What Happened in June 1920

Historical Events

  • Jun 1 Adolfo de la Huerta becomes President of Mexico
  • Jun 1 Dutch soccer club RKSV forms in Volendam; merges with FC Volendam in 1977

Event of Interest

Jun 2 Pulitzer prize awarded to Eugene O'Neill (Beyond the Horizon)

  • Jun 4 Peace of Trianon between Allies & Hungary

Event of Interest

Jun 5 1st rivet driven on Bank of Italy headquarters at 1 Powell in San Francisco (later Bank of America)

  • Jun 5 Philadelphia Athletics's VP Thomas Shibe denies charges that baseballs are livelier
  • Jun 6 Baron Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel opens White Russian offensive against red Army
  • Jun 8 Reds' Edd Roush falls asleep in center during long infield argument Heinie Groh goes to wake him, but umpire ejects Roush for delay of game

Warren G. Harding Nominated

Jun 11 Republicans nominate Warren G. Harding for US president

Belmont Stakes

Jun 12 52nd Belmont: Clarence Kummer aboard Man o' War wins by massive 20 lengths in world record 2:14.2

  • Jun 12 Farmer Labor Party organized (Chicago)
  • Jun 15 African American circus workers, Elias Clayton, Elmer Jackson and Isaac McGhie are taken from jail and lynched by a white mob of thousands in Duluth, Minnesota
  • Jun 15 De Zweef soccer team forms in Nijverdal
  • Jun 17 Dutch 2nd Chamber accept Anti-revolution law
  • Jun 20 Yanks win protest of 1-0 White Sox win & game is replayed
  • Jun 24 Chuvash Autonomous Region forms in RSFSR
  • Jun 25 League of Nations places Internationall Court of Justice in Hague
1920 History

