What Happened In July 1920 In History

Historical Events for July, 1920

• 11th » In the East Prussian plebiscite the local populace decides to remain with Weimar Republic named Weimar Germany.
• 12th » The Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty is signed. Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic or Soviet Russia recognizes independent Lithuania.
• 15th » The Second Polish Republic Polish Parliament establishes Silesian Voivodeship (1920–1939) Silesian Voivodeship before the Upper Silesia plebiscite Polish-German plebiscite.
• 25th » France captures Damascus.
• 29th » Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Project named Klamath Reclamation Project.

Famous Birthdays on July in 1920

• 1st » Henri Amouroux, French historian and journalist (d. 2007)
• 1st » Jean-Marie Fortier, Canadian archbishop (d. 2002)
• 1st » Harold Sakata, American wrestler and actor (d. 1982)
• 2nd » John Kneubuhl, Samoan-American historian, screenwriter, and playwright (d. 1992)
• 2nd » Annette Kerr, Scottish-English actress (d. 2013)
• 4th » Norm Drucker, American basketball player and referee
• 4th » Leona Helmsley, American businesswoman (d. 2007)
• 4th » Fritz Wilde, German footballer and manager (d. 1977)
• 5th » Mary Louise Hancock, American politician
• 8th » Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman (d. 1995)
• 8th » Chandrika Prasad Srivastava, Indian civil servant (d. 2013)
• 10th » David Brinkley, American journalist (d. 2003)
• 10th » Owen Chamberlain, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006)
• 11th » Yul Brynner, Russian-American actor and director (d. 1985)
• 11th » James von Brunn, American murderer, committed the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting (d. 2010)
• 12th » Keith Andes, American actor and singer (d. 2005)
• 12th » Pierre Berton, Canadian journalist and author (d. 2004)
• 12th » Randolph Quirk, Manx linguist and academic
• 12th » Beah Richards, American actress and playwright (d. 2000)
• 13th » William C. Friday, American academic (d. 2012)
• 13th » Bill Towers, English footballer (d. 2000)
• 14th » Shankarrao Chavan, Indian politician, Minister of Finance (India) named Minister of Finance for India (d. 2004)
• 15th » D. V. Narasa Raju, Indian director and screenwriter (d. 2006)
• 16th » Anatole Broyard, American author and critic (d. 1990)
• 16th » Anwar Hussain (cricketer) named Anwar Hussain, Pakistani cricketer (d. 2002)
• 17th » Gordon Gould, American physicist, invented the laser (d. 2005)
• 17th » Juan Antonio Samaranch, Spanish businessman, 7th President of the International Olympic Committee (d. 2010)
• 17th » Kenneth Wolstenholme, English sportscaster (d. 2002)
• 18th » Eric Brandon, English race car driver (d. 1982)
• 19th » Robert Mann, American violinist, composer, and conductor (Juilliard String Quartet)
• 19th » Aldo Protti, Italian opera singer (d. 1995)
• 20th » Elliot Richardson, American lieutenant and politician, 11th United States Secretary of Defense (d. 1999)
• 21st » Constant Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter (d. 2005)
• 21st » Isaac Stern, Polish violinist and conductor (d. 2001)
• 23rd » Amália Rodrigues, Portuguese singer and actress (d. 1999)
• 24th » Bella Abzug, American lawyer and politician (d. 1998)
• 24th » Constance Dowling, American model and actress (d. 1969)
• 25th » Rosalind Franklin, English biophysicist, chemist, and academic (d. 1958)
• 26th » Nilton Pacheco, Brazilian basketball player (d. 2013)
• 26th » Bob Waterfield, American football player and coach (d. 1983)
• 28th » Andrew V. McLaglen, English-American director and producer (d. 2014)
• 29th » Rodolfo Acosta, Mexican-American actor (d. 1974)
• 29th » Neville Jeffress, Australian businessman, founded Sentia Media (d. 2007)
• 31st » James E. Faust, American religious leader, lawyer, and politician (d. 2007)
• 31st » Percy Herbert (actor) e.g Percy Herbert, English actor (d. 1992)

Famous Deaths for July 1920

• 2nd » William Louis Marshall, American general (b. 1846)
• 5th » Max Klinger, German painter and sculptor (b. 1857)
• 10th » John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, Sri Lankan-English admiral (b. 1841)
• 11th » Eugénie de Montijo, Spanish wife of Napoleon III (b. 1826)
• 22nd » William Kissam Vanderbilt, American businessman and horse breeder (b. 1849)
• 23rd » Conrad Kohrs, German-American rancher and politician (b. 1835)
• 30th » Albert Gustaf Dahlman, Swedish executioner (b. 1848)
• 31st » Ion Dragoumis, Greek diplomat and philosopher (b. 1878)

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