100 Years Ago Today

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29th May 1920

Ship Losses:

Cypress (United States) The 33-gross register ton fishing vessel was wrecked on a shoal in Dry Bay on the south-central or southeast coast of the Territory of Alaska. Her crew of four survived. The wreck report does not specify in which of several bays of the name the loss took place. Her gasoline engine was salvaged.

[Jimbuna]

30th May 1920

George Ernest Morrison, political advisor to the Republic of China and a collector of books on Asia, has passed away. He is credited for influencing China’s decision to join the Great War against Germany.
https://i.postimg.cc/KY9BJkRw/EZRj-Tl-KXs-AE0-A6k.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Former Russian General Aleksei Brusilov publishes an article in Pravda appealing for all former Tsarist officers to join the Red Army to defend the country in the Polish-Soviet War.
https://i.postimg.cc/c4qY9NLx/EZRj-Tl-KXs-AE0-A6k.jpg (https://postimg.cc/grDnjQhQ)

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31st May 1920

Oil tanker SS Selma, an experimental ship made out of concrete, hits a jetty and suffers damage. (Efforts to repair the ship fails and it is scuttled in 1922)
https://i.postimg.cc/HLtN5pzZ/EZV1x-XWAAA4-R-a.png (https://postimages.org/)

Actors Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford on board the SS Lapland in their honeymoon, 1920.
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1st June 1920

Adolfo de la Huerta becomes the new President of Mexico as the country transitions to peace after the near decade-long Mexican Revolution.
https://i.postimg.cc/gkGmsP0h/EZaj5oj-Wk-AAlt3-C.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Little Florence (United Kingdom) The sailing ship foundered in the English Channel off Paimpol, Côtes-du-Nord, France.

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2nd June 1920

A beggar running alongside King George V’s carriage while heading to the Epsom Derby.
https://i.postimg.cc/cHtx2JdF/EZfti4-XWs-AA1h7g.png (https://postimages.org/)

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3rd June 1920

US Battleship USS Tennessee is launched (USS Tennessee will survive the Pearl Harbor Attack and participate in numerous Pacific War battles).
https://i.postimg.cc/QC0QkNYm/EZl8-Gv2-XQAck6-BA.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Samos (Greece) The cargo ship ran aground at Pointe Fern, Ouessant, Finistère, France. She broke in two on 11 June and was a total loss.

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4th June 1920

Treaty of Trianon is signed between the Allied Powers and the Kingdom of Hungary, officially ending the state of war and reducing Hungary to 28% of its prewar territory. Hungarian delegates heading to sign the treaty at Versailles.
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5th June 1920

The UNOVIS group pose for a photograph. Founded at the Vitebsk Art School by Kazimir Malevich, the group leaves a lasting influence on avant-garde art in Russia and abroad.
https://i.postimg.cc/vBg1zRXf/EZv-KTQl-XQAIf-Rbi.jpg (https://postimg.cc/7G4YHWFZ)

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6th June 1920

Germany holds its federal election, with Chancellor Herman Müller’s Social Democratic Party losing a third of its seats. With no party winning more than 21.9% of the vote, protracted negotiations to form a government ensues. Scenes from the election.
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Birthday ceremony for King George V is celebrated today (his actual birthday is on June 3rd). Winston Churchill is in the foreground on the right.
https://i.postimg.cc/RZbr0py8/EZ1-Yqf-KXg-AEX0q-X.png (https://postimages.org/)

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7th June 1920

King George V tries his hands at brick laying at an instructional factory for former servicemen.
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Men of the German Reichswehr, 2nd Pioneer Battalion in Stettin (Szczecin, Poland)
https://i.postimg.cc/sX2T1tCM/102683376-3148171731916895-6499139525850169344-n.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Britannia (United Kingdom) The barque foundered in the North Sea 125 nautical miles (232 km) east by north of Spurn Point, Yorkshire with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the trawler Dragon ( United Kingdom).
Irmgard (United States) The schooner was wrecked at Suva, Fiji.
Pak Ling (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground on Button Island, East China Sea. She was refloated on 15 June.

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8th June 1920

Ship Losses:

Berwyn (United States) The cargo ship struck rocks off Sharbithat, Oman (17°50′N 57°22′E): She refloated but consequently foundered. Her 54 crew were rescued by Katiagallus (flag unknown).

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9th June 1920

American boy scouts collecting clothing and shoes for those affected by the Great War in Europe.
https://i.postimg.cc/pX3fyR9h/Ea-FEBj-YXQAIwqm-K.jpg (https://postimg.cc/zVSbcmF8)

An 18-inch naval gun, and beneath it, a 4-inch naval gun that fired the first British shot in the Great War. Displayed at the Crystal Palace in London, the exhibit will be opened today.
https://i.postimg.cc/x1HKzhHs/Ea-Dw4d-WXk-Ao-K7-Om.png (https://postimages.org/)

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10th June 1920

The Polish offensive in Ukraine against the Soviets is defeated, and Polish armies begin retreating in the face of the Red Army counteroffensive. Soldiers of the 3rd Polish Army retreating from Kiev (the city falls on the 13th)
https://i.postimg.cc/ZYWdHsCm/what-are-you-doing.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

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11th June 1920

A vocational therapy workshop for convalescent American veterans.
https://i.postimg.cc/BbT45FWy/tony-gets-real-about-the-flakes.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Boswell (United Kingdom) The tug struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off Terschelling, Netherlands with the loss of sixteen of her 22 crew. Survivors were rescued a Dutch tug.

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12th June 1920

Experimental ship made out of concrete SS Cuyamaca being launched in San Diego.
https://i.postimg.cc/x8zbZ4Rc/Ea-Ugj0d-WAAQPSd9.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Mehmed VI, the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. His role is substantially diminished after the defeat in the Great War and as Mustafa Kemal leads the Turkish Independence movement in Anatolia.
https://i.postimg.cc/bJdCFkBs/Ea-TNnyf-XYAAK7-ZV.png (https://postimages.org/)

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13th June 1920

USS Michigan transiting the Panama Canal.
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Essad Pasha Toptani, former Ottoman army officer and Prime Minister of Albania, is assassinated in Paris by Albanian political activist Avni Rustemi.
https://i.postimg.cc/yxPXB2HN/Ea-Zpyo-GXg-Aw-W8vb.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

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14th June 1920

Ship Losses:

Arkley (United Kingdom) The auxiliary sailing vessel ran aground on the Sow and Pig Sands, in the North Sea off Blyth, Northumberland. She was abandoned by her crew, but was later boarded by some of the crew of the Blyth Lifeboat. Arkley was refloated and brought into Blyth Harbour.

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15th June 1920

Giovanni Giolitti begins his 5th term as Prime Minister of Italy during a period of economic crisis and intense social conflict fueled by both left and right-wing movements.
https://i.postimg.cc/8z8zZP3B/Eaj9-W9-VWo-AEu-F7u.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Anna (Soviet Union) The cargo ship was destroyed by fire in the Skagerrak off Kristiansand, Norway.
Gladys (United Kingdom) The Thames barge collided with Chifuku Maru ( Japan) in the Thames Estuary off the Mucking Lightship and sank. Her crew were rescued. Gladys was later refloated.
Pacifico (United States) The cargo ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean off Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Pauline M. Cummins (United States) The schooner ran aground on the Hogsty Reef, Barbados and was a total loss. Her crew survived.
Robert Forest (United Kingdom) The tug sprang a leak in the North Sea and was beached off Grimsby, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued by the Spurn Lifeboat.

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16th June 1920

A committee of jurists gathered at The Hague to plan the organization of the proposed Permanent Court of International Justice, a judicial body for the League of Nations.

Three African American men are lynched in Duluth, Minnesota by a mob of thousands. The lynchings in a northern state exposes the extent of violent racism in the country. Police station where the three men were dragged out.
https://i.postimg.cc/25J05NR0/Eal-PRlc-Xg-AASLlv.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Campos (Brazil Brazil) The cargo ship struck rocks in Victoria Girazill Bay and was beached at Rio de Janeiro.
F. R. Hazard (United States) The cargo ship collided with another vessel in Whitefish Bay and was consequently beached at Whitefish Point.

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17th June 1920

Prince Alfonso of Spain in uniform with soldiers (he renounces his rights in 1933 to marry a commoner)
https://i.ibb.co/kJFsVV6/Eatn-Ols-X0-AE9w-Nk.jpg (https://ibb.co/YXGF44T)

Ship Losses:

Lady Thea (Russia White Movement) The tanker caught fire at Batumi while loading kerosene and was scuttled by shelling by HMS Swallow ( Royal Navy).

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18th June 1920

Mustafa Kemal and his staff during the Greco-Turkish War.
https://i.postimg.cc/3RLTp0tK/Eaywo-XNWo-AIftjp.png (https://postimages.org/)

A Renault FT tank at a tank competition at Satory, France.
https://i.postimg.cc/RhNzTCYw/Eaywo-XNWo-AIftjp.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Engineer (United Kingdom) The cargo ship caught fire at Lourenço Marques, Mozambique and was severely damaged. She sank on 20 June.
Wico (United States) The cargo ship ran aground in the Rabbit Islands, Turkey. She was refloated on 24 June.

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19th June 1920

Remains of the HMS Intrepid, which was used during the Great War to block the harbor of Zeebrugge to prevent the Germans from using it.
https://i.postimg.cc/Qx2qGNqd/Ea4jo-ZXXg-AEAFf9.png (https://postimages.org/)

Vladimir Lenin at the second Comintern congress in Uritski Palace (Uritsky / Uritskovo). Petrograd , Russia, on 19th June 1920.
https://i.postimg.cc/tg5dx3Gs/sil5xejo5u551.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Stuntman Omer Locklear performing a stunt on a Curtiss Jenny biplane.
https://i.postimg.cc/25mFyHMp/Ea4jo-ZXXg-AEAFf9.png (https://postimages.org/)

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20th June 1920

Greek troops heading off to the Turkish front for the Greco-Turkish War.
https://i.postimg.cc/pTGDMJBb/Ea8a-SJLXQAAt-A0-K.png (https://postimages.org/)

Fatali Khan Khoyski, first Prime Minister of Azerbaijan, is assassinated by Armenian revolutionary Aram Yerganian for his role in the killings of Armenians in Baku.
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Ship Losses:

Frontera (Norway) The cargo ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Cuba and was abandoned. She was later towed into Gibara.

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21st June 1920

French Marshal Ferdinand Foch arriving at Boulogne-sur-Mer for an Inter-Allied conference to discuss details of German reparation payments.
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The U.S. Army began issuing a new honor, the World War I Victory Medal.
https://i.postimg.cc/L5vGrGrm/the-fawlty-towers-issue-4.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

William C. May (United States) The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued.

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22nd June 1920

British soldier guarding a position in Londonderry, Northern Ireland as fighting breaks out in the city during the Irish War of Independence.
https://i.postimg.cc/fLDNzs5m/Eb-Gtky-NXg-Ag-Pzj8.png (https://postimages.org/)

Edward, Prince of Wales, lays the foundation stone for the capitol in Canberra, June 22,1920.
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23rd June 1920

Review of a U.S. Army Regiment in San Antonia, Texas.
https://i.postimg.cc/Ghdqb6qC/Eb-NKOUWX0-AAS6-BX.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Marshal Philippe Pétain and former President Raymond Poincaré at Verdun to commemorate the construction of a war memorial.
https://i.postimg.cc/jdcv2vFJ/Eb-Mge-GQXQAA4-Fvc.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Kolyma (United States) The 29-gross register ton motor vessel was wrecked on the northwest coast of Sledge Island in the Bering Sea during a gale. Her crew of two survived.
Sesnon #5 (United States) While anchored about 0.25 nautical miles (0.46 km; 0.29 mi) west of the mouth of the Lost River (65°23′N 167°09′W) on the Bering Sea coast of the Territory of Alaska with no cargo or crew aboard, the 58-ton scow dragged her anchor during a gale, was driven ashore, and was wrecked.

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24th June 1920

British soldiers manning a barricade in Derry, Northern Ireland as fighting continues with the Irish Republican Army. In the past four days, 17 people have been killed.
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The Fort de la Pompelle, Surroundings of Reims, Marne, Champagne, France.
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25th June 1920

Constantine Fehrenbach becomes the new Chancellor of Weimar Germany, leading a coalition of the German People’s Party (DVP), German Center Party (Zentrum), and the German Democratic Party (DDP).
https://i.postimg.cc/fbsfvcbd/Eb-Wzz-YSXYAIJy9-F.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Recruitment poster for the British Territorial Army.
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British forces landing at Mudanya, Turkey to aid the Greeks in the ongoing Greco-Turkish war.
https://i.postimg.cc/Gt4FpzXW/Eb-WKQ38-Wo-AALP4-B.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

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26th June 1920

Battleship USS Pennsylvania performing target practice.
https://i.postimg.cc/28sMMdf6/Ebb-T8m-TXQAAd-PHD.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

"The New Eastern War: The Hellenic Offensive Against the Forces of Mustapha Kemal"
https://i.postimg.cc/x1Lh2k0P/Ebb-T8m-TXQAAd-PHD.jpg (https://postimg.cc/VJLD9k0S)

Royal Navy battleships from the United Kingdom aided the Greek invasion of Turkey by bombarding the city of İzmit, a base of operations for Turkish nationalists. A dispatch from Greece reported that 1,000 Turks had been killed.
https://i.postimg.cc/8CHY7qfJ/okv3ry8y48751.png (https://postimg.cc/B8jpy7g4)

Ship Losses:

Ansaldo San Giorgio III (Italy) The cargo ship caught fire and sank at Cartagena, Murcia, Spain.

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27th June 1920

Władysław Grabski becomes the new Prime Minister of Poland. The country faces crisis, as Polish armies are retreating in the face of the Soviet offensive.
https://i.postimg.cc/NFzB0X85/lets-party.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

British Major General Cuthbert Lucas is captured by the IRA while he was fishing (he escapes or was allowed to escape four weeks later)
https://i.postimg.cc/N0gVWMTV/Ebh-Gq-AWk-AACrl0.png (https://postimages.org/)

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28th June 1920

Ship Losses:

Charles E. Moody (United States) The 2,003-gross register ton, 233.9-foot (71.3 m) wooden ship was destroyed by fire while anchored in the roadstead at Naknek, Territory of Alaska. The only person aboard survived.

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29th June 1920

Princess Ileana of Romania with her dog.
https://i.postimg.cc/g2T1H09P/Ebqwq8f-Wo-AI0w-e.png (https://postimg.cc/rD5h8MFh)

Ship Losses:

Gladys and Nellie (United Kingdom) The schooner was destroyed by fire at Antilla, Cuba.
Independent (United States) The 17-gross register ton motor vessel was wrecked on the eastern spit at the entrance to Dry Bay – most likely the body of water of that name located at 59°08′N 138°25′W – on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska after her gasoline engine broke down and her anchors failed to hold in strong currents.
Koyo Maru (Japan) The cargo ship ran aground on the Serrana Bank, Columbia. She was refloated on 1 August.