Famous Birthdays

  • Jun 2 Frank G. Clement, Governor of Tennessee (d. 1969)
  • Jun 2 Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Polish-German influential literary critic, born in Włocławek, Poland (d. 2013)
  • Jun 2 Michael O'Hehir, Irish sports commentator and journalist, born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1996)
  • Jun 2 Tex Schramm, American football team president and general manager (d. 2003)
  • Jun 2 Yolande Donlan, British-American actress (Jigsaw, Expresso Bongo, Penny Princess), born in Jersey City, New Jersey (d. 2014)
  • Jun 3 Henry Brandon [Lord Brandon of Oakbrook], British judge (Lord of Appeal - Ordinary) and probable spy (Military Cross), born in Sussex (d. 1999)
  • Jun 4 Britt Woodman, American jazz trombonist (Duke Ellington; Charles Mingus; Lionel Hampton), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2000)
  • Jun 4 Russell E. Train, American environmentalist and administrator (EPA, WWF), born in Jamestown, Rhode Island (d. 2012)
  • Jun 5 Cornelius Ryan, Irish war reporter and historian (Bridge too Far), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1974)
  • Jun 5 Kurt Edelhagen, German jazz pianist and big band bandleader, born in Herne, Germany (d. 1982)
  • Jun 5 Marion Motley, American NFL fullback (all-time leading AAFC rusher), born in Leesburg, Georgia (d. 1999)
  • Jun 7 Georges Marchais, French political leader (French Communist Party), born in La Hoguette, France (d. 1997)
  • Jun 8 Bert Leysen, Belgian TV director (Belgian National TV), born in Balen, Belgium (d. 1959)
  • Jun 8 Gwen Harwood, Australian poet (The Lion's Bride), born in Taringa, Brisbane, Australia (d. 1995)
  • Jun 9 June Braybrooke [Isobel English], English writer (Every Eye), born in London, England (d. 1994)
  • Jun 10 Zbyněk Vostřák, Czech composer (While We Are Falling Asleep), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 1985) [1]
  • Jun 11 Bir Bikram Shah Deva Mahendra, King of Nepal (1955-72), born in Narayanhity Royal Palace, Kathmandu, Kingdom of Nepal (d. 1972)
  • Jun 11 Hazel Scott, Trinidadian singer and pianist, born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (d. 1981)
  • Jun 11 Irving Howe, American writer and critic (World of Our Fathers), born in New York City (d. 1993)
  • Jun 11 Robert Hutton [Winne], American actor (Torture Garden, Rocket), born in Kingston, New York (d. 1994)
  • Jun 11 Shelly Manne, American 'West Coast' jazz and session drummer, percussionist, composer, and bandleader, born in New York City (d. 1984)
  • Jun 12 Dave Berg, American cartoonist (The Lighter Side of...), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2002)
  • Jun 12 James "Jim" Siedow, American actor (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre), born in Cheyenne, Wyoming (d. 2003)
  • Jun 12 Peter Jones, British actor (Chariots of Fire; From a Bird's Eye View), born in Wem, Shropshire, England (d. 2000)
  • Jun 12 William Woodward Jr., American businessman and horse breeder (Hanover National Bank), born in Oyster Bay, New York (d. 1955)
  • Jun 13 Eiji Okada, Japanese actor (Hiroshima mon amour, The Ugly American), born in Chiba, Japan (d. 1995)
  • Jun 13 Knut Nordahl, Swedish soccer midfielder (26 caps; AS Roma; Olympic gold 1948), born in Hörnefors, Sweden (d. 1984)
  • Jun 14 Helmer-Rayner Sinisalo, Karelian-Soviet composer (Sampo), and educator, born in Zlatoust, Ural, Russia (d. 1989)
  • Jun 15 Alberto Sordi, Italian actor (Miser, Taxi Driver in NY, Me and Caterina), born in Rome, Italy (d. 2003)
  • Jun 15 Alla Kazanskaya, Russian stage and film actress (Burnt by the Sun), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 2008)
  • Jun 15 Amy Clampitt, American poet (The Kingfisher), born in Iowa (d. 1994)
  • Jun 15 George Ernest Leslie, Scottish trade union official, born in Leith, Scotland (d. 1996)
  • Jun 16 Bob Ryland, American tennis player (first African-American to play tennis professionally) and coach (Harold Solomon, Arthur Ashe, Venus & Serena Williams), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2020)
  • Jun 16 John Howard Griffin, American photographer, journalist and author (Black Like Me), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 1980)
  • Jun 16 José López Portillo, President of Mexico (1976-82), born in Mexico City (d. 2004)
  • Jun 16 Raymond Urgel Lemieux, Canadian scientist, born in Lac La Biche, Alberta (d. 2000)
  • Jun 17 Beryl Reid, British actress (The Killing of Sister George; Smiley's People), born in Hereford, England (d. 1996)
  • Jun 17 François Jacob, French biologist and bacteriologist (Nobel 1965), born in Nancy, France (d. 2013)
  • Jun 17 Jacob H. Gilbert, American politician (US Representative 1960-1971), born in The Bronx, NYC, New York (d. 1981)
  • Jun 17 Patrick Duffy, British politician (L), born in Wigan, Lancashire
  • Jun 17 Setsuko Hara, Japanese actress (Late Spring, Tokyo Story), born in Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama (d. 2015)
  • Jun 18 Aster Berkhof [Louis Van de Bergh], Flemish writer (Furious Christ), born in Rijkevorsel, Belgium (d. 2020)
  • Jun 18 Ian Carmichael, British actor (Private's Progress, I'm All Right Jack), born in Hull, England (d. 2010)
  • Jun 18 Jack Ellory, British orchestral and session alto and bass flute player (Philharmonia Orchestra; The Beatles - "The Fool on the Hill"), born in Cornwall, England (d. 2009)
  • Jun 19 Harry Brannon, American popular radio singer of the 1940s (WOR- New York), and later clergyman, born in Gloucester City, New Jersey (d. 1991)
  • Jun 20 Donato "Danny" Cedrone, American guitarist and bandleader (The Esquires; Bill Haley & His Comets - "Rock Around The Clock"), born in Jamesville, New York (d. 1954)
  • Jun 20 Haydn Tudor Evans, British high court judge, born in Cardiff (d. 2012)
  • Jun 21 Helen Cattanach, British Army Nursing Service (QARANC), born in Knockando, Morayshire, Scotland (d. 1994)
  • Jun 22 Chandu Sarwate, Indian cricketer (batted in 9 Tests for India 1946-52), born in Sagar, British India (d. 2003)
  • Jun 22 Marea Hartman, English athletics administrator who integrated women's sports, born in London (d. 1994)
  • Jun 22 Paul Frees [Solomon Hersh Frees], American voice actor (voice of Boris Badenov in The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1986)
  • Jun 23 Paul Des Marais, American composer, born in Menominee, Michigan (d. 2011)
  • Jun 24 Bernhard Krol, German hornist and composer (Figaro Metamorphoses), born in Berlin, Gemany (d. 2013) [1]
  • Jun 26 June Preisser, American acrobatic dancer and actress (Babes in Arms, Strike Up the Band), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1984)
  • Jun 26 Leonid Hambro, American concert pianist and composer, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2006)
  • Jun 26 Michael Eastham, Judge of the High Court of Justice Family Division 1978-93 (d. 1993)
  • Jun 27 I. A. L. Diamond, Hollywood screenwriter (1960 Acad Award-Apartment), born in Ungheni, Basarabia (d. 1988)
  • Jun 29 Ray Harryhausen, American movie special effect artist (Clash of Titans), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2013)
  • Jun 30 Sam Moskowitz, American writer and historian of science fiction, born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1997)
  • Jun 30 Zeno Colò, Italian downhill skier (Olympic gold 1952), born in Abetone, Tuscany, Italy (d. 1993)
Born in 1920

Famous Deaths

  • Jun 5 Rhoda Broughton, Welsh author (b. 1840)
  • Jun 13 Essad Pasja, Albanian military man/minister, murdered at the Versailles Peace Conference

Max Weber (1864-1920)

Jun 14 German sociologist, economist and historian (Ancient Judaism), dies at 56

  • Jun 15 Michel-Gaston Carraud, French composer, dies at 55
  • Jun 20 Dmitry Ivanovsky, Russian Botanist who discovered the organisms that came to be known as viruses, dies at 55
  • Jun 27 Adolphe-Basile Routhier, French Canadian lyricist ("O Canada"), dies at 81
  • Jun 30 Lena Christ, German writer (The Rumplhanni), commits suicide at 38