1920
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Events
February 3 - during the Ukrainian-Soviet war troops of RSCA captured Nikolaev and Kherson
March 20-21 - the Don Troops Region was liquidated; the Don region of the RSFSR was formed
The Sevres Peace Treaty was signed on August 10
August 26-27 - Akmola and Semipalatinsk regions of the RSFSR were liquidated; the Kyrgyz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was formed
September 22 - Turgai and Ural regions of the Kyrgyz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic were liquidated
October 28 - The Entente countries sign the Bessarabian Protocol with the Kingdom of Romania, giving Bessarabia to Romania
December 7 - the Kuban region was liquidated; the Kuban-Black Sea region of the RSFSR was formed. On December 28, the Union Workers 'and Peasants' Agreement was signed between the Russian Socialist Federal Soviet Republic and the Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic.
Accidents and catastrophes
January 12 - The French passenger ship L'Afrique sinks in the Bay of Biscay after colliding with a floating lighthouse. 553 people died
Science
MI Vavilov formulated the law of homologous series of hereditary variability
Born
See also Category: Born 1920
January 2 - Isaac Azimov, American biochemist, science fiction writer
January 2 - George Howard Gerbig, American astronomer
January 6 - San Moon, a Korean religious figure
January 9 - Mieczyslaw Pawlykowski, Polish actor of theater and cinema
January 16 - Elliot Reid, American actor
January 20 - Federico Fellini, Italian director, screenwriter
February 23 - Boris Vladimirovich Nekrasov, Russian writer († 1978)
March 8 - Ivan Fotiyovych Stadnyuk, Russian writer
March 16 - Mikhail Abramovich Schweizer, Russian film director
March 21 - Georg Ots, a prominent Estonian opera singer
April 1 - Toshiro Mifune, Japanese film actor
April 4 - Eric Romer, French film director
April 5 - Arthur Gailey, American writer
April 7 - Ravi Shankar, Indian musician
April 23 - Tobacco Grigory Mikhailovich, writer
May 1 - Kopernynska Nonna Kronidivna, Ukrainian actress
May 14 - Stetsko Yaroslava Yosypivna, Ukrainian politician, leader of the Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists
May 18 - John Paul II, 264th Pope (since 1978)
May 22 - Mykola Hryhorovych Hrynko, Ukrainian