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30th June 1920

Herbert Samuel arrives in the British Mandate of Palestine to act as its first High Commissioner. He is the first Jewish person to govern the region in almost 2000 years.
https://i.postimg.cc/HL5M05TM/Ebv6-O6y-Wo-AAIb7x.png (https://postimages.org/)

The Turkish delegation to the Paris peace conference announced that it would recognize the independence of Armenia, Hedjaz (now Saudi Arabia), Syria (now Syria and Lebanon), Mesopotamia (now Iraq) and Palestine (now Israel and Jordan).
https://i.postimg.cc/Y28WxtBd/Ebv6-O6y-Wo-AAIb7x.png (https://postimg.cc/JtD0rVnX)

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1st July 1920

The Union Jack flies over the Government House in Jerusalem, as the British begin the administration of the Mandate of Palestine.
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Howitzer platforms and tanks at the Watertown Arsenal in Massachusetts.
https://i.postimg.cc/zXcQBYQ2/Ebv6-O6y-Wo-AAIb7x.png (https://postimages.org/)

The Polish Volunteer Army is established to defend against the Soviet offensive against the country. Due to the lack of armaments, many are equipped with only melee weapons.
https://i.postimg.cc/zXcQBYQ2/Ebv6-O6y-Wo-AAIb7x.png (https://postimages.org/)

[July 1st, 1920] A portrait of the Russian revolutionary Vladimir Ilich Ulianov (Lenin)
https://i.postimg.cc/Y0ydhQdL/Eb1-Rs7x-Wk-AEk-Lb-S.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

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2nd July 1920

General Tukhachevsky, leading the Soviet offensive against Poland, orders: “To the West! Over the corpse of White Poland lies the road to worldwide conflagration. March on Vilno, Minsk, Warsaw!...onward to Berlin over the corpse of Poland!"
https://i.postimg.cc/280v9wpR/invisibility-cloak-in-action.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Grayson (United States) The cargo ship ran aground on Stroma, Caithness, United Kingdom. She was declared a total loss on 7 July.

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3rd July 1920

William C. Gorgas, the U.S. Surgeon General of the U.S. Army during the Great War, has passed away.
https://i.postimg.cc/RVcPh71y/what.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

The Royal Air Force at Hendon demonstrates bombings and incendiary attacks on balloon targets.
https://i.postimg.cc/ydMPYxD7/Eb-k5-CTXs-AEVHOe.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Chas E. Moody (United States) The ship was destroyed by fire in Bristol Bay.

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4th July 1920

July 4th Parade in Washington D.C.
https://i.postimg.cc/02m6zJdJ/Ec-Fz-XHh-Ws-AEc-Daf.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Metkiy (Soviet Navy Red Movement) Polish-Soviet War: Battle of Loyev: The paddle gunboat was wrecked at Loyev with its paddle wheels broken. The ship was abandoned and later shelled by Polish artillery.

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5th July 1920

The Spa Conference begins in Spa, Belgium between the Allied Supreme War Council and the Weimar German government to discuss German disarmament and reparation payments.
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The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII), right, escapes unhurt from a train crash, south of Perth.
https://i.postimg.cc/8594ND5h/27tydg2tly851.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

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6th July 1920

The first aerial navigation using radio is conducted by the U.S. Navy with a Felixstowe F5L flying boat.
https://i.postimg.cc/NMzvnTfG/Ec-QGs3s-Ws-AIVSd-U.png (https://postimages.org/)

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt is nominated as the Democratic Vice President nominee.
https://i.postimg.cc/brSffJsx/Ec-QGs3s-Ws-AIVSd-U.png (https://postimg.cc/sGzNp3Px)

Sketch of the Imperial War Museum at the Crystal Palace in London, made by Ernest Blaikley.
https://i.postimg.cc/F1t5r4L2/Ec-QGs3s-Ws-AIVSd-U.png (https://postimg.cc/hQ03sNMr)

A captured Turkish soldier as Greek troops supported by the British Royal Navy launch an offensive in western Anatolia.
https://i.postimg.cc/wx11jQNV/Ec-Oz4-a-Xk-AAKi-Fj.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Standard #1 (United States) While anchored in Norton Sound off the Bering Sea coast of the Territory of Alaska 0.5 nautical miles (0.93 km; 0.58 mi) south of the Egavik River (64°02′N 160°55′W) with no people or cargo aboard, the 15-gross register ton scow was blown ashore by a sudden storm and broke up in the surf without loss of life.

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7th July 1920

A 3-inch anti-aircraft gun being studied at the Aviation Mechanics Trade School in Chicago.
https://i.postimg.cc/y6SbDSs0/Ec-VQQy-XYAEB8-ZA.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Allied troops march in Batumi, Georgia as they prepare to leave the country.
https://i.postimg.cc/5NdkLN2T/Ec-Umw-Hl-Wo-AEDBDp.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Britannia (United Kingdom) The barque foundered in the North Sea 125 nautical miles (232 km) east by north of Spurn Point, Yorkshire with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the trawler Dragon ( United Kingdom).
Irmgard (United States) The schooner was wrecked at Suva, Fiji.
Pak Ling (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground on Button Island, East China Sea. She was refloated on 15 June.

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8th July 1020

Opening ceremony at the Peace Palace of the commission for a Permanent Court of International Justice.
https://i.postimg.cc/CdypryHL/Ec-ZG64-XXg-AEx-P7-T.png (https://postimages.org/)

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9th July 1920

Ship Losses:

Primrose (United Kingdom) The skiff was driven ashore at Oxwich Point, Glamorgan with the loss of the only crew member on board.

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10th July 1920

John Fisher, the First Sea Lord of the Royal Navy during the first years of the Great War, has passed away. He is known for his naval reforms, including the introduction of the Dreadnought battleships.
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11th July 1920

Yul Brynner (the future actor) is born in Vladivostok in the Far Eastern republic, a puppet state of Soviet Russia.
https://i.postimg.cc/SRtnXtfL/Ecpautz-Wk-AErcw-K.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Empress Eugénie de Montijo of France, wife of Emperor Napoleon III, has passed away at the age of 94.
https://i.postimg.cc/rFK06Mqf/Eco-Fgs-Xs-AAr-Hcx.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Plebiscite in East Prussia is conducted as residents in Allenstein and Marienwerder vote to stay in the German Reich or join Poland. Due to the Soviet offensive against Poland, many residents including those with Polish ethnicity vote overwhelmingly to stay in Germany.
https://i.postimg.cc/CLXZSX1S/Ecojklk-WAAE8u-LL.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

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12th July 1920

Royal Navy greeting the Royal family’s visit to Rothesay, Scotland on their yacht.
https://i.postimg.cc/zX51Bdnm/Ecu-r-Na-Xs-AUIU2-V.png (https://postimages.org/)

Edward, Prince of Wales, arriving in Gawler, South Africa as part of his royal tour.
https://i.postimg.cc/pXZMnDZm/Ecu-r-Na-Xs-AUIU2-V.png (https://postimages.org/)

The Soviet-Lithuanian Peace Treaty is signed, ending the Lithuanian-Soviet War and securing the independence of Lithuania. Lithuanian soldiers with an armored train.
https://i.postimg.cc/Bnn95XYM/Ectt-FM1-WAAAf-OHS.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Fort de Troyon (France) The cargo ship ran aground at Rio Grande, Brazil. She was refloated on 16 July.
Lake Frampton (United States) The cargo ship collided with Comus ( United States) off Atlantic City and sank with the loss of two of her crew.

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13th July 1920

Chilean President José Gutiérrez Guerra is overthrown by a military coup due to economic troubles in the country. He was perceived by many to be elitist and was nicknamed the "Last Oligarch"
https://i.postimg.cc/rsP8hN5J/Eczu-GV4-X0-AAGLs-W.png (https://postimages.org/)

Graves of Canadian and Australian soldiers and a lone grave of an American soldier in Maryhill, Scotland.
https://i.postimg.cc/fW2TTD19/Ecz-Sboo-Xk-AA77b-W.png (https://postimages.org/)

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14th July 1920

FT-17 tanks at parade in Vincennes, France for Bastille Day.
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The Zhili-Anhui War begins as warlord factions in Northern China begin fighting one another for control over the internationally recognized Chinese government (Beiyang). Warlords Wu Peifu and Duan Qirui.
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15th July 1920

Eleanor Roosevelt and her family. Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, was recently nominated as the Democratic Party’s Vice President candidate.
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Sinn Fein raided the Dublin post office during the daytime and, without encountering resistance, carried away government mail and mail addressed to law enforcement agencies.
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16th July 1920

ROTC men drilling with Browning Automatic rifles at Camp Jackson, South Carolina.
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German Reichswehr units patrol in front of the French embassy in Berlin after demonstrators took down the French flag.
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17th July 1920

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt receiving official notice of his nomination as the Democratic Party’s Vice Presidential candidate.
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Crowds pay their respects for the funeral of Empress Eugenie, the wife of Napoleon III.
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18th July 1920

Royal Navy Protected Cruiser HMS Fox at Watchet.
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Prince Joachim of Prussia, the youngest child of Kaiser Wilhelm II, commits suicide at the age of 29. He reportedly fell into depression after losing his royal status and becoming a commoner after the Great War.
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King Faisal agrees to the French Ultimatum to disband his Arab Army and submit Syria to French rule as a mandate. The news leads to riots in Damascus.
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19th July 1920

2nd World Congress of the Comintern opens in Petrograd (St. Petersburg). Lenin making a speech.
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IJN carrier Kaga laid down.
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Ship Losses:

Caroline (France) The barque caught fire at Antofagasta, Chile and was beached.
Coastwise (United States) The 109-foot (33.2 m), 269-gross register ton tug sprang a leak and sank in the North Atlantic Ocean south of Long Island, New York. Her entire crew of 17 survived.

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20th July 1920

The Spaniards defeated by Abdelkrim El-Khattabi (a Moroccan political and military leader) in the Battle of Annual.
https://i.postimg.cc/1RnJhJHR/emr6sms6lwb51.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Jan (Netherlands) The tug foundered off Wenchow, China in a typhoon.
Shanghai (Netherlands) The dredger foundered off Wenchow in a typhoon.

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21st July 1920

A diplomatic mission by Britain and France is dispatched to Poland to negotiate a truce between Poland and the Soviets.
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IRA suspects being guarded by British soldiers at the Bandon Barracks.
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Edward, Prince of Wales, greeting crowds at the Anzac Hotel in Launceston, Australia.
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The opulent funeral of Princess Eugénie, wife of Napoleon III and last Bourbon vestige, proceeds through London past famous spectators including Prince Murat, Prince Victor, and Princess Napoleon, of various nations, but all known to the late Imperatice.
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Ship Losses:

Carlo Alberto Racchia (Regia Marina) Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War: The Mirabello-class destroyer sank in the Black Sea after striking a mine off Odessa, Ukraine.
Saint Michael #9 (United States) Loaded with a cargo of 406 tons of fuel oil in tanks, the 366-ton barge sank at the dock at St. Michael, Territory of Alaska, when a gale struck and heavy seas swamped her. She was a total loss.

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22nd July 1920

Delegates to the ongoing Congress of the Communist International in Moscow. These delegates represent Russia’s various regions and ethnic groups. ‬
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Greece proudly presents this new map of herself, including the territories she conquered from the Ottoman Empire. “The New Greece.”
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Ship Losses:

Kolyma (United States) The 29-gross register ton motor vessel was wrecked on the northwest coast of Sledge Island in the Bering Sea during a gale. Her crew of two survived.
Sesnon #5 (United States) While anchored about 0.25 nautical miles (0.46 km; 0.29 mi) west of the mouth of the Lost River (65°23′N 167°09′W) on the Bering Sea coast of the Territory of Alaska with no cargo or crew aboard, the 58-ton scow dragged her anchor during a gale, was driven ashore, and was wrecked.

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23rd July 1920

Vladimir Lenin meeting with Italian delegates at the Second World Congress of the Comintern.
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Gouraud inspects French troops at the Battle of Maysaloun.
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24th July 1920

Poland forms the National Defense Government, headed by Prime Minister Wincenty Witos, to defend against the ongoing Soviet offensive against Poland.
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At the Battle of Maysalum, French troops defeat the Arab Army of the Kingdom of Syria, ending hopes for an independent country in Syria. French troops before the battle.
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Franco-Syrian war. Syrian soldiers in Maysaloun in 1920.
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25th July 1920

In the Chilean Presidential Election, Arturo Alessandri is elected by winning the electoral college despite losing the popular vote.
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French troops led by General Mariano Goybet enters Damascus, ending the independent Kingdom of Syria. General Gouraud (or General Goybet) is said to have said, "Saladin, we're back!"
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Ship Losses:

HMCS CD88 (Royal Canadian Navy) The Admiralty-type drifter foundered on passage from Canada to the United Kingdom.

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26th July 1920

Ship Losses:

Mayals (United Kingdom) The coaster ran aground at Bideford, Devon. Her crew were rescued.
Stanton (United Kingdom) The cargo ship collided with Redriff ( United Kingdom) in the Thames Estuary and sank. Her crew were rescued.

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27th July 1920

At the 1920 America’s Cup, New York Yacht Club’s Resolute defeats the Royal Ulster Yacht Club’s Shamrock IV
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British troops inspect a bridge destroyed by the IRA near Kinsale.
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Ship Losses:

Santa Elena (United States) The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Valparaíso, Chile.

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28th July 1920

Funeral cortege at Brandon Barracks, probably of Lance Corporal Thomas Maddox who was shot while investigating the IRA.
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Pancho Villa and his troops surrender to the Mexican government after recognizing the Presidency of De la Huerta. In return, Pancho Villa is given amnesty, a pension, and a hacienda to retire to.
https://i.postimg.cc/htNR4dLT/Ee-AGw-Hl-Wo-AAU7-Uy.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Niki (Greece) The cargo ship arrived at Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom leaking. She was beached at Tranmere, Cheshire.

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29th July 1920

The launch of the destroyer USS Edsall (the ship is sunk in 1942 by the Japanese during WWII)
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30th July 1920

British troops execute a man accused of working for the Turkish Nationalists in Izmit.
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German zeppelin L 72 being delivered to Maubeuge, France as war reparations.
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31st July 1920

U.S. Presidential Yacht USS Mayflower docked at the Washington Naval Yard.
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The Communist Party of Great Britain is founded with Albert Inkpin as its first General Secretary.
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1st August 1920

American athletes train onboard the USS Cruiser Frederick as they head to the 1920 Antwerp Olympics.
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Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian independence activist who Mahatma Gandhi named as “The Maker of Modern India,” has passed away. Gandhi announces the launch of the non-cooperation movement against British rule.
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Ship Losses:

Emanuel Repoulis (Greece) The cargo ship departed Salonica for Beirut, Greater Lebanon. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of all hands.

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2nd August 1920

The Italian Protectorate over Albania comes to an end, as Italy agrees to withdraw its troops from the country after months of fighting with Albanian nationalists. Italian soldiers in Vlorë, Albania.
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A damaged U.S. Army Air Force VCP-R plane after it collided with an automobile during landing.
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Actress Mildred Harris files for divorce from Charlie Chaplin on the grounds of cruelty. Chaplin married her in 1918 when she was 16.
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3rd August 1920

In the town of Center, Texas, a mob of over 1000 lynch a Black teenager Lige Daniels, either 16 or 18 years old, outside the courthouse lawn.
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Irish War of Independence: Catholics riot in Belfast, in protest at the continuing British Army presence.
https://i.postimg.cc/nrx5QNM8/1k5hy3jwfre51.png (https://postimg.cc/dkWnbH8n)

Ship Losses:

Bitche (France) The cargo ship caught fire in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Tiñoso, Spain and was abandoned.

