What happened in 1920?
449 recorded events in 1920, including 158 in people, 63 in wars & conflicts and 60 in science & technology. A further 10 events are dated only to the wider period.
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Major Events 1
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League of Nations founded
The League of Nations is established as the first worldwide intergovernmental organization for peace.
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Wars & Conflicts 63
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Polish–Soviet War
Conflict between Poland and Soviet Russia following the First World War (February 1919 - March 1921)
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Battle of Warsaw
Battle of the 1920 Polish–Soviet War
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Turkish–Armenian War
Conflict during the Turkish War of Independence
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Polish–Lithuanian War
Conflict between Poland and Lithuania after World War I (may 1919 – october 1920)
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Battle of Maysalun
1920 battle
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Franco-Syrian War
1920 war in the Middle East
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Armenian–Azerbaijani War
1918-20 series of territorial conflicts between Armenia and Azerbaijan
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Vlora War
1920 conflict between Italy and Albania
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Kyiv offensive
Attempt by Poland, led by Józef Piłsudski, to seize central and eastern Ukraine from Soviet control
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Capture of Damascus
1920 military action during the Franco-Syrian War
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Battle of the Niemen River
Polish-Soviet War, 1920
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Battle of Komarów
1920 battle of the Polish-Soviet War
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Battle of Tel Hai
1920 battle
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Battle of Oltu
1920 battle
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Battle of Marash
1920 battle of the Franco-Turkish war
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Zhili–Anhui War
Part of the Warlord era
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Siege of Perekop
1920 battle of the Russian Civil War
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Battle of Kars
1920 part of the Turkish–Armenian War
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Battle of Daugavpils
1920 battle of the Polish–Soviet War
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Battle of Radzymin
Battle during during the Polish–Soviet War (1919–21)
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Battle of Sarikamish
1920 battle during the Turkish-Armenian war
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Siege of Aintab
1920 siege
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Battle of Jahra
1920 battle
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Battle of Alexandropol
1920 battle
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Battle of Urfa
1920 Turkish military campaign against France
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Battle of Białystok
1920 battle
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Battle of the Gediz
Part of the Greco-Turkish War (1919-22)
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Battle of Wołodarka
1920 battle in the Polish-Soviet War
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Battle of Koziatyn
1920 battle
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Battle of Lwów
1920 Fights of several weeks' duration at the outskirts of the city between the Polish Army and the Red Army during the Polish–Bolshevik War
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Battle of Zadwórze
Battle of the Polish-Soviet war (1920)
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Northern Caucasus Operation
1920 offensive of the Russian Civil War
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Battle of Czarnobyl
1920 battle of the Polish–Soviet War
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First Battle of Grodno
1920 Polish tank counter-attack during the Polish-Soviet War
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Battle of Berezina
1920 Fights of the Polish troops of the North-Eastern Front of General Stanisław Szeptycki with the Soviet troops of the Western Front of Mikhail Tukhachevski during the Polish-Soviet war
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Battle of Letychiv
Avtion in 1920, during the Polish-Soviet War
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Northern Taurida Operation
1920 military campaign of the Russian Civil War
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Enzeli Operation
Naval and amphibious action during the Russian Civil War
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Battle of Karboğazı
1920 battle in the Turkish War of Independence
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Defense of Jujar
1920 battle
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Battle of Ossów
1920 battle of the Polish-Soviet War
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Battle of Aqra Dagh
1920 battle
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Battle of Dęblin and Mińsk Mazowiecki
1920 conflict
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Battle of Hamdh
1920 battle
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Battle of Matewan
1920 shootout between striking coal miners and private security guards
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Rostov–Novocherkassk Operation
1920 battle
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Battle of Giedraičiai
Battle of Giedraičiai (Wars & Conflicts).
