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History on the year of 1920

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01 Jan 1920 WW2 Andrew McNaughton was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. 
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01 Jan 1920 WW2 The Byelorussian Communist Organization was founded as a separate party. 
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06 Jan 1920 WW2 USS Arizona departed New York Navy Yard, New York, United States for Guantánamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. 
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10 Jan 1920 WW2 Georg von Bismarck was transferred to the German 5th Infantry Regiment. 
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14 Jan 1920 WW2 In Siberia, Russia, one of Semenov's armoured trains opened fire at night on a American troop train at Verkhne Udinsk; the Americans then captured the armoured train and arrested seven Cossack officers and forty-eight men, who confessed under interrogation that they had murdered fifty civilians over the past few days. 
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19 Jan 1920 WW2 The United States Senate voted against joining the League of Nations. 
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21 Jan 1920 WW2 USS R-5 joined the US Navy winter exercises in the Gulf of Mexico. 
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21 Jan 1920 WW2 The Paris Peace Conference ended. 
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23 Jan 1920 WW2 The Americans commenced their withdrawal from Siberia, Russia; turning over their Cossack prisoners to the Czechs, but the latter were forced to release them under the threat of action by the Japanese. 
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01 Feb 1920 WW2 The South African air arm was created out of a squadron (1. The Suid Afrikaanse Lugmag) that had been attached to the Royal Flying Corps during the Great War. 
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03 Feb 1920 WW2 Henry Heimlich was born in Wilmington, Delaware, United States.
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04 Feb 1920 WW2 Pierre van Ryneveld and Quintin Brand departed England on a flight to South Africa. 
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05 Feb 1920 WW2 The world's first Military Air Academy was established at RAF Cranwell, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom to train officer cadets for the British Royal Air Force. 
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07 Feb 1920 WW2 Vice-Admiral Aleksandr Vasilevitch Kolchak, one-time Supreme Ruler of Russia, was taken from his cell to a place on the bank of the Angara River in Siberia, and there with Victor Pepelyaev, was shot by an execution squad and his body pushed through a hole in the ice. Representatives of the Czech Legion signed an agreement with Smirnov guaranteeing the evacuation of all Czech personnel and their equipment from Russian soil, in return for their non-intervention of the Bolshevik treatment of Kolchak and his staff. 
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21 Feb 1920 WW2 Robert Johnson was born in Lawton, Oklahoma, United States. 
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24 Feb 1920 WW2 Adolf Hitler made the Twenty-Five Theses speech in Munich, Germany. 
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01 Apr 1920 WW2 The German Workers Party (DAP) was officially renamed the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP). 
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01 Apr 1920 WW2 The last American ground troops sailed from Vladivostock, Russia to the considerable relief of the State Department, leaving only units of the US Navy in the harbour. 
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01 Apr 1920 WW2 Settsu entered Kure Naval Arsenal, Japan for reboilering and hull repairing. 
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14 Apr 1920 WW2 USS R-5 completed the US Navy winter exercises in the Gulf of Mexico. 
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17 Apr 1920 RELIGIOUS Birth of Robert G. Bratcher, principal translator of the American Bible Society's 1966-1976 "Good News Bible" (also known as "Today's English Version").
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20 Apr 1920 WW2 Tenryu was transferred to the reserves at Kure, Japan. 
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24 Apr 1920 WW2 Marshal Pilsudski, the Polish leader, signed a treaty with Simon Petlyura promising Ukrainian independence in return for military help in crushing the Bolsheviks. 
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24 Apr 1920 RELIGIOUS Death of Eliza P. Hewitt, 69, American Presbyterian S.S. teacher and hymnwriter. Many of her verses are still sung today, including "More About Jesus," Sing the Wondrous Love of Jesus" and "Sunshine in My Soul."
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25 Apr 1920 WW2 Four Polish armies under the command of Marshal Pilsudski marched into the Ukraine. 
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27 Apr 1920 WW2 Bruce Fraser, along with all members of a Royal Navy commission, was interned by the Soviet Red Army at Baku, Azerbaijian. 
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28 Apr 1920 WW2 The Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic was formed. 
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28 Apr 1920 WW2 Crown Prince Yi Un of Korea married Japanese Princess Masako of Nashimoto. 
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01 May 1920 WW2 USS Arizona arrived at New York City, New York, United States. 
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07 May 1920 WW2 Pilsudski's Polish troops occupied Kiev, Ukraine. 