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4th August 1920

At the Evergreen Institute for the Blind, Great War veterans who were blinded by gas attacks learn how to service tires despite their condition, allowing them to hold gainful employment for the rest of their days.
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Ship Losses:

Gjoa (United States) With nine members of her crew ashore and only her captain on board, the 20-gross register ton motor vessel was wrecked without loss of life on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska 34 nautical miles (63 km; 39 mi) east of Cape Suckling (59°59′30″N 143°19′00″W) after her anchor cable parted during a storm.
H. C. Grube (Denmark) The schooner was driven ashore at Casablanca, French Morocco and was wrecked.

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5th August 1920

Amos Whitney, co-founder of the Pratt & Whitney company, has passed away.
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A curfew is imposed across Munster, Ireland after Sinn Fein radicals cause trouble across the region, disrupting British Army operations there.
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The situation in the Polish-Soviet War has grown desperate for the Poles as the Red Army reaches the gates of Warsaw and begins shelling the city proper.

Ship Losses:

Adramantis (Greece) The cargo ship sank in the Ionian Sea off Cerigo.
Santiago de Cuba (Cuba) The cargo ship was destroyed by fire.

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6th August 1920

Franklin D. Roosevelt writing a farewell address to the officers and men of the U.S. Navy as he resigns as Assistant Secretary of the Navy to run as Vice Presidential candidate for the 1920 election.
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Popular music star Al Jolson releases a campaign song for Republican Presidential candidate Warren G. Harding: “Harding, You’re The Man For Us.”
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7th August 1920

At the 1920 Salzburg Conference, the Nazi Party adopts the swastika as its official emblem.

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8th August 1920

Thousands flee Warsaw as the Russian Red Army approaches the Polish capital. Polish refugees in Warsaw.
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State of the front in the Polish-Soviet War.
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9th August 1920

Red Army troops heading from Petrograd (St. Petersburg) to the Polish front.
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The Restoration of Order in Ireland Act is given royal assent in the UK, suspending jury trials and allowing for the court martial of those suspected of IRA activity. British soldiers in Dublin earlier this year.
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10th August 1920

Polish infantry heading to the front as Soviet forces approach the capital of Warsaw.
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Queen Marie of Romania with war orphans in Bucharest.
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11th August 1920

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes series, claims he spoke with his dead relatives. In recent years, the author of the famous detective has become a public proponent of spiritualism.
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Bolshevik cavalry in northern Poland during their offensive against Warsaw.
https://i.postimg.cc/VvJK9tTj/Ef-JEWGu-Wo-AAh-G1u.png (https://postimages.org/)

Latvian-Soviet Peace Treaty is signed in Riga, ending the Latvian War of Independence as Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of Latvia.
https://i.postimg.cc/SQPTSZ2V/Ef-IM6i4-Xg-AAEErt.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

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12 August 1920

Entrance to Argonne Cemetery, the site of the largest American offensive in US military history.
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Greek Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos survives an assassination attempt by two royalist Greek soldiers in Paris after signing the Treaty of Sèvres with the Ottoman Empire. Venizelos after the assassination attempt.
https://i.postimg.cc/g2SVqfgF/h2-D19-FCB4.jpg (https://postimg.cc/G4DTbS0q)

The Battle of Warsaw begins as Soviet troops being attacking the Polish capital. Polish soldiers defending near Warsaw against the Soviet Offensive.
https://i.postimg.cc/26vnY3rr/h2-D19-FCB4.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Matra (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground on the Curlew Reef, off Port Augusta, South Australia. She was refloated on 17 August.
Norman (United Kingdom) The whaler foundered off the Aliwal Shoal with the loss of all hands.

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13th August 1920

Female Polish soldiers during the Battle of Warsaw.
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14th August 1920

Polish infantry at the Battle of Warsaw fighting against Soviet forces.
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Battle of Radzymin (1920): On August 14 the Red Army broke through Polish lines and reached the villages of Ossów and Izabelin, some 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) from Warsaw, but this was the closest that Russian forces would come.
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Ship Losses:

Alma (Russia White Movement) Russian Civil War: The transport was sunk in the Sea of Azov off Primorsko-Akhtorsk by mines.
Smolensk (Russia White Movement) Russian Civil War: The cargo ship was sunk in the Sea of Azov off Primorsko-Akhtorsk by mines.

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15th August 1920

Italian poet and nationalist leader Gabriele D’Annunzio shaking hands with Italian soldiers occupying the Free State of Fiume (Rijeka, Croatia)
https://i.postimg.cc/FHvwVMCK/Efdqd-Bc-WAAAWm5-N.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Polish women volunteers man a machine gun during the Battle of Warsaw.
https://i.postimg.cc/K85wq0CD/Efd-Ot-Hr-Xg-AExza-Z.png (https://postimages.org/)

15-16 Aug. In the so-called "Miracle on the Vistula" Polish forces (with French help) rout the Red Army in the battle of Warsaw. Poland and Russia sign a peace treaty at Tartu in Estonia on 12 Oct. The westward march of Bolshevism has been checked (for the time being) (artwork by Jerzy Kossak)
https://i.postimg.cc/R0V8jcB5/Efcz-O8p-X0-AEUzct.jpg (https://postimages.org/)https://i.postimg.cc/7LscDfHC/Efcz-O9j-Wo-AEPLvd.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Dorcas The Thames barge was destroyed by fire in the River Thames at Woolwich, London with the loss of one of her three crew.
Snug Harbor (United States) During a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, to Portland, Maine, the cargo ship sank in 60 feet (18 m) of water in the Atlantic Ocean 4.5 nautical miles (8.3 km; 5.2 mi) east by north of Montauk Point Light on Montauk Point, Long Island, New York, after colliding with the barge Pottsville ( United States), which was under tow by Covington ( United States). Snug Harbor was declared a total loss.

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16th August 1920

Blue Army under general Józef Haller von Hallenburg defending Warsaw in the Battle of Warsaw in Polish-Soviet War 1920.
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Ship Losses:

A.S.310 (France) The tug foundered in the English Channel off the East Goodwin Lightship ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued.
Seresia (Belgium) The cargo ship collided with Eglantier ( Belgium) at Antwerp and was beached. She was refloated on 18 August.

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17th August 1920

Polish-American delegation visit the White House to urge American support for Poland against its war against the Soviets.
https://i.postimg.cc/85y2j2KK/Efo-Zc5-MWAAcm-Bjr.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

An Airplane Ensuring The First Postal Flight Between Saint-Louis And Chicago. UNITED STATES - AUGUST 17: Chicago. A view of the American airplane that made the Saint Louis-Chicago line. It made the postal service for the first time.
https://i.postimg.cc/90KsBGjy/Efo-Zc5-MWAAcm-Bjr.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Fife (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground at Kaskinen, Finland. She was refloated on 24 August.

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18th August 1920

British soldiers manning a wall with the graffiti, “Vote Sinn Fein”
https://i.postimg.cc/Z50PtPcp/Efs-QKi5-Xg-AI10cj.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Search for Boche shells in Douage wood, Maurepas, France.
https://i.postimg.cc/Zqdr0TXq/hip3w7gmorh51.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Ponrabbel II (United Kingdom) The dredger ran aground on San Martiño, Galicia, Spain. She was refloated on 8 September.

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19th August 1920

Polish fighters in German-controlled Upper Silesia rise up against ethnic violence in the region, starting the 2nd Silesian Civil War.
https://i.postimg.cc/G2LLKg2G/Efx-Zw-Tj-Xo-AA9-PQm.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ireland: Following his conviction by court martial for sedition, the Lord Mayor of Cork, Terence MacSwiney, goes on hunger strike in Brixton Prison (London).
https://i.postimg.cc/QCVXGBcM/Terence-Mac-Swiney-circle.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Zharkyi (Russian Navy White Movement) Russian Civil War: The torpedo boat was sunk in the Sea of Azov off Primorsko-Akhtorsk by mines.
Volga (Russia White Movement) Russian Civil War: The transport was sunk in the Sea of Azov off Akhtar by mines.

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20th August 1920

29 people are killed when the freighter SS Superior City collides with another ship on Lake Superior.
https://i.postimg.cc/6QvQ0mfj/Ef4-Rj2-VXs-AERdu2.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Commemoration of the Allied cemetery at Metz.
https://i.postimg.cc/0Q1yH0t8/Ef2j-Qbm-X0-AYTYL2.png (https://postimages.org/)

Captain A. J. Hailey with his cat on the RMS ‘Empress of Canada’
https://i.postimg.cc/05fycm7s/Ef4-Rj2-VXs-AERdu2.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Superior City (United States) The cargo ship collided with Willis L. King ( United States) in Whitefish Bay, Lake Superior and sank with the loss of 29 of her 33 crew. The boiler exploded as the vessel sank.

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21st August 1920

Unveiling of the statue of Marquis de Lafayette at Metz, France.
https://i.postimg.cc/Qxzx6NLb/Ef8-1-USWo-AAXa-Ai.png (https://postimages.org/)

Polish women volunteers manning an artillery gun during the Battle of Warsaw. Soviet troops continue to retreat in the face of the Polish counteroffensive.
https://i.postimg.cc/XYyNtM40/Ef8-Ib-IXg-AEb-Q7i.png (https://postimages.org/)

Christopher Robin Milne, son of author A.A. Milne and the inspiration for his Winnie-the-Pooh series, is born in London.
https://i.postimg.cc/k53MmjgR/Ef7s0id-Xg-AAIWn-S.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Hammonia (flag unknown) The ship struck a submerged wreck in the Baltic Sea off Fehmarn, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany and sank.
Panos (Greece) The cargo ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay 55 nautical miles (102 km) off Bilbao, Biscay, Spain.

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22nd August 1920

Templemore, Ireland attracts thousands of pilgrims after an alleged Marian apparition and the appearance of “bleeding” statues of Mary. The alleged miracles bring a temporary truce to the region between IRA and British forces.
https://i.postimg.cc/NfNsb7hH/Eg-BRx88-Xo-AAGa-US.png (https://postimages.org/)

Irish policemen at school - ex-soldier recruits to the RIC, most of them still wearing their army uniform, in the law school at the depot of the force. They are given six months tuition under a specially qualified tutor.
https://i.postimg.cc/QtsZjHGD/Radr-G-s-BWnf-Ev-C4-Qp-VGKKb-Cj-T2b-C6sz-GX-n0rfh4-I58.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

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23rd August 1920

The U.S. Army’s “Black Wolf Squadron” of four De Havilland DH-4B aircraft complete a month-long journey from New York to Nome, Alaska, demonstrating the feasibility of long-distance air travel in the U.S.
https://i.postimg.cc/TY7DtV0W/Eg-HSZ7j-Xk-AEaly.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

A large artillery gun abandoned from the Great War, possibly near Wadi Nimrin, Palestine.
https://i.postimg.cc/tgPnRLjh/Eg-HSZ7j-Xk-AEaly.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Haaber (Denmark) The schooner was wrecked at Hyrdalsand, Iceland with some loss of life.
Hebe (Denmark) The schooner foundered off Keflavík, Iceland.
Old Point Comfort (United States) The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Baltimore, Maryland.

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24th August 1920

King Alexander of Greece being greeted by local Greeks after his troops captured Panormos (Bandırma, Turkey)
https://i.postimg.cc/BnHNXcJ8/Eg-LJm-EBWo-AAn-AZJ.png (https://postimages.org/)

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25th August 1920

The Battle of Warsaw ends with a decisive Polish victory as disorganized Soviet forces retreat. Polish soldiers displaying captured Soviet battle flags.
https://i.postimg.cc/QtyJN58C/Eg-QTMO0-Wk-AEm-Te-P.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Sea Breeze (United States) The 8-gross register ton, 35-foot (11 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Yasha Island (56°57′59″N 134°33′37″W) in Sumner Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Two of her three crewmen were killed.

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26th August 1920

Albanian militiamen and a woman pose for the camera.
https://i.postimg.cc/zfgMz3jJ/Eg-Vc14m-Xk-AEf2-WP.png (https://postimages.org/)

The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage.
https://i.postimg.cc/7L89N93k/T1-Lk-ZHAa-Xubfflyzc-N-n-Jz-KSOa024-XKlca-Fl-Ut1p2-Q.jpg (https://postimg.cc/dh6Gs8NH)

Ship Losses:

Electra (Netherlands) The schooner was driven ashore on Trinidad and was wrecked.
Friend Ship (United States) The schooner collided with a scow she was towing in the Atlantic Ocean off Hoffman Island, New York and was beached.
J. A. McKee (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River at Saguenay, Quebec, Canada. She was refloated on 29 August.
Lady C (United Kingdom) The schooner foundered in Placentia Bay. Her crew were rescued.

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27th August 1920

Russian Red Army prisoners captured by Polish troops after the Battle of Warsaw.
https://i.postimg.cc/sgPrt8b2/Egam-YRGX0-AAKa-Wo.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Three naval vessels at Provincetown, MA, in commemoration of the 300th anniversary of the pilgrims landing.
https://i.postimg.cc/TPR6G0XJ/Egam-YRGX0-AAKa-Wo.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

HMCS CD93 (Royal Canadian Navy) The Admiralty-type drifter foundered on passage from Canada to the United Kingdom.

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28th August 1920

Vice President candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt with his daughter Anna at their summer home on Campobello Island in New Brunswick, Canada.
https://i.postimg.cc/13T4c8wh/Egh-C3-Qj-Vk-AAFd-T6.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Red Army troops launch an offensive into the Emirate of Bukhara to overthrow Emir Said Mir Mohammed Alim Khan.
https://i.postimg.cc/0QvkcDN3/Eggn-Zq-VUw-AAmamy.png (https://postimages.org/)

Greek Troops on mules during the Greco-Turkish War.
https://i.postimg.cc/X7qVHVVV/Eggn-Zq-VUw-AAmamy.png (https://postimg.cc/tY0Q7GZf)

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29th August 1920

Ship Losses:

Anthracite Bridge (United States) The cargo ship ran aground at Nazik Point, Salonica, Greece. She was refloated on 28 September.

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30th August 1920

A Russian officer, now a refugee in Constantinople, shaking hands with a American Red Cross man who helped him flee southern Russian from advancing Bolshevik troops.
https://i.postimg.cc/gjbfmfjj/for-those-of-you-who-ask.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

British soldiers guarding the temporary premises of the Bank of Ireland in Dublin during the Irish War of Independence.
https://i.postimg.cc/FzbwRDkZ/Egq-DAf-FWo-AAMR9-G.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Arakan (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground at Point Reyes, California and was abandoned by her crew. She was refloated on 2 September.
Carmenchu (Spain) The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Rosinos de la Requejada, Zamora.
Hickleton (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground at Gurnard's Head, Cornwall. She later refloated but sank and was a total loss. Her thirteen crew survived.
Lisette (France) The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Pine, Newfoundland with the loss of a crew member.

