Major Events of 1920
- Finland gains independence from the USSR
- Ireland gains home rule
- Kapp Putsch fails
- Gandhi leads the Indian Independence Movement
- Palestine becomes a British mandate
- Prohibition takes effect in the United States
- Women recieve sufferage in the U.S
- Olympics.
Nobel Prizes
Chemistry
NERNST, WALTHER HERMANN, Germany, Berlin University, b. 1864, d. 1941: "in recognition of his work in thermochemistry"
Literature
HAMSUN, KNUT PEDERSEN, Norway, b. 1859, d. 1952: "for his monumental work, Growth of the Soil"
Peace
BOURGEOIS, LƒON VICTOR AUGUSTE , France, b. 1851, d. 1925: Former Secretary of State. President of the Parliament (SŽnat). President of the Conseil de la SociŽtŽ des Nations (Council of the League of Nations) .
Physiology or Medicine
KROGH, SCHACK AUGUST STEENBERG, Denmark, Copenhagen University, b. 1874, d. 1949: "for his discovery of the capillary motor regulating mechanism"
Physics
GUILLAUME, CHARLES EDOUARD, Switzerland, Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (International Bureau of Weights and Measures), Svres, b. 1861, d. 1938: "in recognition of the service he has rendered to precision measurements in Physics by his discovery of anomalies in nickel steel alloys"
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