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07 May 1920 WW2 Quintin Brand received the title of Qualified Flight Instructor with the RAF Flying Training School. 
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10 May 1920 WW2 Carrier Eagle held taxiing trials with Sopwith Camel fighters and Parnall Panther reconnaissance aircraft while still being docked. 
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11 May 1920 WW2 Oswald Mosley married Lady Cynthia Curzon, the daughter of British Foreign Secretary George Curzon, at St James's Palace in London, England, United Kingdom. Their guests included King George V of the United Kingdom and King Leopold III of Belgium. 
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14 May 1920 WW2 Quintin Brand was made Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire. 
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15 May 1920 WW2 Battlecruiser HMS Hood was commissioned with Captain W. Tomkinson in command. 
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15 May 1920 WW2 The Bolsheviks struck back at the Polish forces with a rapid thrust in the Potock area in Ukraine. 
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16 May 1920 RELIGIOUS Popular Baptist pastor and denominational leader George Washington Truett, 53, preached his famous sermon, "Baptists and Religious Liberty," to 15,000 people from the Capitol steps in Washington, D.C.
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17 May 1920 WW2 Fox was commissioned into service. 
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17 May 1920 WW2 USS Arizona departed New York City, New York, United States. 
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18 May 1920 WW2 USS R-1 arrived at New London, Connecticut, United States. 
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18 May 1920 WW2 USS R-5 arrived at Newport, Rhode Island, United States. 
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24 May 1920 WW2 Isaburo Yamagata succeeded Gonsuke Hayashi as the Governor-General of Kwantung Leased Territory in northeastern China. 
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25 May 1920 WW2 The Bolsheviks launched a general offensive all along the front in Ukraine. The treaty with Ukrainian leader Petlyura quickly proved worthless and the Poles, outflanked by the Red Armies, were forced to retreat. 
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31 May 1920 WW2 Masafumi Arima enrolled in gunnery school in Japan. 
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01 Jun 1920 WW2 Tennessee was commissioned into service. 
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01 Jun 1920 WW2 The first landing took place aboard carrier Eagle. 
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03 Jun 1920 WW2 Captain Hisashi Yoko was named the commanding officer of Settsu while the ship was undergoing overhaul at Kure, Japan. 
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04 Jun 1920 WW2 The US Army Reorganization Act made the Air Service a combatant arm of the army, with 1,516 officers and 16,000 men in a total force of 280,000; this legislation defeated hopes for an independent air arm similar to the RAF, but marked progress towards recognising aviation as an asset to be administered independently from ground forces; of the authorised strength, only 919 officers and 8,725 men were engaged. 
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05 Jun 1920 WW2 Tak Kyonghyong was born in Gyeongsangnam Province, Korea. 
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06 Jun 1920 WW2 Edward Brooks' son Edward, Jr. was born. 
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08 Jun 1920 WW2 The highest scoring Allied fighter ace of World War II, Ivan Kozhedub, was born at the village of Obrazheyevska in the Sumy region of the Ukraine. 
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10 Jun 1920 WW2 In Warsaw the Polish cabinet collapsed causing political turmoil and widespread panic; it would be two weeks before a new government was formed. Some factions pressed for peace negotiations with the Bolsheviks, but Pilsudski clung to the hope that the western Allies would come to Poland's assistance. 
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10 Jun 1920 WW2 Kiev, Ukraine was evacuated by the Polish forces and the Bolsheviks marched in. 
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15 Jun 1920 WW2 A new border treaty between Germany and Denmark gave northern Schleswig to Denmark. 
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16 Jun 1920 WW2 Jean de Lattre de Tassigny was made a Officier of the Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur. 
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20 Jun 1920 WW2 George Patton reverted to the permanent rank of captain. 
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25 Jun 1920 WW2 USS Arizona arrived at New York City, New York, United States. 
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30 Jun 1920 WW2 Henry Arnold reverted to his permanent rank of captain. 
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01 Jul 1920 WW2 George Patton was promoted to the permanent rank of major. 
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01 Jul 1920 WW2 Ira Eaker was promoted to the rank of captain. 
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06 Jul 1920 WW2 Franklin Roosevelt was nominated as a candidate for US Vice President. 
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07 Jul 1920 WW2 Finland recognized the Republic of Estonia. 
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10 Jul 1920 WW2 Japanese Governor General of Korea Makoto Saito lead a ceremony at the General Government Building in Keijo (now Seoul) construction site, during which an engraved tablet was installed. 