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31st August 1920

Belgian war orphans shining shoes in Ypres.
https://i.postimg.cc/CxpqyR5C/Egwfko9-Ws-AMy1u-T.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

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1st September 1920

Fires rage in the city of Bukhara as Soviet troops lay siege to the city. The Emirate of Bukhara falls the next day.
https://i.postimg.cc/nzv8KMm0/Eg0xtk5-XYAAR6qa.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

The creation of Greater Lebanon is proclaimed in Beirut. French General Gouraud is in center with the Maronite patriarch Hoayek.
https://i.postimg.cc/ZnZGwZFZ/Eg0-WLVTXc-AALu-TH.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Myron C. Taylor (United States) The three-masted schooner was destroyed by fire at Cadiz, Spain.
USS S-5 (United States Navy) The S-class submarine sank in the Atlantic Ocean off the Delaware Capes with her stern above water, all crew rescued. S-5 sank completely during an attempt to tow her to port on 3 Sep

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2nd September 1920

Rioting continues in Belfast, as sectarian tensions flare up. Protestant shipyard workers trying to prevent Catholic workers from reaching Queen’s Island (Belfast Harbour)
https://i.postimg.cc/DzsC5ktB/Eg5fx2-WXk-AEm-Nn1.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Gjede (Norway) The cargo ship sprang a leak in the North Sea (57°20′N 5°10′E) and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by a British trawler.
Red Dawn (Russian Navy Bolshevik) Russian Civil War: The warship was sunk by an onboard explosion with the loss of 130 lives.
Stavros (Greece) The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the English Channel. All nine crew were rescued by Marshal Plumer ( United Kingdom).

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3rd September 1920

US Navy submarine USS S-5 partially sinks during a submerged test run, but the entire crew is saved by the steamship SS Alanthus.
https://i.postimg.cc/9Q8RxRcX/Eg-Sv3m-XYAUa3sl.jpg (https://postimages.org/)https://i.postimg.cc/fbV31zbc/Eg-Sv3-BWAAA4a8-O.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

RAF cadets sit around a piano at the Royal Air Force College Cranwell.
https://i.postimg.cc/ZqX9SG91/Eg-p-X00-XYAAgby-J.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Cristóba Cólon (Spain) The ocean liner was severely damaged by fire at Ferrol, Galicia whilst under construction.
Genyei Maru (Japan) The cargo ship foundered in the South China Sea north of Formosa in a typhoon.
George Fisher (United Kingdom) The cargo ship sank on the Middle Cross Sand, North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Lucient ( United Kingdom and the Caister Lifeboat. She was a total loss.
Katalla Queen (United States) The 7-gross register ton motor vessel sank in deep water near the middle of Valdez Bay (61°07′N 146°16′W) on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska during an attempt to tow her to shore after she struck piling head and began to flood. Her crew of two survived.

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4th September 1920

Dutch submarine K III out at sea.
https://i.postimg.cc/VsDFhg48/Eh-Ec-Tcq-WAAEt9x-Z.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Bolshevik cavalry and other troops cross into Germany and surrender after being routed during the Battle of Warsaw.
https://i.postimg.cc/X7qg65Dy/Eh-Dy9-T7-Xg-AIJVNs.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

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5th September 1920

Ship Losses:

Astarte (France) The cargo ship collided with Hird ( Norway) in the Bay of Biscay 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Ouessant, Finistère and sank.
Dimitrios (Greece) The coaster foundered in the English Channel off Hartland Point, Devon, United Kingdom. All nine crew survived.

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6th September 1920

Ship Losses:

Berwyn (United States) The cargo ship was wrecked at the Khuriya Muriya Islands in the Arabian Sea at approximately 17°44′N 056°38′E.
Norton (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground off Zooria Island, Greece. She was refloated on 10 September.
Queenmead (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground at Punta Entinas, Spain. She was refloated on 9 September.

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7th September 1920

The French and Belgian chiefs of staff secretly conclude a “Franco-Belgian defensive military agreement in the event of unprovoked German aggression”.
https://i.postimg.cc/VLkjQK8m/Ferdinand-Foch.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

City of Omaha (United States) The cargo ship sank at Yokohama, Japan.

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8th September 1920

Italian nationalists under Gabriele d’Annunzio declare Fiume to be an independent state: the Italian Regency of Carnaro.
https://i.postimg.cc/P5jvBfzw/Eh-YZUFDX0-AAw5-QL.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Comboyne (Australia) The cargo ship sank at Port Kembla, New South Wales. She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.

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9th September 1920

Ship Losses:

Basaan (United States) The cargo ship sprang a leak. She was towed to Riverhead, Newfoundland by Portia ( United Kingdom) and beached.
Loughborough (United Kingdom) The cargo ship collided with Konigin Luise ( United Kingdom) in the Atlantic Ocean off Belém, Portugal and was beached.
Pentakota (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground on the Gahha Reef. She was refloated on 30 September.
Siboney (United States) The passenger ship ran aground at Vigo, Galicia, Spain, due to an error in navigation by her captain. Her 500 passengers were taken off on 10 September. She was refloated on 30 September.
War Fundy (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground in the Gulf of Bothnia off Grundkallen, Sweden and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.

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10th September 1920

American actress Olive Thomas passes away at age 25 after she accidentally ingested her husband’s syphilis medication.
https://i.postimg.cc/R0b86svQ/Ehj-Vx-Kd-Xg-AE0-CTL.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

USS Pittsburgh (United States Navy) The Pennsylvania-class cruiser ran aground in the Baltic Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Liepāja, Latvia. She was refloated on 11 September.

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11th September 1920

The Hôtel National at Geneva, which will become the headquarters of the League of Nations.
https://i.postimg.cc/9QzvhhWW/Ehofh-GPWo-AISp-Ah.png (https://postimages.org/)

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12th September 1920

Japanese battlecruiser Haruna suffers an explosion in its turret during gunnery drills, causing the deaths of 7 sailors.
https://i.postimg.cc/d3qZ9Q98/Eht2u-FGXc-AIh77o.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

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13th September 1920

Royal Navy Battlecruiser HMS Renown transiting the Panama Canal.
https://i.postimg.cc/Bb5y8FYD/Ehzbs-H1-X0-AAx-Zti.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

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14th September 1920

Locomotive in Lithuania burning wood instead of coal due to shortages.
https://i.postimg.cc/D09q0Rr0/Eh4lhil-WAAEC10k.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Street vendor in Danzig selling Prussian and Imperial German flags.
https://i.postimg.cc/CMXCcn30/Eh4-KAxa-Xc-AAAkv-X.jpg (https://postimg.cc/nMKQzrVS)

Polish cavalry in Warsaw near the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral (demolished in 1924)
https://i.postimg.cc/zG1CrZDP/Eh3-S2-P7-Xk-AA4b-Jd.jpg (https://postimg.cc/qzjhsF38)

Ship Losses:

Fylla (Denmark) The schooner departed Campbellton, Newfoundland for Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.
Mary L. Oxner (United Kingdom) The schooner ran aground on the Silver Bank, off the Turks Islands and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.
Vermillion (United States) Under tow by the tug Barrelton ( United States) from Norfolk, Virginia, to Fall River, Massachusetts, with a cargo of coal, the barge sank in the Atlantic Ocean 4.5 nautical miles (8.3 km; 5.2 mi) east by north of Montauk Point Light on Montauk Point, Long Island, New York, after colliding with the sunken wreck of the cargo ship Snug Harbor ( United States). Vermillion and her cargo were declared a total loss.
Winstead (United States) Under tow by the tug Barrelton ( United States) from Norfolk, Virginia, to Fall River, Massachusetts, with a cargo of coal, the barge sank in the Atlantic Ocean 4.5 nautical miles (8.3 km; 5.2 mi) east by north of Montauk Point Light on Montauk Point, Long Island, New York, after colliding with the sunken wreck of the cargo ship Snug Harbor ( United States). Winstead and her cargo were declared a total loss.

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15th September 1920

Ship Losses:

Charles A. Ritcey (Canada) The schooner was wrecked at Rose Head, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia with the loss of her captain.
Havfruen (Denmark) The cargo ship collided with United States ( Denmark) in the Lessoe Channel. She was towed into Frederikshavn, Nordjylland, where she capsized with the loss of a crew member.
Salgyr (Russian Navy White Movement) Russian Civil War: Battle of Obytichnyi Split. The gunboat was shelled and sunk in the Sea of Azov off Berdyansk by Krasnaya Zvezda ( Soviet Navy). Two crewmen killed. Survivors were rescued by Ural ( Russian Navy White Movement).
Spyrios (Greece) The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off the Eddystone Lighthouse, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew survived.

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16th September 1920

Nab Tower, a British floating defence tower to defend against submarines, being launched in Shoreham Harbour.
https://i.postimg.cc/7Z9gfgF3/Ei-Bm-Bzv-Ws-AATfau.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Charles A. Ritcey (United Kingdom) The schooner was lost off Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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17th September 1920

French President Paul Deschanel resigns after a series of eccentric behavior, such as falling out of a train and walking fully clothed into a lake during a state meeting.
https://i.postimg.cc/6pJNMn4s/Ei-Gvncu-X0-AEER-O.jpg (https://postimg.cc/QHbPtBqS)

The King’s Guard of Serbia marching in Belgrade.
https://i.postimg.cc/g2VbQj3x/Ei-HLK5t-Wo-AAmnx.png (https://postimages.org/)

American athletes returning home from the Antwerp Olympics on the RMS Aquitania.
https://i.postimg.cc/cJdGSWcX/Ei-HLK5t-Wo-AAmnx.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Warita (United Kingdom) The coaster was severely damaged by fire at Fleetwood, Lancashire.

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18th September 1920

Deposed Emperor Karl I of Austria-Hungary in exile with his children at Prangins, Switzerland.
https://i.postimg.cc/59CV72gv/Ei-L5-OLDXs-AU7-IFf.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

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19th September 1920

[September 19th, 1920] Verdun, France.
https://i.postimg.cc/8cdxcvY6/pdkl7jeh93o51.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Zelo (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck the wreck of Merkur (Finland) and sank in the Bristol Channel off Barry Island, Glamorgan with the loss of one of her 27 crew.

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20th September 1920

The Spanish Legion accepts its first recruit (the day is celebrated as the unit’s anniversary). The first commander is José Millán Astray (pictured with Francisco Franco)
https://i.postimg.cc/xjP9Df7Z/Ei-WMTBDXs-AIna-Wd.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Seaplane at the Schneider Cup race in Venice.
https://i.postimg.cc/5yPcH0WN/Ei-WMTBDXs-AIna-Wd.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Prince Rupert (Canada) The passenger ship struck a reef in Swanson Bay on the coast of British Columbia in Canada and was beached in a sinking condition. After her passengers and crew had been put ashore, she became almost completely submerged at high tide. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.

[Jimbuna]

21st September 1920

Italian soldiers led by nationalist Gabriele D'Annunzio marching in the streets of Fiume (Rijeka, Croatia)
https://i.postimg.cc/W3qZ2Yrz/Eicb-D9d-XYAE511-E.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

The “Sack of Balbriggan” occurs when British Black and Tans destroys more than 50 buildings in the Irish town as retaliation for the shooting of two police officers by the IRA
https://i.postimg.cc/L5d1hkBT/Eib-WAtw-Wo-AEO8r-U.png (https://postimages.org/)

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22nd September 1920

In the Rineen Ambush, the IRA ambush a Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) lorry, killing 6. As reprisals, RIC and British military raid the local area, killing 5 civilians and burning several buildings.
https://i.postimg.cc/YShS9V4Q/jjjjjjj.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Nea Ellas (Greece) The cargo ship ran aground on the Brazilian coast (5°11′S 35°10′W). She was refloated on 28 September.

[Jimbuna]

23rd September 1920

Prime Minister Alexandre Millerand is selected by the French Parliament as the new President of France.
https://i.postimg.cc/qMk0QW1T/Eim-Skp3-Xc-AEMq-M.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

I. D. S. Adolph (Denmark) The cargo ship ran aground on Middelgrunden. She was refloated on 28 September.

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24th September 1920

Photo caption reads 'September 24, 1920: IJN Battleship "MUTSU" at Yokosuka Naval Yard under construction.
https://i.postimg.cc/Qtk0QwRy/naturally.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

USS Cushing (United States Navy) The decommissioned torpedo boat was sunk as a target.

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25th September 1920

The Disabled American Veterans (DAV) organization is founded by Judge Robert S. Marx to support wounded veterans of the Great War.
https://i.postimg.cc/wTbYMGHc/Eiwlpy-LXs-Ag3-YEo.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Construction of the USS Saratoga as a battlecruiser begins (she is converted to an aircraft carrier in 1922 and fights in several Pacific War battles)
https://i.postimg.cc/htzWd1tF/Eiv8-W-w-Xs-AAu-Kni.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Annavore (United Kingdom) The cargo ship collided with España No.4 ( Spain) and was consequently beached at Bonanza, Cadiz, Spain. She broke in two on 27 September.

[Jimbuna]

26th September 1920

Ship Losses:

Eikhang (Norway) The cargo ship collided with Trostan ( United Kingdom) in the Lessoe Channel and sank with the loss of three of her crew.

[Jimbuna]

27th September 1920

French General Émile Fayolle is greeted by Major General Robert Lee Bullard in New York.
https://i.postimg.cc/xdHjGR8N/Ei7h927-Ws-AEEYAK.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Northland (United States) The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Henry, Virginia. She was later refloated in a severely leaking condition and beached.

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28th September 1920

Steamship SS Prince Rupert half sunk after it hit a reef in Swanson Bay.
https://i.postimg.cc/9F1H9ZNW/Ej-Arp-Rn-Xk-AMRx-VQ.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Death of Ryu Gwansun at Kyōjō Prison, Keijo, Japanese Korea. She died from injuries she sustained from torture and beatings inflicted by the Japanese prison officers.
https://i.postimg.cc/k560LZM4/Ej-Arp-Rn-Xk-AMRx-VQ.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Fujinoki Maru No.2 (Japan) The cargo ship ran aground in Tobashima Province. She broke up and was wrecked with the loss of two lives.

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29th September 1920

31-year-old Adolf Hitler returns to his native Austria to give speeches on behalf of the Nazi Party.

French Army recruits training on “going over the top” in the dunes of Deauville.
https://i.postimg.cc/DzND42v2/Ej-Eitr-PXg-AAYOw-P.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Flandre (France) The cargo ship foundered in the English Channel off St. Brieuc, Côtes-du-Nord. Her crew survived.
Speedwell (United States) The cargo ship sank in the Gulf of Mexico during a hurricane. Everyone abandoned ship in her lifeboats, but eight died in the boats from exhaustion and privation.

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30th September 1920

Japanese battleship IJN Nagato on her sea trials (The IJN Nagato is the only Japanese battleship that survives WWII. It is sunk at the Operation Crossroads nuclear test)
https://i.postimg.cc/fLb8sGZX/Ej-Js-Te-ZX0-AAu-Hj7.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Katingo A. Lemos (Greece) The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 105 nautical miles (194 km) off Cape Finisterre, Spain.

[Jimbuna]

1st October 1920

Russian prisoners of war leave England on the SS Dongola after the Allied intervention in Russia of 1918-1919.
https://i.postimg.cc/gj6jsghC/pre-adventure-surveillance.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Albyn (Finland) The barque departed Norfolk, Virginia, United States for Gothenburg, Sweden. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.

[Jimbuna]

2nd October 1920

King Alexander of Greece is bitten in the leg by a monkey at his Tatoi Palace, and his wound becomes heavily infected and developed a fatal infection as a result.
https://i.postimg.cc/5NJb65Gg/Ej-T-ff-Wo-AY6gyp.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

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3rd October 1920

Victor Emmanuel III of Italy onboard the airship Roma.
https://i.postimg.cc/cL3bDt5r/Ej-Zy-Sg6-Xk-AEmoi-Z.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Yvonne (France) The barquentine ran aground at Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom with the loss of a crew member. The survivors were rescued by a lifeboat.