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Battle of Ballinalee
1920 gun battle between British forces and the IRA
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Battle of Dytiatyn
1920 battle
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Battle of Kock
1920
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Battle of Shekar Yazi
1920 battle
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Siege of Tralee
1920 siege
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Battle of Nasielsk
1920 battle of the Polish-Soviet War
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Battle of Ostrołęka
1920 battle of the Polish–Soviet War
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Battle of Sejny
1920 battle
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Battle of Głębokie
1920 Polish-Soviet War battle
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Battle of Geyve
1920 battle
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Ulagay's Landing
1920 battle
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Battle of Cyców
1920 battle
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Battle of Surmalu
1920 battle
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Battle for Zangezur
1920–1921 battle
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Battle of Hagoogane
1920 battle
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Battle of Port-au-Prince
1920 battle
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Politics & Government 12
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Treaty of Trianon
1920 peace agreement formally ending World War I between most of the Allies of World War I and the Kingdom of Hungary
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Treaty of Sèvres
Peace treaty between the Ottoman Empire and the Allied Powers at the end of World War I
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Svalbard Treaty
Treaty recognising Norwegian sovereignty over the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard
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Treaty of Tartu
Peace treaty between Finland and Russia
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Treaty of Rapallo
1920 treaty between Italy and Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
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Treaty of Alexandropol
Peace treaty
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Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty
Signed between Lithuania and Soviet Russia on 12 July 1920
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Suwałki Agreement
20th century between Poland and Lithuania
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1920 Ganja revolt
Vir uprising against Soviet communism
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Treaty of Warsaw
1920 alliance between Poland and Ukraine
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Tragic Week
Tragic Week (Politics & Government).
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Treaty of Agstafa
1920 treaty between Azerbaijan and Georgia
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People 158
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Srinivasa Ramanujan died
Indian mathematician (1887–1920)
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Alexander Kolchak died
Russian admiral and military leader of the White movement (1874-1920)
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Robert Peary died
Explorer from the United States (1856–1920)
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Grigory Potanin died
Russian explorer and orientalist (1835-1920)
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Patriarch Germanus V of Constantinople died
Patriarch of Constantinople (1835-1920)
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Nataliya Kobrynska died
Ukrainian writer, editor (1855-1920)
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Mahmud Hasan Deobandi died
Indian Muslim scholar and independence activist (1851–1920)
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Marie-Adolphe Carnot died
French chemist, mining engineer and politician (1839-1920)
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Peter Carl Fabergé died
Russian jeweller (1846–1920)
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Duke Johann Albrecht of Mecklenburg-Schwerin died
German monarch and explorer (1857–1920)
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Viktor Pepelyayev died
Russian politician (1885-1920)
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Norman Lockyer died
English scientist and astronomer (1836–1920)
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Kliment Timiryazev died
Russian biologist (1843-1920)
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Moritz Cantor died
German historian of mathematics (1829-1920)
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Alexius Meinong died
Austrian philosopher (1853–1920)
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Louis Palander died
Swedish admiral (1842-1920), captain of the Vega expedition
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George Ernest Morrison died
Australian journalist (1862-1920)
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Franz Engel died
German naturalist (1834-1920)
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Paul Güssfeldt died
German geologist, mountaineer and explorer (1840-1920)
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Emil Körner died
German-Chilean military general
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Johan Reinhold Sahlberg died
Finnish entomologist (1845-1920)
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Luis Jorge Fontana died
Argentine Army officer, explorer, writer (1846–1920)
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Charles Noyes Forbes died
American botanist (1883-1920)
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Anna Kalmanovich died
Russian writer, feminist and suffragist
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Kusunose Kita died
Japanese activist
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Adeline Marie Russell, Duchess of Bedford died
English penal reformer
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John Wesley Hyatt died
American inventor of plastic (1837-1920)
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Augusto Righi died
Italian physicist (1850-1920)
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Louisa Lawson died
Australian poet, writer, publisher, suffragist, and feminist (1848–1920)
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Hermann Struve died
Baltic German astronomer (1854–1920)
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William de Wiveleslie Abney died
British astronomer, chemist and photographer (1843–1920)
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Wilhelm Pfeffer died
German botanist (1845–1920)
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Max Fürbringer died
German anatomist and ornithologist (1846-1920)
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Hieronymus Georg Zeuthen died
Danish mathematician (1839–1920)
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Alexei Polivanov died
Russian military figure (1855-1920)
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Horace Elgin Dodge died
American businessman (1868–1920)
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Paul Gustav Heinrich Bachmann died
German mathematician (1837–1920)
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Louis Arthur Ducos du Hauron died
French photographer (1837–1920)
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Yves Delage died
French zoologist (1854-1920)
