Month January 1920 Calendar

About Month of January Calendar

• January is the first month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and one of seven months with the length of 31 days. The first day of the month is known as the day of New Year. It is, on average, the coldest month of the year within most of the Northern Hemisphere (where it is the second month of winter) and the warmest month of the year within most of the Southern Hemisphere (where it is the second month of summer).
  
  January symbols: The birthstone of January is the garnet which represents constancy. Its birth flower is the cottage pink Dianthus caryophyllus or galanthus. In Finnish, the month of tammikuu means the heart of the winter and because the name literally means Oak moon. The zodiac signs for the month of January are Capricorn (until January 19) and Aquarius (January 20 onwards). The traditional English birth month flower is the Carnation.

Historical Events for January, 1920

• Day of Week 1st » The Belorussian Communist Organisation is founded as a separate party.
• Day of Week 2nd » The second Palmer Raids e.g Palmer Raid takes place with another 6,000 suspected communists and anarchists arrested and held without trial. These raids take place in several U.S. cities.
• Day of Week 7th » The New York State Assembly refuses to seat five duly elected Socialist Party of America named Socialist assemblymen.
• Day of Week 8th » The steel strike of 1919 ends in a complete failure for the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers named Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers labor union.
• Day of Week 10th » The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I.
• Day of Week 16th » Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated was founded on the campus of Howard University.
• 16th » The League of Nations holds its first council meeting in Paris known as Paris, France.
• Day of Week 19th » The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations.
• Day of Week 20th » The American Civil Liberties Union is founded.
• Day of Week 23rd » The Netherlands refuses to surrender the exiled Wilhelm II, German Emperor named Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany to the Allies of World War I named Allies.
• Day of Week 26th » Former Ford Motor Company executive Henry Leland launches the Lincoln Motor Company which he later sold to his former employer.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1920

• 1st » Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian cartoonist (d. 2007)
• 1st » Willie Fennell, Australian comedian and actor (d. 1992)
• 1st » Virgilio Savona, Italian singer-songwriter (Quartetto Cetra) (d. 2009)
• 1st » Mahmoud Zoufonoun, Iranian-American violinist (d. 2013)
• 2nd » Isaac Asimov, American chemist and author (d. 1992)
• 3rd » Siegfried Buback, German politician, Attorney General of Germany (d. 1977)
• 3rd » Renato Carosone, Italian pianist (d. 2001)
• 4th » William Colby, American intelligence officer, 10th Director of Central Intelligence (d. 1996)
• 5th » Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Italian pianist (d. 1995)
• 6th » Bill Sirs, English union leader
• 6th » John Maynard Smith, English biologist (d. 2004)
• 6th » Doris Stokes, English psychic (d. 1987)
• 6th » Early Wynn, American baseball player (d. 1999)
• 9th » Chan Canasta, Polish-English magician (d. 1999)
• 9th » Clive Dunn, English actor and singer (d. 2012)
• 9th » Hakim Said, Pakistani scholar and politician, 20th Governor of Sindh (d. 1998)
• 10th » Georges Marchal, French actor (d. 1997)
• 10th » Max Patkin, American baseball player (d. 1999)
• 11th » Mick McManus (wrestler) e.g Mick McManus, English wrestler (d. 2013)
• 12th » James L. Farmer, Jr., American activist, co-founded Congress of Racial Equality (d. 1999)
• 12th » Jerzy Zubrzycki, Polish-Australian sociologist (d. 2009)
• 14th » Bertus de Harder, Dutch footballer (d. 1982)
• 14th » R. K. Srikantan, Indian singer (d. 2014)
• 15th » Steve Gromek, American baseball player (d. 2002)
• 16th » Alberto Crespo, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1991)
• 16th » Elliott Reid, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2013)
• 17th » Corsica Joe, French-American wrestler (d. 2010)
• 17th » Georges Pichard, French illustrator (d. 2003)
• 19th » Bernard Dunstan, English painter and educator
• 19th » Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Peruvian diplomat, 5th Secretary-General of the United Nations
• 20th » Federico Fellini, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1993)
• 20th » DeForest Kelley, American actor (d. 1999)
• 20th » Thorleif Schjelderup, Norwegian ski jumper and author (d. 2006)
• 22nd » Irving Kristol, American journalist, author and academic, founded 'The National Interest' (d. 2009)
• 22nd » Alf Ramsey, English footballer and manager (d. 1999)
• 23rd » Walter Frederick Morrison, American inventor, invented the Frisbee (d. 2010)
• 24th » Jerry Maren, American actor
• 26th » Hans Holzer, Austrian-American author and paranormal researcher (d. 2009)
• 27th » John Box, English production designer and art director (d. 2005)
• 27th » Helmut Zacharias, German violinist and composer (d. 2002)
• 29th » José Luis de Vilallonga, Spanish actor and author (d. 2007)
• 30th » Michael Anderson (director) e.g Michael Anderson, English director and producer
• 30th » Carwood Lipton, American lieutenant (d. 2001)
• 30th » Delbert Mann, American director and producer (d. 2007)
• 31st » Stewart Udall, American politician, 37th United States Secretary of the Interior (d. 2010)
• 31st » Bert Williams (footballer) or Bert Williams, English footballer (d. 2014)

Famous Deaths for January 1920

• 2nd » Paul Adam (French novelist) known as Paul Adam, French author (b. 1862)
• 4th » Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish author (b. 1843)
• 7th » Edmund Barton, Australian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1849)
• 14th » John Francis Dodge, American businessman, co-founded the Dodge known as Dodge Automobile Company (b. 1864)
• 16th » Reginald De Koven, American composer and critic (b. 1859)
• 20th » Georg Lurich, Estonian wrestler (b. 1876)
• 24th » Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1884)

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