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4th October 1920

22-year-old Joseph Goebbels threatens to commit suicide after his girlfriend breaks up with him.

French recruits for the class of 1920 leaving for training.
https://i.postimg.cc/BQ5vY4tB/Eje-Sj-LWAAI5sp-X.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

HMCS CD54 (Royal Canadian Navy) The Admiralty-type drifter foundered on passage from Canada to the United Kingdom.
Montclair (United States) The cargo ship ran aground on Ellis Island, New York. She was refloated on 21 October.

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5th October 1920

Baron Ishii Kikujirō with his staff at the Élysée Palace to officially take the post as Japanese ambassador to France.
https://i.postimg.cc/6q1Ft48s/Ejk-Fn-R2-Xg-AAO17-Y.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Cometa (Norway) The coaster came ashore at Desterro, Brazil and was wrecked.
Sorknes (Norway) The barque was dismasted and abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was subsequently towed in to Barry, Glamorgan, United Kingdom and was hulked.

[Jimbuna]

6th October 1920

Hikers crossing the Mer de Glace (Sea of Ice) glacier valley in the French Alps.
https://i.postimg.cc/L4Yxzm2y/Ejp4jgc-Ws-AMx-L6-P.png (https://postimages.org/)

Writer H.G. Wells interviewing Lenin at the Kremlin (H.G. Wells publishes “Russia in the Shadows” in 1921)
https://i.postimg.cc/G3WqK6pb/Ejp-PN1-BWk-AEg-FM9.png (https://postimages.org/)

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7th October 1920

The armored cruiser USS Brooklyn at dry dock.
https://i.postimg.cc/qMQvsLzJ/Eju-Yw-Tr-Xg-AAx1-LF.png (https://postimages.org/)

The Suwałki Agreement is signed between Poland and Lithuania to institute a ceasefire in the Polish-Lithuanian War. However, Polish Chief of State Józef Piłsudski intends to capture the city Vilnius, controlled by Lithuania, in a false flag operation.
https://i.postimg.cc/XYJ7QCCw/Ejtvb-E0-X0-AEx-C0y.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Elizabeth Alice (Belgium) The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel. All six crew survived.

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8th October 1920

Polish General Lucjan Żeligowski (pictured) and his troops “mutiny” and launch an offensive against the Lithuanian-controlled town of Vilnius. However, the “mutiny” is a false flag operation ordered by Polish Chief of State Józef Piłsudski.
https://i.postimg.cc/c1wbZhK1/Ejy5-Bpj-XYAAqpwl.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Zuleika (United Kingdom) The cargo ship came ashore at Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain. She was declared a total loss on 11 November.

[Jimbuna]

9th October 1920

Polish troops capture the city of Vilnius from Lithuania. Polish troops in the city.
https://i.postimg.cc/hvnzHyqJ/Ej4-Cnv3-Xc-AE7u-BG.png (https://postimages.org/)

The 1st Cavalry Army units on a march during the Russian Civil War. The Russian Civil War followed the 1917 October Revolution and was fought between the Red Army raised by bolsheviks and the White Army led by anti-communist forces.
https://i.postimg.cc/X7QGzk1J/yhg0qgvgx1s51.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Mars (Finland) The auxiliary schooner collided with Eston ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea (54°12′N 0°08′W) and was abandoned.
Masnedsund (United Kingdom) The cargo ship came ashore at Bacton, Norfolk. She was driven further up the beach on 10 October and was abandoned by her crew.

[Jimbuna]

10th October 1920

Ship Losses:

Benicia (United States) The barquentine ran aground on the Lafolle Reef off the coast of Haiti and was a total loss.
Svartskog (Norway) The barque departed Newport News, Virginia, United States for Buenos Aires, Argentina. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.

[Jimbuna]

11th October 1920

Edward, Prince of Wales, arrives back in London after a six-month tour of the British Empire. Edward leaving Portsmouth Harbour.
https://i.postimg.cc/yYNXSZqM/Ek-CVr1n-X0-AU-7r9.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

HMCS CD86 (Royal Canadian Navy) The Admiralty-type drifter foundered on passage from Canada to the United Kingdom.
Dinorwic (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck rocks off Lambay Island, County Dublin. She proceeded to Dublin but sank at her moorings there.
Esther Anne (United States) The four-masted schooner collided with Duquesne ( United States) in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Pennsylvania and sank. Her crew were rescued.
Ella C. Hollett (United Kingdom) The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was discovered derelict and on fire at 44°33′N 17°33′W by St. Catherine ( United Kingdom).
Inverawe (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands. She was refloated on 14 October.
Peder Wessel (Denmark) The three-masted schooner collided with Ravensworth ( United Kingdom) in the English Channel off the Royal Sovereign Lightship ( United Kingdom) and sank. Her crew were rescued.

[Jimbuna]

12th October 1920

Ship Losses:

Nikon (Greece) The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea and sank off Västervik, Sweden.
P. Heat (United States) The schooner was sunk in a collision with Cayo Mambi ( United States) at Santiago, Cuba.

[Jimbuna]

14th October 1920

Ship Losses:

Santiago Arago (Spain) The schooner was destroyed by fire in the Mediterranean Sea off Almería. Her crew were rescued.

[Jimbuna]

15th October 1920

Treaty of Tartu is signed between Finland and Soviet Russia to determine the border between the two nations. The Finnish delegation.
https://i.postimg.cc/Dft91fS5/Ek-S3g-JXYAAta-Z.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

British Mark IV tank captured by the Red Army from anti-Bolshevik forces in northern Taurida.
https://i.postimg.cc/15wLBx6S/Ek-Ryjy-TX0-AAl-X40.png (https://postimages.org/)

Officers of the Detached Division, Lt. Gustaw Paszkiewicz (with riding crop in the middle) after re-occupation of Minsk in the Polish-Bolshevik war.
https://i.postimg.cc/3Rzcj9xW/Qasa5nyz-o-Oh-XSCKm-Aey-Dv-Hn-Ei-DMRul1-UGs-Yf4-J-UIY.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

[Jimbuna]

16th October 1920

Leon Trotsky, People’s Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs. Printed in the Illustrated London News.
https://i.postimg.cc/fRZh8kkz/Ekd-Yf-Zu-X0-AID-dz.png (https://postimages.org/)

King George V shaking hands with World War One veterans prior to the football match between Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur at Stamford Bridge in London. Tottenham Hotspur won 4-0.
https://i.postimg.cc/P54n9h8m/Ekcv-GUb-Wk-AE102s.png (https://postimages.org/)

[Jimbuna]

17th October 1920

Ireland: Irish republican Michael Fitzgerald is the first imprisoned hunger striker to die, after 68 days' fast.

John Reed, journalist known for the book “Ten Days That Shook the World” that covered the October Revolution in Russia, has passed away at age 32 due to typhus.
https://i.postimg.cc/ydQyj1hL/Ekh4j-Ef-W0-AA-H0m.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

[GBar]

I loved history at school, but I never knew the exact date of important historical events.

[Jimbuna]

18th October 1920

Mounted London police charge into demonstrators protesting high unemployment.
https://i.postimg.cc/gkkSgg7r/Ekm-Y1-KDXYAEF7x-K.png (https://postimages.org/)

London police with an injured woman on Downing Street as demonstrators and police clash.
https://i.postimg.cc/Kvq9wnXf/Ekn-CHya-XIAcm15-C.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Burnside (United States) The cargo ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned (49°22′N 4°32′W). Her crew were rescued by Goliath ( United States). She later broke in two, with both sections remaining afloat and coming ashore on the Cornish coast. Later scrapped.

[Jimbuna]

19th October 1920

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[Jimbuna]

20th October 1920

The body of French aviator Adolphe Pégoud, the first fighter ace in history who KIA in the Great War, is exhumed and reburied at Montparnasse Cemetery in Paris.
https://i.postimg.cc/ZKXK9z5X/Ekws-F-AX0-AAa-CRX.png (https://postimages.org/)

Black Wolf Squadron lands at Mitchell Field.
https://i.postimg.cc/fLWw4w8S/s-top-TEMP900x420-6291.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Rose (United Kingdom) The Thames barge foundered in the Thames Estuary 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) off Slough Fort.

[Jimbuna]

21st October 1920

Ahmet Tevfik becomes the new (and last) Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. His power is limited, with the Turkish National Movement under Mustafa Kemal holding power in Anatolia.
https://i.postimg.cc/mkQ50x1n/Ek11zbx-WAAAMSqq.jpg (https://postimg.cc/Cnx7qQNC)

https://i.postimg.cc/VsGrCSSd/Ek11zbx-WAAAMSqq.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Adonis (United Kingdom) The schooner came ashore on the east coast of the United States 300 nautical miles (560 km) from Jacksonville, Florida and was abandoned.
Chama (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground on Bellechasse Island, Quebec, Canada. She was refloated on 25 October.
Georgie (France) The cargo ship came ashore at Quebec City, Canada. She was refloated on 11 November.
Nordica (United Kingdom) The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (43°53′N 51°28′W). Her crew were rescued by Willfaro ( United States).

[Jimbuna]

22nd October 1920

Ireland. Formation of the Ulster Special Constabulary, an armed (and predominantly Protestant) police reserve, is announced.
https://i.postimg.cc/1XnbQ72w/800px-Ulster-Special-Constabulary.png (https://postimages.org/)

Return to Paris of the French military mission in Russia, General Pau and Mlle Carlier (Gare du Nord)
https://i.postimg.cc/L8p4xjgN/mfsf7et1rmu51.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Zaca (United States) The cargo ship caught fire at Port of Spain, Trinidad and was beached.

[Jimbuna]

23rd October 1920

Recruitment poster for the British Territorial Army Signals units.
https://i.postimg.cc/4y2gKrsn/El-AI-6m-XIAI9w-Zg.png (https://postimg.cc/hQmw6ZJq)

Ship Losses:

Village Belle (United Kingdom) The cargo ship sprang a leak and was abandoned off Cape St. Mary's, Newfoundland.

[Jimbuna]

24th October 1920

Actress Elsie Mackay with her plane.
https://i.postimg.cc/Wb6jYmY9/El-F7z-Dc-Xg-AAz-PFs.png (https://postimages.org/)

[Jimbuna]

25th October 1920

King Alexander of Greece dies after he was bitten by a monkey and the wound became infected. Alexander’s death causes a succession crisis and political instability in the country.
https://i.postimg.cc/tC5QNq7w/El-Kpxh0-Xg-AUfe-D4.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Terence MacSwiney, Mac Curtain's successor as lord mayor of Cork and a local IRA chief, dies on hunger strike in Brixton prison.
https://i.postimg.cc/FHHtPMLR/220px-Terence-Mac-Swiney-circle.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

E. Hoel (Norway) The cargo ship collided with Grandlieu ( France) in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Vigo, Galicia, Spain and sank. Her crew were rescued.

[Jimbuna]

26th October 1920

U.S. submarines at drydock in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
https://i.postimg.cc/3NKw0Nf1/El-Pzg-Lk-W0-AAHXSV.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Baron Ungern-Sternberg attacks Urga. Taking advantage of the general confusion, several thousand white Russian guards, commanded by the Baltic general Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, from Siberia, invaded Mongolia and attacked the capital, Urga four times, to drive out the Chinese.
https://i.postimg.cc/ZYcntP0M/El-Pzg-Lk-W0-AAHXSV.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

[Jimbuna]

27th October 1920

Norwegian sled dog breeder and racer Leonhard Seppala with his Siberian Huskies (he participates in the 1925 serum run to Nome, Alaska)
https://i.postimg.cc/m2P3QWRR/El-U9-GZ0-Wo-AATCl-Y.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Bernard B. Conrad (United Kingdom) The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (45°50′N 38°54′W). Her crew were rescued by British Fern ( United Kingdom).
Hastier (Belgium) The cargo ship arrived at Antwerp with a fire in her cargo. She sank on 3 November. Hastier was raised in 1921 and scrapped in 1922.

[Jimbuna]

28th October 1920

British soldiers with a machine gun in Dublin during the Irish War of Independence.
https://i.postimg.cc/PfRYfVD7/El-U9-GZ0-Wo-AATCl-Y.png (https://postimages.org/)

30,000 people in London turn up to see the body of Terrence MacSwiney, Lord Mayor of Cork who died due to a hunger strike while jailed by the British.
https://i.postimg.cc/3w10st7n/El-U9-GZ0-Wo-AATCl-Y.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Minard Castle (United Kingdom) The cargo ship collided with Maple ( United Kingdom) in the River Clyde and was beached at Dumbarton. She was refloated the next day.

[Jimbuna]

29th October 1920

Polish women soldiers marching in Krakow.
https://i.postimg.cc/MKWk1r2K/Elf-QSREXIAA3ed-L.png (https://postimages.org/)

The Lord Mayor of Cork's coffin arrives in Cork escorted by the Black and Tans (the boat on the River Lee)
https://i.postimg.cc/Y006HHLC/l14hi02s11w51.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Sodegaura Maru (Japan) The cargo ship ran aground at Ninian, India. She was refloated on 8 November.

[Jimbuna]

30th October 1920

Turkish forces capture the city of Kars from Armenian forces. Armenian civilians fleeing the city.
https://i.postimg.cc/6qjfbqP5/Elk-Z5-FXWo-AAESEb.png (https://postimages.org/)

The Lord Mayor of Cork's coffin at Cork City Hall.
https://i.postimg.cc/mDT3b7fg/wc7g1ahi68w51.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Cape Fear (United States) The concrete ship collided with City of Atlanta ( United States) off Providence, Rhode Island and sank with the loss of twenty crew.

[Jimbuna]

31st October 1920

British soldiers manning a checkpoint in Ireland.
https://i.postimg.cc/4drRfP2k/Elpjc-K0-XEAAh-VUT.png (https://postimages.org/)

The death of Terence MacSwiney was mourned worldwide and thousands of his supporters lined the streets of Cork to see the funeral procession for their mayor, who had died from a hunger strike.
https://i.postimg.cc/8cMQjvxF/z3xjr5rzbfw51.jpg (https://postimg.cc/2LkXt1km)

Ship Losses:

New York Maru (Japan) The cargo ship ran aground in the Red Sea off Mocha, Aden Protectorate. She was refloated on 17 November.

[Jimbuna]

1st November 1920

Armenia: Turks are reported to have seized the town of Hadjin and butchered 10,000 Armenians. The Town Had Withstood Siege for Eight Months.

President Millerand of France visiting the cemetery at Bagneux.
https://i.postimg.cc/02w54J66/Elv-WNhz-Xg-AEw-RF0.png (https://postimages.org/)

Kevin Barry, an Irish republican paramilitary, is executed at the age of 18 by the British for killing three British soldiers in an ambush. The execution further inflames conflict in Ireland.
https://i.postimg.cc/cLG1G4YF/Elus4-QQWk-AA8-A-D.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Coast Battleship Number 1 (United States Navy) The decommissioned Indiana-class battleship (formerly USS Indiana) sank in shallow water in the Chesapeake Bay while in use as a target. Her wreck was sold for scrap.
Lothair (United Kingdom) The Thames barge was driven ashore at Felixstowe, Suffolk and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the Walton Lifeboat.
Posen (United Kingdom) The captured Nassau-class battleship (ex- Imperial German Navy) was driven ashore at Hawkcraig, Fife.