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John Francis Dodge died
American businessman (1864–1920)
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Pavel Shternberg died
Russian astronomer
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Thorsten Nordenfelt died
Swedish arms manufacturer (1842–1920)
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Charles-Ange Laisant died
French mathematician and politician (1841-1920)
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Ludwig Struve died
Baltic German astronomer (1858-1920)
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Ludwig Gattermann died
German chemist (1860–1920)
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Max Margules died
Austrian meteorologist (1856-1920)
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Leopold Pfaundler died
Austrian scientist (1839-1920)
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Harmon Northrop Morse died
American chemist (1848–1920)
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Zygmunt Janiszewski died
Polish mathematician
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Julio Garavito Armero died
Colombian astronomer and mathematician (1865-1920)
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Percy French died
Irish composer and artist (1854-1920)
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Edward Jones died
American statistician, Dow Jones co-founder
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Benjamin Holt died
American inventor
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Gavriil Baranovsky died
Russian architect (1860-1920)
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Julius Elster died
German physicist (1854–1920)
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Gustav von Bunge died
Baltic German physiologist (1844-1920)
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Vladimir May-Mayevsky died
Russian general (1867–1920)
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John Brashear died
American astronomer and instrument builder (1840–1920)
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Linton Hope died
British Olympic sailor (1863–1920)
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Leo August Pochhammer died
German mathematician (1841–1920)
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Arthur von Oettingen died
Baltic German physicist and music theorist (1836–1920)
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Luigi Bodio died
Italian mathematician (1840-1920)
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Pierre Roques died
French Air Force general (1856-1920)
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Mary Evelyn Hitchcock died
American author, traveler (1849-1920)
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Gerard Leachman died
British intelligence officer (1880–1920)
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Tom Cue died
Australian gold prospector (1850–1920)
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Olive Thomas died
American silent film actress, model (1894–1920)
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Robert Harron died
American actor (1893-1920)
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John Paul II born
Born in Wadowice. 264th pope of the Catholic Church (1978–2005).
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Isaac Asimov born
Born in Petrovichi. American writer and biochemist (1920–1992).
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Federico Fellini born
Born in Rimini. Italian filmmaker (1920–1993).
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Ray Bradbury born
Born in Waukegan. American author and screenwriter (1920–2012).
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Charles Bukowski born
Born in Andernach. German-American writer (1920–1994).
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Ravi Shankar born
Born in Varanasi. Indian sitar player (1920–2012).
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Sheikh Mujibur Rahman born
Born in Tungipara Upazila. President of the Provisional Government of Bangladesh and the 2nd Prime Minister and first President of Bangladesh.
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Frank Herbert born
Born in Tacoma. American writer (1920–1986).
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Mario Puzo born
Born in New York City. American author, screenwriter, and journalist.
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Richard von Weizsäcker born
Born in New Palace. President of Germany from 1984 to 1994.
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Javier Pérez de Cuéllar born
Born in Lima. 5th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1920-2020).
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Carlo Azeglio Ciampi born
Born in Livorno. President of Italy from 1999 to 2006.
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Yul Brynner born
Born in Vladivostok. Russian-born American actor (1920–1985).
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Boris Vian born
Born in Ville-d'Avray. French writer and musician (1920–1959).
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Mickey Rooney born
Born in Brooklyn. American actor (1920–2014).
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Montgomery Clift born
Born in Omaha. American actor (1920–1966).
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Juan Antonio Samaranch born
Born in Barcelona. IOC president 1980–2001.
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Alberto Sordi born
Born in Rome. Italian actor (1920–2003).
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Shelley Winters born
Born in East St. Louis. American actress (1920–2006).
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Gianni Rodari born
Born in Omegna. Italian writer and journalist (1920–1980).
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Farouk I of Egypt born
Born in Abdeen Palace. King of Egypt 1936 to 1952.
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Clarice Lispector born
Born in Chechelnyk. Ukrainian-Brazilian writer, poet, and journalist (1920–1977).
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George Porter born
Born in Stainforth. British chemist (1920–2002).
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K. R. Narayanan born
Born in Uzhavoor. President of India from 1997 to 2002.
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Timothy Leary born
Born in Springfield. American psychologist (1920–1996).
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Melina Mercouri born
Born in Athens. Greek actress, singer and politician. Minister of Culture of Greece (1920–1994).
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Paul Celan born
Born in Chernivtsi. French-Romanian poet and translator (1920–1970).
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Clive Dunn born
Born in Brixton. British actor (1920–2012).
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Maureen O'Hara born
Born in Ranelagh. Irish–American actress and singer (1920–2015).
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Lawrence Klein born
Born in Omaha. American economist (1920-2013).
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Prem Tinsulanonda born
Born in Mueang Songkhla. Former Regent of Thailand (1920-2019).
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Éric Rohmer born
Born in Tulle. French film director (1920-2010).
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Douglass North born
Born in Cambridge. American economist and Nobel laureate (1920–2015).
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George Shultz born
Born in New York City. American politician (1920–2021).