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17 Jul 1920 WW2 USS Arizona was given the designation BB-39. 
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17 Jul 1920 WW2 The Bolsheviks crossed into Polish territory and began their advance on Warsaw. 
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17 Jul 1920 WW2 USS R-5 was given the hull number of SS-82. 
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23 Jul 1920 WW2 A French army under Henri Gourmand defeated the army of King Faisal's Independent Kingdom of Syria at Maysalun Pass about 12 miles west of Damascus. 
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25 Jul 1920 WW2 Semyon Timoshenko was awarded the Order of the Red Banner for the first time. 
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01 Aug 1920 WW2 Mikhail Tukhachevsky's Bolshevik offensive drove Józef Pilsudski's Polish Army out of Brest-Litovsk, Poland (now Brest, Belarus). 
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02 Aug 1920 WW2 François Flohic was born in Ploubazlanec, Bretagne, France. 
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02 Aug 1920 WW2 Józef Pilsudski's Polish Army withdrew to Warsaw, Poland. Meanwhile Mikhail Tukhachevsky announced his intention that the Red Army would occupy the Polish capital on 12 Aug 1920. 
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04 Aug 1920 WW2 The keel of Marblehead was laid down by William Cramp and Sons in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. 
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06 Aug 1920 WW2 The Kirghiz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was formed within Russia. 
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06 Aug 1920 WW2 Józef Pilsudski issued his orders for the battle to defend Warsaw, Poland to be carried out on 17 Aug 1920. 
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08 Aug 1920 WW2 Having captured Józef Pilsudski's plans from the body of a dead Polish officer, Mikhail Tukhachevsky (who regarded them as a hoax) issued his orders for the attack on Warsaw, Poland to be carried out on 14 Aug 1920, three days before Pilsudski planned to be ready. 
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11 Aug 1920 WW2 Henry Arnold was promoted to the permanent rank of major and was transferred to the US Army Air Service by the US War Department Special Order No. 188-0. 
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16 Aug 1920 WW2 Polish Marshal Pilsudski launched a counter offensive in the Deblin sector in Poland. Every available Polish aircraft was thrown into action in support of the ground troops. Under the combined air-ground onslaught the Red fprces wavered and broke. 
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16 Aug 1920 WW2 Lieutenant General Jiro Oba was named the commanding officer of the Japanese Chosen Army in occupied Korea, relieving Heitaro Utsunomiya. 
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17 Aug 1920 WW2 Peace talks commenced between the Poles and Bolsheviks at Minsk, but progress slowly whilst the course of the battle remained undecided. 
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18 Aug 1920 WW2 Defeated, Mikhail Tukhachevsky's 15th, 3rd and 16th Armies were in full retreat, whilst his 4th Army was trapped by a Polish counter attack from Warsaw, Poland by Józef Pilsudski's 1st, 2nd and 5th Armies. 
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22 Aug 1920 WW2 The Polish spearhead reached the River Narew in eastern Poland, cutting off General Tukhachevsky's 4th Red Army from the bulk of the Soviet forces. 
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23 Aug 1920 WW2 USS Arizona was named the flagship of US Navy Battleship Division 7. 
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27 Aug 1920 WW2 The defeated 4th Red Army, broken by the Poles at Grodno-Wolkowsysk, fled in disorder. 
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29 Aug 1920 WW2 Tenryu departed Yokosuka, Japan for eastern Russia. 
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31 Aug 1920 WW2 Kuma was commissioned into service. 
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02 Sep 1920 WW2 The Russo-Polish peace talk moved to Riga, Latvia as the extent of the Bolshevik military defeat became known. 
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07 Sep 1920 WW2 Tenryu arrived at Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan. 
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13 Sep 1920 WW2 USS R-1 departed New London, Connecticut, United States for overhaul at Norfolk, Virginia, United States. 
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13 Sep 1920 WW2 USS R-5 departed Newport, Rhode Island, United States for a scheduled overhaul at Norfolk, Virginia, United States. 
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15 Sep 1920 RELIGIOUS Pope Benedict XV published the encyclical "Spiritus paraclitus," which restated the Catholic position on Scripture: '...the Bible, composed by men inspired of the Holy Ghost, has God himself as its principal author, the individual authors constituted as his live instruments. Their activity, however, ought not be described as automatic writing.'
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24 Sep 1920 WW2 Richard Bong was born. 
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30 Sep 1920 WW2 Quintin Brand began studies at Cambridge University in Britain. 
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30 Sep 1920 WW2 McFarland was commissioned into service. 