[Jimbuna]

2nd November 1920

James Daly is executed by the British for mutiny, which he did to protest the activity of the Black and Tans in Ireland. Daly is the last member of the British armed forces to be executed for mutiny.
https://i.postimg.cc/65cpqCd2/Elz2lf-JWk-AEGJPb.jpg (https://postimg.cc/HVJgPcvd)

Ship Losses:

Riberhuus (Germany) The cargo ship collided with Westwood ( United States) at Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure, France and sank.
Thomas Lagnelet (France) The schooner foundered on this date. Her crew were rescued.

[Jimbuna]

3rd November 1920

Warren Terhune, U.S. Navy Commander and Governor of American Samoa, commits suicide after an inquiry is launched concerning his governorship of the island.
https://i.postimg.cc/xCkMr0NT/El6-FRxx-Xg-AIi-HN.png (https://postimages.org/)

View of the topdeck of captured German submarine U-140 at Philadelphia Naval Yard.
https://i.postimg.cc/52xz45Qr/qjc-Rci-Gh6m-Yef7t-8adv-O0j4u-Xfhu-LJLvm-M3-K4-Or-A.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

[Jimbuna]

4th November 1920

Former Vermont Governor Horace F. Graham, convicted of embezzlement of state funds while he had served as State Auditor, was sentenced to five years at hard labor in the state penitentiary. Two hours later, incumbent Governor Percival W. Clement issued Graham a pardon for all crimes.
https://i.postimg.cc/pLhWmFWP/Horace-French-Graham.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Harvester (United States) The schooner departed Vavau, Tonga for San Francisco, California. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Pacific Ocean with the loss of all hands.
Les Aulnays (France) The cargo ship ran aground at Pointe du Touquet, Pas-de-Calais. She broke in two the next day and was a total loss.

[Jimbuna]

5th November 1920

Brigadier General Billy Mitchell (considered the father of the U.S. Air Force) with an Army airplane.
https://i.postimg.cc/d3J2B4z8/Em-D80-Qq-XUAAc21-D.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Guillane Ness (United Kingdom) The coaster was destroyed by fire in the North Sea off Montrose, Forfarshire. Her crew survived.
Loring R. Haskell (United Kingdom) The schooner foundered in White Bay. Her crew were rescued by Cactus ( United Kingdom).

[Jimbuna]

6th November 1920

Battleship USS Maryland while being fitted out.
https://i.postimg.cc/DyQZYcKm/Em-JGafn-Wo-AId-Uzt.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Stella (Norway) The sail-powered cargo ship was driven ashore at Lyngvær, Norway, and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.
HMS Stonehenge (Royal Navy) The destroyer was wrecked on the coast of the Ottoman Empire near Smyrna.

[Jimbuna]

7th November 1920

The bodies of four unidentified British soldiers buried at Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise are exhumed, and one will be chosen to be buried at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey: © IWM Q 109517
https://i.postimg.cc/fyZqmWHR/Em-O5-C5-VXYAYR1x0.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Barbadoes (United Kingdom) The trawler struck a mine and sank in the North Sea with the loss of all ten crew.

[Jimbuna]

8th November 1920

French Guard of Honor with a coffin containing the body of the Unknown Warrior at a chapel in Boulogne. The unidentified British soldier will be transported to London for Armistice Day: © IWM Q 70592
https://i.postimg.cc/Qd6p3dsL/Em-TZSz5-XIAATw-DM.png (https://postimages.org/)

Red Army troops launch an offensive against the Army of Wrangel in the Crimean Peninsula to destroy the last remaining anti-Bolshevik forces in the Southern Front.
https://i.postimg.cc/CKzbLpLR/Em-Sw-A49-Xc-AI0r-As.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Cheechaco (United States) Stored for the winter on blocks high on the beach at Gambell on Saint Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea, the 9-ton schooner was destroyed during a gale when an unusually high tide floated her off the blocks and she drifted away and was dashed to pieces on rocks and the beach.

[Jimbuna]

9th November 1920

British and French Guard of Honor escort a coffin containing the body of the Unknown Warrior to the HMS Verdun at Boulogne for transport to Britain: © IWM Q 70591
https://i.postimg.cc/h42P76jK/Em-X5t-JAXEAAr2x-M.png (https://postimages.org/)

Marshal Ferdinand Foch, Supreme Allied Commander during World War One, saluting the coffin of Great Britain's "Unknown Warrior" at Boulogne Harbour on 9th November 1920 before its interment two days later in Westminster Abbey, London.
https://i.postimg.cc/jjYsbr84/bcbnz5o5e7y51.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Trial of Avni Rustemi, an Albanian nationalist who assassinated former Albanian Prime Minister and Ottoman army officer Essad Pasha Toptani.
https://i.postimg.cc/DymfQ6JL/Em-Y-y-X4-XMAAU6f-I.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Ulla (Sweden) The steamer struck a mine in the North Sea, and sank immediately. The crew survived.

[Jimbuna]

10th November 1920

Clemson-class destroyer USS Nicholas undergoing builder’s trials in the Santa Barbara Channel.
https://i.postimg.cc/rmnf7zMQ/Eme-WELBXUAAD26-N.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

French troops accompanying the body of the Unknown Soldier through Verdun. The soldier will be buried under the Arc de Triomphe tomorrow on Armistice Day.
https://i.postimg.cc/SRng4qKq/Emd-DSng-WEAY6-EIJ.png (https://postimages.org/)

London: The body of the unknown British soldier arrives from France for internment in Westminster Abbey. The Unknown Warrior being removed from HMS Verdun by soldiers, a sailor and an airman.
https://i.postimg.cc/DwrBnx7W/uw-landing.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Baltabor (United Kingdom) The passenger ship ran aground at Liepāja, Latvia. All 152 passengers were taken off. She was refloated on 7 December.
Ella L. Williams (United Kingdom) The schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean (approximately 19°N 67°W) and was abandoned.
El Mundo (United States) The tanker suffered an onboard explosion and caught fire at New York with the loss of a crew member. She was beached on Ellis Island. El Mundo was refloated on 20 November.

[Jimbuna]

11th November 1920

Body of the French Unknown Soldier arrives in Paris for burial under the Arc de Triomphe.
https://i.postimg.cc/v8LRHBKP/Emi2n-Bz-WEAEs-J3-T.png (https://postimages.org/)

Coffin of the Unknown Warrior lies in Westminster Abbey: © IWM Q 31518
https://i.postimg.cc/fTwG3snM/Emi-M7-E4-Xc-AEr-Vz.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Armoured Car Brigade of the British armed forces in Peshawar, India: © IWM Q 70593
https://i.postimg.cc/Qx0R1zh1/Emh-L9o-XIAEmn0z.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Clan Graham (United Kingdom) The cargo ship collided with another vessel and was beached at Vlissingen, Netherlands. She was refloated on 21 November.
Ekstrand (Norway) The cargo ship foundered in the Skagerrak off Larvik, Norway.
Italian Prince (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Limassol, Cyprus.
Lake Falk (United States) The cargo ship ran aground in the Paracel Islands. She was later refloated and arrived at Hong Kong on 23 November.

[Jimbuna]

12th November 1920

Actress Mildred Harris is granted divorce from Charlie Chaplin on ground of “cruelty.” She receives a settlement of $200,000 ($2.6 million today)
https://i.postimg.cc/VLPhLj9C/Emop-UUa-WMAA8a-AU.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Arc de Triomphe is illuminated for Armistice Day and the 50th Anniversary of the French Third Republic.
https://i.postimg.cc/02GB6bZH/Emk-Ixb-TXIAIJs-Ez.png (https://postimg.cc/LnXTw4cz)

Ship Losses:

Houthulst (Belgium) The schooner was wrecked off Smögen, Sweden.
HMS Tobago (Royal Navy) Russian Civil War, Allied Intervention: The destroyer struck a mine and in the Black Sea. She was deemed a constructive total loss.

[Jimbuna]

13th November 1920

Anti-Bolshevik forces in Crimea under Pyotr Wrangel begins to evacuate Crimea as Red Army troops continue to advance: Pyotr Wrangel and his troops withdrawing.
https://i.postimg.cc/v8kj3yf7/Emsg-Fo-WW8-AEpic-V.jpg (https://postimages.org/)https://i.postimg.cc/SN9PPPfB/Emsg-Fpc-WMAAy-Xo-P.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Opening session of The League of Nations, Geneva, Switzerland.
https://i.postimg.cc/6pLmWGSz/Emsg-Fpc-WMAAy-Xo-P.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Baymanter (United Kingdom) The cargo ship came ashore at Ras Hafun, Italian Somaliland. She was declared a total loss on 7 December. Her crew were rescued.
Edith Pardy (United Kingdom) The schooner was driven ashore at Lamaline, Newfoundland and was a total loss.
J. A. Maclean (United Kingdom) The schooner was driven ashore at Englee, Newfoundland and was a total loss.

[Jimbuna]

14th November 1920

Lenin and his wife visiting the village of Kashino.
https://i.ibb.co/gSnZfbm/Emxple-DXYAAYEPH.jpg (https://ibb.co/pfmjM6b)

Ship Losses:

Ferret (Australia) The cargo ship ran aground at Reef Head, Cape Spencer, South Australia and was wrecked. All 21 crew survived.

[Jimbuna]

15th November 1920

Children’s Day at the Cenotaph: hundreds of children orphaned by the Great War visit the London Cenotaph, where the Unknown Soldier was buried four days ago, to lay flowers and pay their respects.
https://i.postimg.cc/0y9q1Vwj/2d39xka-Mu-Ia-NN3rnw9-LRNjelkro0-Eoj30-UXV7ohj-Qxs.png (https://postimages.org/)

The Assembly meets at Geneva, where, for the first time in history, forty-one nations sit in common council; all important countries except the United States, Mexico, Germany, and Russia are present; Paul Hymans, of Belgium, is elected permanent President of the Assembly.
https://i.postimg.cc/vm6hqsZV/Em33-7-AWEAI89p-X.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

The Free City of Danzig is formally established to secure Poland’s access to the sea. The severing of a German-majority city from Germany causes deep resentment (the status of the city becomes the catalyst for the start of World War Two)
https://i.postimg.cc/L6TbL2J4/ck-CKQfdyhq1zy6i-B-IDrh-F3ndnbi-Zl-Bb-VBLl-X5-Wq-I.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

HMS Amethyst (Royal Navy) The Topaze-class cruiser parted tow from Eagle and Margaret Ham (both United Kingdom) in the Irish Sea off the Smalls Lighthouse. Most of her crew were taken off by the Aberystwyth Lifeboat.
Maria José (Portugal) The schooner was driven ashore at Porthcawl, Glamorgan, United Kingdom with the loss of one of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by breeches buoy.
T.30 (Reichsmarine) The torpedo boat foundered at Cuxhaven, Germany.
Nicholas (Greece) The cargo ship foundered in the Black Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Cape Tuzla, Soviet Union. Her crew survived.
Pechiney (France) The auxiliary sailing ship caught fire and sank at Le Havre, Seine-Inférieure.

[Jimbuna]

16th November 1920

Engine room of the captured German submarine U-140 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
https://i.postimg.cc/R0gf3qSc/Em9-Pne-XIAcvg-LH.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Sarah Lightfoot (United Kingdom) The schooner was dismasted in the North Sea (55°22′N 0°16′W) and was abandoned in a sinking condition. Her crew were rescued by Bessheim ( United Kingdom).
HMS Tyne (Royal Navy) The troopship sprang a leak and sank in the River Medway at Chatham, Kent.
Waltraute (United Kingdom) The depôt ship was driven ashore at Leith, Lothian. She was refloated on 28 November.
Zhivoi (Russia White Movement) Russian Civil War: The Boiki-class destroyer sank at Sevastopol during a storm.

[Jimbuna]

17th November 1920

Anti-Bolshevik forces complete its evacuation of Crimea, leaving the Red Army victorious in the Southern Front.
https://i.postimg.cc/ZYdKWGQM/Em-v-Wj-IXMAEt-LXv.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Delta (Norway) The barque ran aground north of Bergen, Norway and was severely damaged. She was towed to Hindö for examination with the expectation that she would be condemned as a constructive total loss.
Yute (Spain) The cargo ship issued an SOS in the Atlantic Ocean 240 nautical miles (440 km) south east of Cape May, Newfoundland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

[Jimbuna]

18th November 1920

After lying in wake in Westminster Abbey for a week, the body of the Unknown Warrior is buried.
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The ceremony to seal the grave of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey, London, before the wreaths were removed.
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Ship Losses:

K.1 (Russia White Movement) Russian Civil War: The river gunboat, a converted Bolinder-type landing barge, was scuttled.
Neptunus (Netherlands) The auxiliary schooner foundered in the Irish Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off the Smalls Lighthouse after her cargo shifted with the loss of one of her five crew. Survivors were rescued by the trawler Kirkland ( United Kingdom).
Scarpa (United Kingdom) The vessel became stranded on the North Rock, Cloughey Bay, Country Down. She was raised on 23 February 1921, repaired and returned to service

[Jimbuna]

19th November 1920

Ship Losses:

Rostislav (White forces) Russian Civil War: The minesweeper depot ship, a former Rostislav-class battleship, in use by White forces under Pyotr Wrangel, was scuttled in the Kerch Strait.

[Jimbuna]

20th November 1920

The White House Thanksgiving Turkey the week before Thanksgiving Day.
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Ship Losses:

General Horne (United Kingdom) The schooner departed Catalina, Newfoundland for the Change Islands. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
Grandest (United Kingdom) The coaster struck rocks off the Hanois Lighthouse, Guernsey, Channel Islands and sank. All twelve crew were rescued by a trawler.
Minnie Sommers (United Kingdom) The barquentine departed Bo'ness, Lothian for Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure, France. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

[Jimbuna]

21st November 1920

Sir George Callaghan, Commander-in Chief of the Royal Navy home fleet who was relieved of command at the outbreak of the Great War, has passed away.
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In Dublin, IRA teams led by Michael Collins (pictured) assassinate 12 British officers and intelligence team members. Three civilians are also killed, although one may have been an undercover agent.
https://i.postimg.cc/5NKy1HSv/En-Vsud-TW8-AESA9o.jpg (https://postimg.cc/1f6sr3T5)

British Black and Tans raid a football match played at Croke Park, Dublin, setting off a panic among the crowd. The British forces shoot the players and spectators, killing 14 civilians and injuring dozens. The Dublin team on Bloody Sunday.
https://i.postimg.cc/dVz0kzXV/En-W4-I7k-XYAEtex-Q.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Blenda (Sweden) The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Baltic Sea, en route from Finland to Hull. Her crew were rescued.

[Jimbuna]

22nd November 1920

Tensions rise in Ireland following Bloody Sunday. British soldiers in the streets of Dublin.
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Former King of Greece Constantine in exile in Switzerland. With the death of King Alexander last month, many Greeks are in favor of him returning.
https://i.postimg.cc/rpsJV4kX/Enbfi-Gg-Xc-AAP5-Be.png (https://postimages.org/)

President Wilson submits to the League of Nations the proposed border between Armenia and Turkey (however, the proposal becomes moot after Armenia surrenders to Turkey and is taken over by the Soviets.
https://i.postimg.cc/GpfjHpLB/Enc-Iy-j-XMAAk5-J4.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Chausey (France) The cargo ship sank south of Belle Île, Morbihan.
Lizzie (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck a rock and sank at Cherbourg, Seine Maritime, France.
Santa Rosa (Spain) The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank off Cape Prior, Galicia.