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Richard Adams born
Born in Newbury. English novelist best known as the author of Watership Down.
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Mario Benedetti born
Born in Paso de los Toros. Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet (1920-2009).
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Miguel Delibes born
Born in Valladolid. Spanish writer (1920–2010).
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Ivan Kozhedub born
Born in Obrazhiivka. Soviet aviator, thrice Hero of the Soviet Union (1920-1991).
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John Demjanjuk born
Born in Dubovi Makharyntsi. Ukrainian guard at Nazi death camps (1920–2012).
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Tom Moore born
Born in Keighley. British Army officer and fundraiser (1920–2021).
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Philippa Foot born
Born in Owston Ferry. English philosopher (1920–2010).
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Jaan Kross born
Born in Tallinn. Estonian writer (1920–2007).
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Roy Jenkins born
Born in Abersychan. British politician (1920–2003).
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Tony Randall born
Born in Tulsa. American actor (1920-2004).
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James Doohan born
Born in Vancouver. Canadian actor (1920–2005).
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Gerda Lerner born
Born in Vienna. Austrian-American women's history scholar (1920-2013).
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Le Duc Anh born
Born in Huế. 4th president of Vietnam (1920-2019).
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Amet-khan Sultan born
Born in Alupka. Crimean Tatar WWII flying ace, test pilot, and twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1920-1971).
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Eva Dahlbeck born
Born in Saltsjö-Duvnäs. Swedish actress and writer (1920-2008).
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Olga Orozco born
Born in Toay. Argentine writer (1920-1999).
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Meliton Kantaria born
Born in Jvari. Hero of the Soviet Union (1920-1993).
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Tonino Guerra born
Born in Santarcangelo di Romagna. Italian concentration camp survivor, poet, writer and screenwriter (1920-2012).
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Mohammed Dib born
Born in Tlemcen. Algerian writer (1920–2003).
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Jack Elam born
Born in Miami. American actor (1920–2003).
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Cornelius Ryan born
Born in Dublin. Irish American journalist (1920–1974).
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Walter Nowotny born
Born in Gmünd. Austrian born German officer and fighter pilot during World War II (1920–1944).
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Roberto Marcelo Levingston born
Born in San Luis. President of Argentina (1920-2015).
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Václav Neumann born
Born in Prague. Czech conductor, violinist and viola player (1920-1995).
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Vilém Flusser born
Born in Prague. Czech philosopher and photographer.
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Heinz Hitler born
Born in Magdeburg. Nephew of Adolf Hitler (1920–1942).
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Irving Kristol born
Born in Brooklyn. American columnist, journalist, and writer (1920–2009).
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Hans Blumenberg born
Born in Lübeck. German philosopher (1920–1996).
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Juan José Torres born
Born in Cochabamba. 61th Bolivian president (1920-1976).
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Chatchai Chunhawan born
Born in Bangkok. Thai Army officer and politician (1920-1998).
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Heinz Kessler born
Born in Lubań. German military officer, Armeegeneral in the former National People's Army of East Germany (1920-2017).
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Yevgeny Dragunov born
Born in Izhevsk. Soviet inventor (1920–1991).
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Georg Ots born
Born in Saint Petersburg. Estonian singer, actor and swimmer (1920-1975).
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Jean Dutourd born
Born in 17th arrondissement of Paris. French writer (1920–2011).
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Oodgeroo Noonuccal born
Born in Stradbroke Island. Aboriginal Australian poet, artist, teacher and campaigner for Indigenous rights (1920–1993).
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Celia Sánchez born
Born in Media Luna. Cuban revolutionary (1920-1980).
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Yang Kyoungjong born
Born in Sinuiju. Ethnic Korean soldier in the Imperial Japanese Army, Soviet Red Army, and German Wehrmacht.
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Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa born
Born in Saluzzo. Italian general and prefect (1920-1982).
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Jean Starobinski born
Born in Geneva. Swiss writer (1920-2019).
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Marie Ljalková born
Born in Horodenka. Czech World War II sniper (1920-2011).
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Sammy Lee born
Born in Fresno. American diver and physician (1920–2016).
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Julien Ries born
Born in Fouches. Belgian cardinal and historian (1920–2013).
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Eddie Slovik born
Born in Detroit. United States Army soldier (1920-1945) executed for desertion during WW2.
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Richard Bong born
Born in Superior. United States Air Force Medal of Honor recipient (1920–1945).
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Pierre Poujade born
Born in Saint-Céré. French politician (1920–2003).
