1920

Joan of Arc canonized as Saint
Alfredo Codona, Mexican aerialist, perfects the triple somersault
Warren G. Harding - President of US
George H. "Babe" Ruth joins the New York Yankees
Prohibition goes into effect in the US (18th Amendment)
U.S. women win right to vote (19th Amendment)
Woodrow Wilson wins the Nobel Peace Prize
H.G. Wells' Outline of History
Herman Rorschach devises the "inkblot" test
John T. Thompson patents his submachine gun
Band-Aids introduced
Gustav Holst's The Planets
Film - "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari"
Isaac Asimov, Federico Fellini, Karol Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II), Bella Abzug, Ray Bradbury, Charlie "Bird" Parker, and "Sugar" Ray Robinson born
Modigliani and Robert E. Peary die