[Jimbuna]

23rd November 1920

British solders in trucks in Dublin.
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A British soldier on sentry duty at a window in Dublin Castle. He is keeping a watch out for Sinn Fein's Irish Volunteers (a forerunner of the IRA) who are waging a guerilla conflict against British occupation of Ireland.
https://i.postimg.cc/76RPZk19/iottznzebz061.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Gregory (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground at Tutóia, Brazil. She broke her back on 29 November and was a total loss.
Margaret F. Dick (United Kingdom) The schooner sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean (41°40′N 53°42′W. She was set afire and abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Leersum ( Netherlands).

[Jimbuna]

24th November 1920

British forces conducting a search on an apprehended Sinn Feiner.
https://i.postimg.cc/j2bqqsPP/Enl-Ji-P3-Xc-AIv-C2-Y.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Meduana (United Kingdom) The ocean liner caught fire and capsized at Wallsend, Northumberland.
Taunton (Norway) The cargo ship ran aground in the Bahamas. She was abandoned the next day and was a total loss.

[Jimbuna]

25th November 1920

Bodies of British officers killed in Dublin on Bloody Sunday are transported back to England.
https://i.postimg.cc/mD3QbJ4P/Enq-TJa-PXEAUmwv-A.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Zenith (United Kingdom) The barquentine foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) west of the Longships. All seven crew were rescued.

[Jimbuna]

26th November 1920

Ship Losses:

W J Pirrie (United States) The schooner barge wrecked on rocks in the Pacific Ocean off La Push, Washington after being cut loose from her tow in a gale and heavy seas, originally under tow from Tacoma, Washington to Antofagasta, Chile, or to San Francisco. Only two of her sixteen crew survived, or all 20 lost.

[Mr Quatro]

100 Years Ago

USS R-14 (SS-91) submarine engine room. (~1920)

Two Navy crewmen manning the two six-cylinder diesel engines, of 440 h.p. each, which run the submarine on the surface
& are also used to charge the storage batteries that propels the boat under water


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[Jimbuna]

27th November 1920

Barricades are erected in Downing Street over fears of an Irish Republican attack.
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Ship Losses:

Comboyne (Australia) The cargo ship sank off Shellharbour, New South Wales. Her crew survived.
Erminie (France) The schooner was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km) north west of Ouessant, Finistère. Her crew were rescued by West Maximus ( United States).
Evangelistria (Greece) The cargo ship foundered in the English Channel off the Casquets, Guernsey, Channel Islands. Her crew survived.

[Jimbuna]

28th November 1920

Verdun Cathedral undergoing restoration work after it suffered damage during the Great War.
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A week after Bloody Sunday, the IRA ambush and kill 16 members of the Royal Irish Constabulary at Kilmichael.
https://i.postimg.cc/g0S79SDv/En60tz-OXIAEwv-P1.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Betsy (Netherlands) The schooner sprang a leak and sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the trawler Unity ( United Kingdom).
Ioannis Carras (Greece) The cargo ship sank in the Iroise Sea off the Pierres Noires, Finistère, France. Her crew survived.

[Jimbuna]

29th November 1920

The 11th Red Army begins its invasion of Armenia, and its advance is virtually unopposed as Armenia is currently fighting Turkey. The 11th Red Army in Baku.
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Hercules towing the USS California, November 29, 1920.
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Ship Losses:

Capitaine Remy (France) The auxiliary sailing vessel capsized in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom.
Meta (France) The schooner foundered off in the Mediterranean Sea off Port-la-Nouvelle, Aude.
Notre Dame de la Mer (France) The cargo ship capsized at Brunsbüttelkoog, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

[Jimbuna]

30th November 1920

Prince Leopold of Belgium in military uniform.
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Upon completion of their training, Chilean military cadets offer a salute and take a pledge of allegiance to the national flag before the commander of their regiment.
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Laramie Boomerang: Ireland Declares War On England.
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Ship Losses:

Sheila Margaret (United Kingdom) The cargo ship foundered in the English Channel. Wreckage from the ship washed up at Swanage, Dorset.

[Jimbuna]

1st December 1920

Álvaro Obregón is sworn in as the President of Mexico. His presidency marks the end of the decade-long violence of the Mexican Revolution.
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Women’s militia of Soviet Russia doing gymnastic drills.
https://i.postimg.cc/mgZxCd6z/Eo-KRv-QJVo-Aop-S2d.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Betsy (Netherlands) The schooner sprang a leak in the North Sea and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued.
Giant King (United Kingdom) The schooner ran aground on Ambergris Cay, Turks Islands. Her passengers and crew were rescued.

[Jimbuna]

2nd December 1920

Marshal Foch and Marshal Petain participating in a shooting party with the French President.
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The Red Army enters Armenia’s capital Yerevan, and the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic is proclaimed. The 11th Red Army in Yerevan.
https://i.postimg.cc/cJs0d4Bt/222.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Ansgir (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground near Mousehole, Cornwall. Her crew of 45 were rescued.
Blanche H. King (United States) The schooner ran aground on the West Reef, Bahamas and was a total loss. Her crew survived.
Dauntless (Norway) The cargo ship struck a mine in the Baltic Sea off the Närs Lighthouse, Sweden. Her crew were rescued.
Eastern Tempest (United States) The cargo ship ran aground on the Bogskär, Finland and was abandoned by her crew. She was refloated on 7 December.
Fiorino (Norway) The barque departed Kristiansand, Norway for the Hampton Roads. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
Hathor (Germany) The cargo ship ran aground on the Lethegus Ledge off the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom and was wrecked. All 24 crew were rescued by the St. Mary's Lifeboat.
Kate (United Kingdom) The schooner issued an SOS off Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew were taken off by the Holyhead Lifeboat.

[Jimbuna]

3rd December 1920

Emir Faisal, former King of Syria, visiting London. He was deposed by the French earlier this year.
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Facing military defeat, Armenia signs the Treaty of Alexandropol, forcing it to renounce the Treaty of Sevres and cede territory to Turkey. Borders under the defunct Treaty of Sevres.
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[Jimbuna]

4th December 1920

Argentina became the first nation to withdraw its membership in the League of Nations, after resistance to four of its proposals.
https://i.postimg.cc/t4S0D9Wh/irk9zebev5361.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Hermina (Netherlands) The auxiliary schooner broke free from her mooring and was wrecked at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom in a gale with the loss of one of her ten crew. Survivors were rescued by the Fishguard Lifeboat or by rocket apparatus.
Renvoyle (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was abandoned off Belle Île, Finistère, France. She subsequently sank.
Schoolcraft (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Timbo (United Kingdom) The coaster was driven ashore near Clynnog Fawr, Caernarfonshire with the loss of four of her eight crew. Five of the thirteen crew of the Rhoscolyn Lifeboat were lost attempting to rescue her crew before she came ashore.
Tourmaline (United Kingdom) The coal hulk was driven ashore 16 nautical miles (30 km) west of Thurso, Caithness and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.

[Jimbuna]

5th December 1920

Benjamin Holt, American inventor who created the first crawler-type tread tractor, has passed away. A Holt tractor used in the Great War to pull artillery.
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In a referendum, 99% of Greek voters approve the return of King Constantine I to Greece and end his exile.
https://i.postimg.cc/fRDksPQy/Eody-KNWMAA-l-BT.jpg (https://postimg.cc/2V9CF26N)

Ship Losses:

Verena (Netherlands) The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea (55°50′N 0°30′E). Her crew were rescued by Haakon VII ( Norway).

[Jimbuna]

6th December 1920

Ship Losses:

Graf Waldersee (United Kingdom) The cargo ship collided with Tregantle ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent. She then collided with Fairfield and the ice hulk Sumatra (both United Kingdom) and was then beached. Fairfield sank and the other ships were damaged. Graf Waldersee was refloated on 8 December.
Taff (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground on the Dogger Bank in the North Sea and was a total loss.

[Jimbuna]

7th December 1920

President Wilson delivers his last State of the Union Address. As Wilson remains largely incapacitated after his stroke, the speech was delivered by clerks.
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[Jimbuna]

8th December 1920

Hugh Wallace, U.S. ambassador to France, at the Faubourg-Pave military cemetery at Verdun.
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Romanian anarchist Max Goldstein plants a bomb in the Romanian Senate, killing the Minister of Justice and two senators.
https://i.postimg.cc/6Q9HwTSG/Eot-Px-JDXYAA53j0.png (https://postimages.org/)

France. President Alexandre Millerand inaugurates the bayonet trench monument on the Verdun battlefield.
https://i.postimg.cc/rmsQ03qV/q35506cpfy361.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

V140 (Reichsmarine) The V125-class torpedo boat was wrecked on this date.

[Jimbuna]

9th December 1920

Michael Hainisch is sworn in as the first President of Austria after the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
https://i.postimg.cc/BQcHw5s0/Eoy-Za-EWXUAIE7-2.png (https://postimages.org/)

U.S. Army General Peter C. Harris receiving decoration from visiting French delegation.
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Miss Marian K. Paine, sponsor of submarine S-10, poses with dignitaries during S-10's launch at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine.
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[Jimbuna]

10th December 1920

President Wilson is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for establishing the League of Nations. No prize was awarded in 1919, so Wilson receives the 1919 prize a year later in 1920
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Martial law is proclaimed in the Irish counties of Cork, Kerry, Limerick, and Tipperary as British civilian control in Ireland begin to collapse. British forces near Limerick.
https://i.postimg.cc/VkN0gyHn/Eo4-MXd-W4-AEKgs-T.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Yellowstone (United States) The cargo ship dragged her anchor and ran hard aground off Ponta Delgada in the Azores and was declared a total loss. All 45 of her crew were saved.

[Jimbuna]

11th December 1920

Testing of a “helicopter parachute” on a car.
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"Wrangel Volunteers and the Civil Population Fleeing Before the Bolshevik Advance in the Crimea" (from "The Sphere")
https://i.postimg.cc/sD00hYL3/xgwu6w1ffj461.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

[Jimbuna]

12th December 1920

British forces loot and burn several buildings in Cork, Ireland as retaliation for an IRA ambush earlier today. Hundreds of buildings are burned and several thousand residents are left homeless.
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Wreckage of the Zeppelin LZ 69, given to Japan, in Stolpe Hangar, Germany.
https://i.postimg.cc/L5r4CMZ6/Eo-Du-COXUAIyd-EC.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

[Jimbuna]

13th December 1920

Ship Losses:

Mabel A (United States) After her gasoline engine broke down, the 32-ton fishing vessel drifted onto the coast of "Noise Island" – apparently Noyes Island – in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska and was stranded, breaking up in the surf in about two hours. Her crew of three survived.
Nikolaos Stathatos (Greece) The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Cape Ortegal, Galicia, Spain. All 25 crew were rescued.

[Jimbuna]

14th December 1920

Turkish Nationalist soldiers under the command of Mustapha Kemel Pasha who are waging war against the Allies in Asia Minor.
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[Jimbuna]

15th December 1920

Ship Losses:

Limehouse (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground on the East Barrow Sands in the Thames Estuary. She was refloated on 21 December.

[Jimbuna]

16th December 1920

Ship Losses:

Anna G. Lord (United States) The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Maryland. Her crew were rescued.
Emma Belliveau (United Kingdom) The schooner foundered off Saint Michael, Barbados.
Inca (United States) The five-masted schooner was abandoned in the Pacific Ocean (approximately 34°S 154°E). Her crew were rescued by Cosmos ( United Kingdom). She was towed into Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, arriving on 18 December.
Monnow (United Kingdom) The four-masted auxiliary schooner was destroyed by fire off Southend, Essex. All nineteen crew survived.
Perry Setzer (United States) The four-masted schooner was beached at Jacksonville, Florida.
St. Louis (United States) The ocean liner was severely damaged by fire at New York.
Yellowstone (United States) The cargo ship was driven ashore at Saint Michael, Barbados and was wrecked.

[Jimbuna]

17th December 1920

Former German colonies of New Guinea, Nauru, Western Samoa, Southwest Africa, and the “South Seas" territories are given to the Allied Powers as Class C Mandates.
https://i.postimg.cc/HkM5ZGdP/Epbm-GANXIAIIun-R.png (https://postimages.org/)

South Africa is granted a League of Nations Class C mandate over South West Africa.
https://i.postimg.cc/RV6nhr6V/Epbm-GANXIAIIun-R.png (https://postimg.cc/SJ4K1vfw)

Ship Losses:

Bar-le-Duc (French Navy) The despatch boat was wrecked off Euboea, Greece with the loss of 26 of her 105 crew.

[Jimbuna]

18th December 1920

A measure to adopt Esperanto as an international language at the League of Nations is defeated by the sole vote of the French delegate Gabriel Hanotaux.
https://i.postimg.cc/yY28vJDK/Eph-ZEw-NXc-AE0ql-Q.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Elisabeth (Denmark) The schooner came ashore on the south coast of Iceland and was a total loss. Her crew were rescued.
Joseph Pulitzer (United States) During a mail voyage from Seward, Territory of Alaska, to the Aleutian Islands, the 73-gross register ton, 75-foot (22.9 m) two-masted motor schooner sank in Aniakchak Bay (56°42′N 157°22′W) on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula. All eight people on board survived. Joseph Pulitzer's wreck later was salvaged, taken to Chignik, Territory of Alaska, and stripped.

[Jimbuna]

19th December 1920

Military Decorate Dublin for Christmas - But Not With Holly.
https://i.postimg.cc/MKGsQP7F/36kscd5s36661.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

King Constantine of Greece returns as monarch after three years of exile. 99% of Greeks voted to have the king return after the death of his son King Alexander.
https://i.postimg.cc/gcsSrFZh/Epl5-NGRWw-AIrp-Ry.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Jane Palmer (United States) The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (35°04′N 65°25′W). Her crew were rescued by Cotati ( United States).

[Jimbuna]

20th December 1920

Ship Losses:

Dora (United States) During a voyage from Seattle, Washington, to Unga, Territory of Alaska, and way ports with a cargo of general merchandise and a crew of 29 aboard, the 320-gross register ton steamer was wrecked without loss of life on the coast of Noble Island in British Columbia, Canada.
Spyros (Greece) The cargo ship foundered in the English Channel 11 nautical miles (20 km) south of St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. All eleven crew were rescued.

[Jimbuna]

21st December 1920

Ship Losses:

Ferdenborg (Denmark) The schooner was driven ashore 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of Johnshaven, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the Johnshaven Lifeboat, which later capsized with the loss of two of her crew and a lifeboatman.
Robert H. McCurdy (United States) The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean.

[Jimbuna]

22nd December 1920

Soviet Russia enacts the GOELRO plan, the first Soviet plan for economic development and recovery through the electrification of the country.
https://i.postimg.cc/Nj0G7Kfc/Ep1-WBl4-Xc-AEldgj.png (https://postimages.org/)
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Ship Losses:

Kaes Samud (flag unknown) The ship sank off Bangkok, Thailand.