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J. J. C. Smart born
Born in Cambridge. Australian philosopher and academic (1920–2012).
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Thomas Sebeok born
Born in Budapest. American semiotician (1920-2001).
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Yevgeniya Rudneva born
Born in Berdiansk. Heroine of the Soviet Union and WWII bomber navigator (1920-1944).
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Ronald Speirs born
Born in Edinburgh. American paratrooper (1920-2007).
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Claude Cheysson born
Born in 16th arrondissement of Paris. French politician (1920-2012).
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Nguyễn Thị Định born
Born in Lương Hòa, Vĩnh Long. Vietnamese leader, politician (1920–1992).
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Mary Boyce born
Born in Darjeeling. British scholar in Iranian Studies (1920–2006).
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Robert Leckie born
Born in Philadelphia. United States Marine and author (1920–2001).
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Elmo Zumwalt born
Born in San Francisco. United States Navy admiral (1920–2000).
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Pierre Berton born
Born in Whitehorse. Canadian author and journalist (1920–2004).
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Jadwiga Piłsudska born
Born in Warsaw. Polish pilot (1920-2014).
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Science & Technology 60
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Kuban State University
State university in Russia
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Azerbaijan Technical University
State-owned technical university in Baku, Azerbaijan, founded in 1950
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Harbin Institute of Technology
University in Harbin, China
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National Bureau of Economic Research
Economic research organization in the United States
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Athens University of Economics and Business
University
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Baku Academy of Music
University
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East Ukrainian Volodymyr Dahl National University
Ukrainian university in Luhansk
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Belarusian National Technical University
University
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Agricultural University of Athens
The third oldest university in Greece
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Ural State Technical University
Higher education institute in Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
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Kharkiv National Medical University
University in Kharkiv, Ukraine
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Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute
Russian research institute, part of Roshydromet
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University of New Haven
Private university in West Haven, Connecticut, United States
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Ibaraki University
Higher education institution in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
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Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding
University
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Kuban State Medical University
University in Russia
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Technical University of Cluj-Napoca
University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Khetagurov North Ossetian State University
University in Vladikavkaz, Russia
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Faculté polytechnique de Mons
Faculté polytechnique de Mons (Science & Technology).
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University of Economics - Varna
University in Varna, Bulgaria
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Grozny State Oil Technical University
Education organization in Grozny, Russia
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Parthenope University of Naples
University in Italy
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Coptic Hospital
Hospital in Cairo, Egypt
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Tashkent State Technical University
University in Uzbekistan
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Politehnica University of Timișoara
University in Romania
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The State Institution "South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K. D. Ushynsky"
University in Odesa, Ukraine
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Vanguard University of Southern California
Christian university in California
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Dniprovsky State Technical University
University in Ukraine
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Cajal Institute
Spanish research center in neurobiology in Madrid
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Poltava State Agrarian University
Organization in Poltava, Ukraine
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Donetsk National University of Economics and Trade
Ukrainian higher educational establishment since 1920 which predetermined the development of national economy of Ukraine by its educational and scientific activities.
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Montreal Chinese Hospital
Hospital in Canada
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Romanian Academy in Rome
Research center in Rome, Italy
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Fifth Expedition
1920 British expedition against the pro-monarchist Dervish Sultanate of Diiriye Guure, based in contemporary Waqooyi-bari
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Yanshan University
Public research university in Hebei, China
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University of St. Francis
Catholic university in Joliet, Illinois
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Kharkov Institute of National Economy
Kharkov Institute of National Economy (Science & Technology).
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Keio University Hospital
University hospital in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo
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Building Research Establishment
Centre of building science in the United Kingdom, owned by charitable organisation the BRE Trust
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St. Luke's International University
University in Tokyo, Japan
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St. George's College, Jerusalem
Anglican continuing education center
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Siquijor State College
Vocational school in the Philippines
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University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration
Constituent college of University of Chicago
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Immaculata University
Roman Catholic university
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Hubei Institute of Fine Arts
University
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Konan Women's University
Private women's college in Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan
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Privolzhsky Research Medical University
Medical University in Nizhny Novgorod
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Ifugao State University
Public university in Ifugao, Philippines
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Osaka University of Tourism
Higher education institution in Osaka Prefecture, Japan
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State Institute for Viticulture and Enology
Plant science research institute in Freiburg, Germany
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Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research
Facility in Müncheberg, Germany
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Moredun Research Institute
Research institute in Midlothian, Scotland, UK
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Transportation Research Board
Research institute
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Virginia Mason Medical Center
Hospital in Washington, United States
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Krankenhaus Waldfriede
Hospital in Germany
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Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital
Hospital in China
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National Cancer Institute
Facility in Kyiv, Ukraine
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Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research
Research institute devoted to using plant sciences to improve agriculture, protect the environment, and enhance human health
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Fachkrankenhaus Coswig
Hospital in Coswig, Germany
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Liebig Museum
Museum in Germany
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Exploration & Discovery 5
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Hoba meteorite
Meteorite
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Kedukan Bukit inscription
Stone inscription in Indonesia
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Treasure of Aliseda
Treasure of Aliseda (Exploration & Discovery).
