 or early in 1921. On 7 Fe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Suzanne Lenglen: Encyclopedia Ii - Suzanne Lenglen - Final Amateur Year
In what would turn out to become her last year as an amateur player, Suzanne Lenglen played what many consider to be her most memorable m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South Dakota Class Battleship: Encyclopedia Ii - South Dakota Class Battleship - The First South Dakota Class
The first South Dakota class was authorized 4 March 1917, and keels were laid down in 1920 for six ships. However, the Washington Naval ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Waca Ground: Encyclopedia Ii - Waca Ground - History
The Association was officially established on November 25, 1885 under the Presidency of Mr JCH James. The WACA Ground was officially open...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - United Artists: Encyclopedia Ii - United Artists - The Early Years
UA was incorporated as a joint venture on February 5, 1919 by four of the leading figures in early Hollywood: Charles Chaplin, Douglas Fa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philip Dunne Writer: Encyclopedia Ii - Philip Dunne Writer - Biography
Philip Ives Dunne was born February 11, 1908, in New York City, the son of Chicago syndicated columnist Finley Peter Dunne and Margaret I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Macanese Pataca: Encyclopedia Ii - Macanese Pataca - Coins And Banknotes
At the time of the first issuance, the only denominations were 1 pataca, 5 patacas, 10 patacas, 25 patacas, 50 patacas, and 100 patacas, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grigory Zinoviev: Encyclopedia Ii - Grigory Zinoviev - Before The 1917 Revolution 1901-1917
Grigory Zinoviev was born in Yelizavetgrad (currently Kirovohrad), Ukraine, Russian Empire on September 23, 1883 to Jewish dairy farmers,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grigory Zinoviev: Encyclopedia Ii - Grigory Zinoviev - 1917
Zinoviev spent WWI in Switzerland. After the Russian monarchy was overthrown during the February Revolution, he returned to Russia in Apr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wilhelm Ii Of Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - Wilhelm Ii Of Germany - Marriages And Family
On February 27, 1881, he married Augusta Viktoria, Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg. They had seven children: Crow...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bass Guitar: Encyclopedia Ii - Bass Guitar - History
The necessity for a louder individual bass instrument can be traced back to the 1920's. Jazz combos had double basses accompanying banjos...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Hungary: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Hungary - Hungary's Second Communist Government 1944-1956
The Soviet Army occupied Hungary from September 1944 until April 1945. It took almost 2 months to conquer Budapest and almost the whole c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - K. R. Narayanan: Encyclopedia Ii - K. R. Narayanan - Origins
K. R. Narayanan was born in his tharavaadu (ancestral home) [2], a small thatched hut at Perumthanam, Uzhavoor, as the fourth of seven ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Space Burial: Encyclopedia Ii - Space Burial - Famous People Buried In Space
Space burial - Launched to Earth orbit on April 21 1997. Gene Roddenberry (August 19, 1921 - October 24, 1991), creator of Star Trek. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bass Guitar: Encyclopedia Ii - Bass Guitar - History
The necessity for a louder individual bass instrument can be traced back to the 1920s. Jazz combos had double basses accompanying banjos,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Estonian Rulers: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Estonian Rulers - Republic Of Estonia
Title: Prime Minister of the Provisional Government of Estonia (Eesti Ajutise Valitsuse peaminister) (1918 - 1919) Konstantin Päts (24 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - National Socialist German Workers Party: Encyclopedia Ii - National Socialist German Workers Party - Nazi Party Structure
National Socialist German Workers Party - 1921 – 1923. When the Nazi party was first established in February 1920, it consisted of a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Rail Accidents: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Rail Accidents - 2000s
List of rail accidents - 2000. January 4, 2000 – Åsta in Åmot, Norway: Two passenger trains collide on Rørosbanen killing 19 peo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Timeline Of New Zealand History: Encyclopedia Ii - Timeline Of New Zealand History - Colony And Self Government 1840 To 1946
Timeline of New Zealand history - 1840s. 1840 January 29: Hobson arrives in the Bay of Islands. New Zealand Company settlers arrive ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Rail Accidents: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Rail Accidents - 2000s
List of rail accidents - 2000. January 4, 2000 – Åsta in Åmot, Norway: Two passenger trains collide on Rørosbanen killing 19 peo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Timeline Of Labor Unions In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Timeline Of Labor Unions In The United States - 1930s
Timeline of labor unions in the United States - 1930. 3 February 1930 "Chicagorillas" -- labor racketeers -- shot and killed contractor...   » Read the article