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01 Oct 1920 WW2 Vice Admiral Naoe Nakano succeeded Vice Admiral Tatsuo Matsumura as the commanding officer of the Ryojun Military Port (previously known as Port Arthur; now Lushunkou, Liaoning Province, China), Kwantung Leased Territory in northeastern China. 
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07 Oct 1920 WW2 Masafumi Arima married Fumiko Toya. 
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18 Oct 1920 WW2 The Russo-Polish war was formally brought to an end with the signing of a peace treaty at Riga, Latvia. 
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20 Oct 1920 WW2 Paul Teste landed on Béarn, becoming the first French naval aviator to make a carrier landing. 
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29 Oct 1920 WW2 S-30 was commissioned into service. 
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01 Nov 1920 WW2 Kenkichi Ueda was awarded Order of the Rising Sun 3rd Class and Order of the Golden Kite 4th Class. 
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02 Nov 1920 WW2 Franklin Roosevelt was defeated as a US Vice Presidential candidate. 
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05 Nov 1920 WW2 Bruce Fraser departed Baku, Azerbaijian by rail under captivity. 
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07 Nov 1920 WW2 Bruce Fraser arrived at Tiflis, Georgia by rail under captivity. 
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09 Nov 1920 WW2 Poland agreed not to enter any international agreements involving the soon-to-be-formed Free City of Danzig without Danzig's approval. 
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11 Nov 1920 WW2 Walter Krupinski was born in Domnau, East Prussia, Germany. 
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12 Nov 1920 WW2 Bruce Fraser departed Constantinople, Ottoman Empire aboard HMS Heliotrope. 
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15 Nov 1920 WW2 Nagato was commissioned into service. 
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15 Nov 1920 WW2 The Free City of Danzig was created. 
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20 Nov 1920 WW2 Rear Admiral Kenkichi Wada was named the chief of staff of Vice Admiral Naoe Nakano (Ryojun Military Port, northeastern China). 
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20 Nov 1920 WW2 Captain Kazu Takemitsu was named the commanding officer of Settsu while the ship was undergoing overhaul at Kure, Japan. 
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21 Nov 1920 WW2 Umrao Singh was born. 
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23 Nov 1920 WW2 Paik Sun-yup was born in Kangso-gun (now Nampho), Phyongannamdo, Korea. 
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26 Nov 1920 WW2 Edmund Herring arrived in Melbourne, Australia. 
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26 Nov 1920 WW2 Bruce Fraser arrived in Britain. 
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28 Nov 1920 WW2 Semyon Timoshenko was awarded the honorary sword to his Order of the Red Banner. 
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01 Dec 1920 WW2 Chuichi Nagumo was promoted to the rank of lieutenant commander and was named the commanding officer of destroyer Momi. 
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01 Dec 1920 WW2 Prince Hiroyasu was named a member to the Supreme War Council. 
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01 Dec 1920 WW2 Masafumi Arima was assigned to Kongo. 
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01 Dec 1920 WW2 Vice Admiral Kazuyoshi Yamaji was named the commanding officer of Chinkai Guard District in southern Korea. 
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01 Dec 1920 WW2 Admiral Naomi Taniguchi was named the commanding officer of the Mako naval port at Pescadores islands, Taiwan. 
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01 Dec 1920 WW2 Bruce Fraser greeted officers returning from Soviet captivity at Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom. 
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06 Dec 1920 WW2 Heinrich Sahm became the first President of the Senate of Danzig. 
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07 Dec 1920 WW2 The Luftwaffe fighter ace Walter Nowotny was born in Gmünd, Austria. The youngest of three sons of an Austrian railway official, during the war he would be credited with no less than 258 aerial victories and commanded the world's first jet fighter wing. 
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07 Dec 1920 WW2 Nobutake Kondo arrived at Germany. 
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16 Dec 1920 WW2 The keel of light carrier Hosho was laid down. 
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17 Dec 1920 RELIGIOUS The first orphanage founded by the Church of God opened in Cleveland, Tennessee. Its establishment was the result of the vision and efforts of Church of God pioneer, A.J. Tomlinson.
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20 Dec 1920 WW2 Werner von Blomberg was promoted to the rank of Oberstleutnant. 
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20 Dec 1920 WW2 In the Soviet Union, the foreign intelligence section of OO (Special Department) was broken out, forming the INO (Foreign Department). 
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31 Dec 1920 WW2 Poland recognized the Republic of Estonia. 
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