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Hoby treasure
Iron Age grave goods found in Denmark
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Standing Figure of Nefertiti
Sculpture of Queen Nefertiti
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Religion & Belief Systems 10
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Kylemore Abbey
Abbey in Galway, Ireland
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Oslo Synagogue
Jüdisches Gotteshaus in Oslo, Norwegen
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Abbey of Thelema
Building in Cefalù, Italy
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Momin Mosque
Mosque and archaeological site in Bangladesh
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Our Lady of the Conception Cathedral, Abaetetuba
Church in Abaetetuba, Brazil
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Mosque of Master and Student
Iranian national heritage site
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Congregation Sharey Tzedek Synagogue
Historic place in Utah, United States
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Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center
Conservative organization in California, US
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Biyun Chan Temple
Former shrine in Changhua County
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Anandamoyee Kali temple
Temple in Uluberiya
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Economy & Trade 26
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Umbro
English sportswear company
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Haribo
Confectionery company
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Scholastic Corporation
American publishing, education, and media company
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ITT Corporation
American worldwide manufacturing company
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Occidental Petroleum
American oil company
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AMC Theatres
US-based movie theater chain in the US and Europe
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Rollei
German manufacturer of cameras and camera equipment (established 1920)
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LGT Group
Banking group from Liechtenstein
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Tod's S.p.A.
Brand known for his high-end products, incons of the Italian luxury
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Kemira
Finnish chemical industries business
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Belga
Business
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OCP Group
State-owned company in Morocco
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Mahle GmbH
Company
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Huhtamäki
Finnish consumer packaging company
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New Era Cap Company
American ballcap and sports apparel company
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SABCA
Belgian aerospace manufacturer
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Eastman Chemical Company
American company
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Bank of Yokohama
Regional bank in Japan
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Pitney Bowes
Company
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Rinnai
Corporation
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Haldex
Company
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Ferrostaal
German industrial company
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Petrofina
Former Belgian oil company
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Banque Misr
Egyptian bank
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Chedraui
Mexican supermarket company
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Ebara Corporation
Japanese manufacturing company
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Disasters & Pandemics 7
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1920 Haiyuan earthquake
Earthquake in Haiyuan, China
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Wall Street bombing
1920 bombing in New York City
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1920 Gori earthquake
Deadly 1920 earthquake which damaged the town of Gori, Georgia
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1920 Garfagnana earthquake
1920 Garfagnana earthquake (Disasters & Pandemics).
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1920 Xalapa earthquake
Earthquake in Mexico
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tu mam
tu mam (Disasters & Pandemics).
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1920 Hualien earthquake
Earthquake affecting Taiwan
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Social Movements & Revolutions 12
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1919-1920 Arab riots in Palestine
Arab attacks on Hebrew settlements in the Galilee - Tel Hai events and neighborhoods of Jews in Jerusalem that occurred in 1920
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Ruhr Uprising
Conflict
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Revolt of Czechoslovak Legion
Armed actions in Russia, 1918
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Husino uprising
Riot
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Pitchfork Uprising
Conflict during the Russian Civil War
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Slutsk Uprising
Attempt to establish an independent Belarus in 1920
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Lankaran Uprisings
Armed uprisings in Azerbaijan against the Bolsheviks
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Guba Uprising (1920)
Armed uprisings in Azerbaijan against the Bolsheviks
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Tartar Uprising (1920)
1920 Tartar uprising against the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
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Muslim uprisings in Kars and Sharur–Nakhichevan
Series of Azerbaijani–Turkish uprisings against the government of the First Republic of Armenia in 1919–1920.
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Mohammad Khiabani's uprising
Liberal and democratic uprising in Iran, 1920
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Hurtsboro race riot
1920 conflict in Hurtsboro, Alabama, US
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Architecture & Engineering 37
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National Palace
Former official residence of the President of Haiti
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Tajbeg Palace
Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan
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Ajuria Enea
Official residence of the president fo the Basque Autonomous Community in Vitoria-Gasteiz
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Husky Stadium
Stadium in Seattle, Washington
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Chiesa di Ognissanti
Church building in Rome, Italy
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Wetherby Road
Multi-purpose stadium in Harrogate
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St Francis of Assisi Church
Church in Valletta, Malta
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Peace Tower
Bell and clock tower at the centre of Canada's Parliament buildings, in Ottawa
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Dynamo Stadium
Multi-use stadium in Stavropol, Russia
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Bogen Chapel
Church in Evenes, Nordland, Norway
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Tufsingdal Chapel
Church in Os, Innlandet, Norway
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Jøvik Chapel
Church in Tromsø, Norway
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MacArthur Causeway
Bridge crossing Biscayne Bay, Florida, United States of America
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Stade Larbi Benbarek
Building in Morocco
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Marvik Chapel
Church building in Suldal, Rogaland, Norway
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Boone Pickens Stadium
Stadium at Oklahoma State University
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Landegode Church
Church in Bodø, Norway
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Rajko Štolfa Stadium
Multi-purpose stadium in Sežana, Slovenia
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Belmore Sports Ground
Football field in Belmore, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Lafayette transmitter
Former transmitter for transatlantic services near Bordeaux, France
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Jingu Bashi
Bridge tourist attraction
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Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Church building in Manhattan, United States of America
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St. Charles Borromeo Church
Catholic church in North Hollywood, California, United States
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Seven Dolors Catholic Church
Church building in Kansas, United States of America
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Brewery Field
Sports stadium in Bridgend, Wales
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Sanctuary of Maria Santissima del Fiume
Church building in Alcamo, Italy
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House of Scientists (St. Petersburg)
House of Scientists (St. Petersburg) (Architecture & Engineering).
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First Christian Church of Burlington
Historic church in North Carolina, United States
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Central Congregational Church
Building in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
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Renaissance Palace
Official residence of the President of the Central African Republic
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Stanhope United Methodist Church
Historic church in Morris County, New Jersey
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St. James Colored Methodist Episcopal Church
Building in Tyler, Smith County, Texas (1920–2023)
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Hollywood Congregational Church
Building in Los Angeles, California, U.S
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St. Mary's Catholic Church
Parish church of the Diocese of Davenport in Nichols, Iowa
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Stowe Community Church
American church in Stowe, Vermont
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Stadionul Central-Parc
Multi-purpose stadium in Ineu, Romania
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Thompson Stadium
Football stadium in New York, US
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Sports & Entertainment 13
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Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater
Opera house in Baku, Azerbaijan
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Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre
Theatre in Vilnius, Lithuania
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Times Square Theater
Former Broadway and movie theater in Manhattan, New York
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Apollo Theatre
Former Broadway theatre in Manhattan, New York City
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Ed Mirvish Theatre
Theatre and cinema in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Lunacharsky Theatre
Theatre in Sevastopol, Crimea
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Scala
Former variety theatre and cinema in Schöneberg, Berlin, Germany
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Victory Theatre
Theater and former movie theater in Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States
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Gorky Drama Theatre Krasnodar
Theatre in Krasnodar, Russia
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Theatre of the Young Spectator
Theater in Moscow, Russia
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Red Torch Theatre
Theatre in Novosibirsk, Russia
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Capitol Theatre
Theater and performing arts center in Yakima, Washington, United States
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Armenian State Theater of Baku
Armenian State Theater of Baku (Sports & Entertainment).
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Empires & Countries 45
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Syria founded
Syria was founded, with its capital at Damascus.
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Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic founded
Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic was founded, with its capital at Baku.
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Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic founded
Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic was founded, with its capital at Yerevan.
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German colonial empire dissolved
German colonial empire ceased to exist, having been centered at Berlin.
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Free City of Danzig founded
Free City of Danzig was founded, with its capital at Gdańsk.
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Khanate of Khiva dissolved
Khanate of Khiva ceased to exist, having been centered at Konye-Urgench.
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First Republic of Armenia dissolved
First Republic of Armenia ceased to exist, having been centered at Yerevan.
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Emirate of Bukhara dissolved
Emirate of Bukhara ceased to exist, having been centered at Bukhara.
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Far Eastern Republic founded
Far Eastern Republic was founded, with its capital at Ulan-Ude.
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Kingdom of Hungary founded
Kingdom of Hungary was founded, with its capital at Budapest.
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Bukharan People's Soviet Republic founded
Bukharan People's Soviet Republic was founded, with its capital at Bukhara.
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Khorezm People's Soviet Republic founded
Khorezm People's Soviet Republic was founded, with its capital at Khiva.
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Arab Kingdom of Syria founded
Arab Kingdom of Syria was founded, with its capital at Damascus.
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Arab Kingdom of Syria dissolved
Arab Kingdom of Syria ceased to exist, having been centered at Damascus.
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Free State of Fiume founded
Free State of Fiume was founded, with its capital at Rijeka.
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Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus dissolved
Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus ceased to exist, having been centered at Vladikavkaz.
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Lithuanian–Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic dissolved
Lithuanian–Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic ceased to exist, having been centered at Vilnius.
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Republic of Central Lithuania founded
Republic of Central Lithuania was founded, with its capital at Vilnius.
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Mandatory Iraq founded
Mandatory Iraq was founded, with its capital at Baghdad.
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Alash Autonomy dissolved
Alash Autonomy ceased to exist, having been centered at Semey.
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Kuban People's Republic dissolved
Kuban People's Republic ceased to exist, having been centered at Krasnodar.
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Italian Regency of Carnaro founded
Italian Regency of Carnaro was founded, with its capital at Rijeka.
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Italian Regency of Carnaro dissolved
Italian Regency of Carnaro ceased to exist, having been centered at Rijeka.
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Darawiish dissolved
Darawiish ceased to exist, having been centered at Taleh.
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Galician Soviet Socialist Republic founded
Galician Soviet Socialist Republic was founded, with its capital at Ternopil.
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Galician Soviet Socialist Republic dissolved
Galician Soviet Socialist Republic ceased to exist, having been centered at Ternopil.
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State of Aleppo founded
State of Aleppo was founded, with its capital at Aleppo.
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Lemko Republic dissolved
Lemko Republic ceased to exist, having been centered at Florynka.
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North Ingria dissolved
North Ingria ceased to exist, having been centered at Kirjasalo.
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North Caucasian Emirate dissolved
North Caucasian Emirate ceased to exist, having been centered at Vedeno.
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Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic dissolved
Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic ceased to exist, having been centered at Riga.
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State of Damascus founded
State of Damascus was founded, with its capital at Damascus.
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Russian State dissolved
Russian State ceased to exist, having been centered at Omsk.
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Republic of Uhtua dissolved
Republic of Uhtua ceased to exist, having been centered at Kalevala.
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Azadistan founded
Azadistan was founded, with its capital at Tabriz.
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Azadistan dissolved
Azadistan ceased to exist, having been centered at Tabriz.
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Republic of Reuss dissolved
Republic of Reuss ceased to exist, having been centered at Gera.
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Autonomous Albanian Republic of Korçë dissolved
Autonomous Albanian Republic of Korçë ceased to exist, having been centered at Korçë.
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White movement in Transbaikal dissolved
White movement in Transbaikal ceased to exist, having been centered at Chita.
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Republic of Batumi dissolved
Republic of Batumi ceased to exist, having been centered at Batumi.
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Free State of Saxe-Gotha dissolved
Free State of Saxe-Gotha ceased to exist, having been centered at Gotha.
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Transcaspian Government dissolved
Transcaspian Government ceased to exist, having been centered at Ashgabat.
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Olonets Government of Southern Karelia dissolved
Olonets Government of Southern Karelia ceased to exist, having been centered at Olonets.
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Russia Eastern Outskirts founded
Russia Eastern Outskirts was founded, with its capital at Chita.
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Russia Eastern Outskirts dissolved
Russia Eastern Outskirts ceased to exist, having been centered at Chita.
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Dated to the wider period
Wikidata records these 10 entries only to a century, decade or millennium rather than to a specific year. They are listed here because 1920 is where that broader date falls, not because they are known to have happened in 1920.
1920s 10
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Einstein Tower
Astrophysical observatory in Potsdam, Germany
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pacts of Tirana
1926 and 1927 treaties between Albania and Italy
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Cathedral of St Teresa of Avila
Cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Amos
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St. Joseph, Leiden
Church in Leiden, Netherlands
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Bethlehem Baptist Church
Church building in Arizona, United States of America
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Calvary Baptist Church
Church building in Wichita, United States of America
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Helmet of Coţofeneşti
4th century BC Geto-Dacian helmet
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Magen David Synagogue
Synagogue in Brooklyn, New York
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St. Hubertus (Wimbach)
St. Hubertus (Wimbach) (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Veletržní kino
Veletržní kino (Sports & Entertainment).
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