[Jimbuna]

23rd December 1920

Irish nationalist Éamon de Valera (later first president of the Irish Free State) secretly returns to Ireland after a tour of the United States.
https://i.postimg.cc/QMz03x6Z/Ep7y-WF1-Xc-AE-Xx-S.png (https://postimages.org/)

The Duke of Connaught inspecting an honor guard at Port Said, Egypt.
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Ship Losses:

Curieuse (France) The schooner departed Fogo, Newfoundland for Alicante, Spain. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.
Vlassios (Greece) The cargo ship foundered in the Aegean Sea off Leipsoi with the loss of six of her fifteen crew.

[Jimbuna]

24th December 1920

Italian troops launch an attack against the city of Fiume, held by Italian nationalists led by Gabriele D’Annunzio (pictured). Italy and Yugoslavia agreed last month that the disputed city should be independent as the Free State of Fiume.
https://i.postimg.cc/J7xb6pBJ/Ep-p-PLYW4-AI0j-Gm.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Marion J. Smith (United Kingdom) The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Pennyworth ( United Kingdom) and landed at Tarragona, Spain on 15 December.

[Jimbuna]

25th December 1920

Ship Losses:

Kwinana (United Kingdom) The cargo ship caught fire at Carnarvon, Western Australia and sank.
Ougree (Belgium) The cargo ship collided with Aleppo ( United Kingdom) in the River Scheldt and was beached off Vlissingen, Netherlands.
Photios (Greece) The cargo ship sprang a leak, broke in two, and sank in the Mediterranean Sea between Corsica and Elba, Italy. Her crew were rescued by Calliroi Saparis ( Greece).
Prah (United Kingdom) The cargo liner ran aground 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east of Grand-Bassam, French West Africa. She was refloated on 3 January 1921

[Jimbuna]

26th December 1920

Members of the Dominican National Guard. The Dominican Republic is currently under U.S. military occupation.
https://i.postimg.cc/tT4Q8R4j/Eq-Fc-Qmr-W8-AElpeg.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Navarino (United Kingdom) The cargo ship arrived at Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom on fire and was beached. She was refloated on 31 December.

[Jimbuna]

27th December 1920

A tank repurposed for forestry work in France.
https://i.postimg.cc/KjWCGyQV/Eq-QYX-t-XIAMh-Qmi.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Elsie L. Corkum (United Kingdom) The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (40°29′N 13°38′W). Her six crew were rescued by Heronspool ( United Kingdom).

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28th December 1920

Ship Losses:

Impressive (United Kingdom) The schooner foundered off Memory Rock, Bahamas.
Tris Adelft (Greece) The cargo ship sank in the Tyrrhenian Sea 18 nautical miles (33 km) north west of Monte Circeo, Lazio, Italy. Her crew were rescued.

[Jimbuna]

29th December 1920

Scouts of the Soviet Red Army equipped with skis and machine guns on sleds.
https://i.postimg.cc/QdzQK9sH/Eqarvq8-W4-AETUs-I.png (https://postimages.org/)

Italian troops capture the city of Fiume, which had been under the control of Italian nationalists led by Gabriele d'Annunzio. Damaged buildings in the city after Italian shelling.
https://i.postimg.cc/k4QKHTSb/Eqarvq8-W4-AETUs-I.png (https://postimages.org/)

Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands is shown around by Mr. Goedkoop, director of the Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Mij, just before the launch of the new cruiser ‘Sumatra.’
https://i.postimg.cc/V6W0gdy9/RIDIl-Hgynj-Xp1-YSWsg-Q9vn-Cocoyt-Tggj-Poya8-Gdc39o.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Korsnæs (Norway) The auxiliary schooner was destroyed by fire off Chesapeake, Virginia, United States.
Lakeside Bridge (United States) The cargo ship ran aground on Pico Island, Azores, Portugal and was a total loss.

[Jimbuna]

30th December 1920

Habib Bey Salimov, the first Chief of the General Staff of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces, is executed by the Bolsheviks for refusing to collaborate.
https://i.postimg.cc/vZygNHNT/Eqeiupj-XIAEhh-Op.jpg (https://postimg.cc/hfCtJggR)

Ship Losses:

Saint Oran (United Kingdom) The cargo ship collided with Eveleen ( United Kingdom) off Ailsa Craig, Ayrshire and sank. Twenty of her crew were rescued.

[Jimbuna]

31st December 1920

16-inch coastal artillery gun being constructed at the Watertown Arsenal, Massachusetts.
https://i.postimg.cc/9MMwK0XG/Eqk-BGb-WMAUFGir.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

British police search the cargo ship SS Pontia on suspicions it smuggled Irish nationalist Éamon de Valera back to Ireland.
https://i.postimg.cc/MTFfSwXg/Eqjs-VKFXUAA0-Jw-T.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Kentucky (Denmark) The cargo ship came ashore at Duncansby Head, Caithness, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.

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1st January 1921

Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German Chancellor from 1909 to 1917, has passed away. While somewhat liberal in domestic and foreign policy, he often gave in to conservatives and militarists, including giving a “blank check” for Austria-Hungary to invade Serbia in 1914
https://i.postimg.cc/2816WQW4/Eqo18-B-W8-AI2mg0.jpg (https://postimg.cc/pptRbnqT)

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2nd January 1921

Spanish passengers ship Santa Isabel sinks in bad weather off Sálvora Island, resulting in over 200 deaths.
https://i.postimg.cc/8kmwVwv1/Eqv-R6ol-Xc-AU-W2s.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Doud “Ikky” Eisenhower, first son of Dwight D. Eisenhower, dies of scarlet fever at age 3 (Eisenhower would later recall the death as “the greatest disappointment and disaster of my life, the one I have never been able to forget completely.”)
https://i.postimg.cc/g2nK8WTJ/Eqt-a-WUXAAAAMxb.png (https://postimages.org/)

Experiments of M. Paul Cans at the Eiffel Tower, apparatus called a "marmoset" allowing to go up and down along smooth ropes.
https://i.postimg.cc/ZRhPGyKB/Eqv-R6ol-Xc-AU-W2s.jpg (https://postimg.cc/t12VPJ6p)

Ship Losses:

Broadmayne (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground at Dartmouth, Devon. She broke in two on 7 January.
Santa Isabel (Spain) The passenger ship ran aground off Sálvora, Galicia. She broke in two and sank with the loss of 244 of the 300 people on board.
Scottish Monarch (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground in the River Clyde at Cardross, Lanarkshire. She was refloated on 6 January.

[Jimbuna]

3rd January 1921

Amelia Earhart starts her first flight lesson, taught by female aviator Neta Snook.
https://i.postimg.cc/z3ZgyZW3/Eq0bg-GAXMAg-Ya7a.png (https://postimages.org/)

British admiral Joh Jellicoe and American Admiral Albert Parker Niblack on the former’s arrival at Union Station.
https://i.postimg.cc/xjkpNvMS/Eqzy-P2d-XUAA8d4a.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Euphrates (United Kingdom) The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (44°24′N 45°27′W). Her crew were rescued by Galileo ( United Kingdom).
Tris Adelphis (Greece) The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the Tyrrhenian Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) east of Mount Circeo, Lazio, Italy.
UB-88 (United States) The Type UB III submarine was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off San Pedro, California by USS Wilkes ( United States Navy).

[Jimbuna]

4th January 1921

Cargo ship SS Sussex after it ran aground while approaching the Panama Canal.
https://i.postimg.cc/DyPF57V2/Eq5l-R5-WXAAEJs-Pn.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

German battleship SMS Ostfriesland in drydock at New York. The warship was ceded to the United States as war reparations.
https://i.postimg.cc/y86Kb2B0/Eq4-Sq-Y1-W8-AEhe-J7.png (https://postimages.org/)

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5th January 1921

USS Texas (BB-35) leaves San Francisco for a tour of South America.
https://i.postimg.cc/02sgjLLS/Eq5l-R5-WXAAEJs-Pn.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Cargo ship SS Sussex after it ran aground while approaching the Panama Canal.
https://i.postimg.cc/3rp5KKb7/Eq5l-R5-WXAAEJs-Pn.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Ardoyne (United Kingdom) The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Frio, Brazil. She was refloated on 18 January.

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6th January 1921

The outdated battleship USS Massachusetts is scuttled off Pensacola, Florida to be used as an artillery target.
https://i.postimg.cc/YCDJgmQW/Er-Dq09-VW4-AYe0h-W.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

USS Coast Defense Battleship No. 2 (United States Navy) The decommissioned battleship (ex-USS Massachusetts) was scuttled in shallow water in the Gulf of Mexico off Pensacola, Florida. The wreck subsequently was used as a United States Army Coast Artillery Corps target, then became an artificial reef and recreational diving site.

[Jimbuna]

7th January 1921

Ship Losses:

Ekelund (Norway) The full-rigged ship caught fire and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (7°32′N 32°57′W). She was on a voyage from Durban, South Africa to Sarpsborg, Norway.
Marion (United Kingdom) The schooner departed Liverpool, Lancashire for Fowey, Cornwall. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

[Jimbuna]

8th January 1921

A discharged sailors’, soldiers’ and airmen’s store full of canned goods.
https://i.postimg.cc/nz1RgHJx/Er-N9-6w-XMAMm-ATy.png (https://postimages.org/)

Chequers, a country house in Buckinghamshire, is donated by Sir Arthur Lee to be used as a home for the British Prime Minister.
https://i.postimg.cc/MHKP8h6Q/Er-N9-6w-XMAMm-ATy.png (https://postimages.org/)

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9th January 1921

German submarine SM UB-131, which was surrendered to the Allies after the war, is wrecked near Bulverhythe, England while it was being towed.
https://i.postimg.cc/sxypQ5Sp/Er-SClos-Xc-AIUCyy.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Elipidifor No.415 (Soviet Navy) Russian Civil War: The Elipidifor type auxiliary gunboat was damaged by Sakalave ( French Navy) at Anapa in the Black Sea. She was beached and abandoned.

[Jimbuna]

10th January 1921

British Prime Minister Lloyd George with Lord Reading, the newly appointed Viceroy of India, at Chequers.
https://i.postimg.cc/65hZLSwk/Er-XMIfs-XEAIemhq.png (https://postimages.org/)

Electoral College are certified in the U.S. Senate, formally confirming Warren G. Harding’s election as the next President.
https://i.postimg.cc/nhPC3fWP/Er-XMIfs-XEAIemhq.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Cabo Roche (Spain) The coaster caught fire and foundered in the Ligurian Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Cape Mele, Liguria, Italy. Her crew were rescued.
Mintie (United Kingdom) The schooner was abandoned and set afire in the Atlantic Ocean (44°15′N 27°10′W). Her crew were rescued by Anversoise ( United Kingdom).

[Jimbuna]

11th January 1921

The premier of France, Georges Leygues, loses a vote of no confidence held in the National Assembly by a margin of 463 to 125, due to his failure to enforce reparations from Germany.
https://i.postimg.cc/FstmpV7t/Erc-V0-W7-W8-AEt-Za-D.png (https://postimg.cc/nM16c74T)

Turkish troops win the (First) Battle of İnönü, stopping the Greek offensive with the deployment of the recently organized standing army of the Grand National Assembly. Mustafa Kemal after the battle.
https://i.postimg.cc/kMRqWpMF/Erc-V0-W7-W8-AEt-Za-D.png (https://postimages.org/)

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12th January 1921

USS Oklahoma (BB-37) and USS Arizona (BB-39) side by side in the Pedro Miguel locks, Panama Canal.
https://i.postimg.cc/Z51MwxSy/089-ACRP2-EXg-NOLh4-Locu3m2-HAFy6-HRRHGd-Zg-HL3-Bt8.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Acacia (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was beached near Hurst Castle, Hampshire.
Aspasia Stavroudis (Greece) The cargo ship caught fire in the Aegean Sea 8 nautical miles (15 km) east of Carpatsos. She sank the next day, her crew survived.
Christoforos (Greece) The cargo ship sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Papa.
Ontaneda (Norway) The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (47°20′N 40°05′W). Her crew were rescued by Fanad Head ( United Kingdom).

[Jimbuna]

13th January 1921

Ijūin Gorō, commander-in-chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Great War, dies. He was 68.
https://i.postimg.cc/rmLRxgfF/Ermo-Px-XIAEOc-Dy.png (https://postimages.org/)

[Jimbuna]

14th January 1921

Russian refugees fleeing the Bolsheviks arriving ashore in Constantinople.
https://i.postimg.cc/KjtdXJtV/Ert-FPc-FXMAA3-RM4.png (https://postimages.org/)

British troops using a Mark IV tank to break through storefronts in Dublin to search for arms.
https://i.postimg.cc/hPqk8RBq/Errylow-XMAAUe-Ww.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

[Jimbuna]

15th January 1921

Ship Losses:

Horley (United Kingdom) The coaster was struck by another vessel in the River Thames at Blackwall, London and sank. She was refloated on 18 January.

[Jimbuna]

16th January 1921

Aristide Briand (pictured) returns to power as Prime Minister of France after his predecessor Georges Leygues lost a vote of confidence for failing to enforce reparations on the Germans.
https://i.postimg.cc/x8cs8ZSq/Er2-Fs-q-Xc-AY5c-Wv.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Carmelita (Venezuela) The cargo ship was destroyed by fire at Puerto Cabello and was a total loss.

[Jimbuna]

17th January 1921

Chilean battleship Almirante Latorre in drydock at Balboa, Panama.
https://i.postimg.cc/pV3wsC0Q/Er8hw-s-WMAAu4-OF.png (https://postimages.org/)

Airship R34 wrecked at Howden, UK
https://i.postimg.cc/yNf5cygZ/Er74ikh-XYAI7-Wq-T.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

The Black Watch marching past the saluting base in Cologne, Germany on the occasion of the recent visit of Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson to the Rhine Occupational Forces.
https://i.postimg.cc/RFyDbCTC/Er74ikh-XYAI7-Wq-T.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Two airmen of the new Minnesota Air National Guard, which begins operations today.
https://i.postimg.cc/fydr44Hc/Er74ikh-XYAI7-Wq-T.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

English magician P.T. Selbit performs the first public show of the “sawing a woman in half” illusion.
https://i.postimg.cc/MKRhNB4C/Er74ikh-XYAI7-Wq-T.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Claremorris (United Kingdom) The cargo ship struck rocks at Durat Point and was beached in the Sound of Islay.
HMS Marjoram (Royal Navy) Bound for Haulbowline, where she was to undergo a refit to become the drill ship HMS President, the Anchusa-class sloop-of-war was wrecked on Flintstone Head.

[Jimbuna]

18th January 1921

Ship Losses:

Dover Castle (United Kingdom) The brigantine came ashore at Zierikzee, Netherlands and was wrecked.
Pandora (United Kingdom) The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Irish Sea off Beaumaris, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued by the Beaumaris Lifeboat.

[Jimbuna]

19th January 1921

The battleship USS Utah transiting the Panama Canal.
https://i.postimg.cc/RVMzcQvV/Es-GL2n-MXAAE3z-W3.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Daisy (Germany) The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea off IJmuiden, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued by the trawler Ymuiden 146 ( Netherlands). Daisy was discovered derelict by the trawler Hohenfels ( Germany) and towed into Nordenham, Germany, arriving on 27 January.
Juanita (United States) While no one was on board, the 7-net ton motor vessel burned to the waterline and sank while at anchor in Surprise Harbor (57°01′N 134°35′W) in Southeast Alaska.
Kibi Maru No.2 (Japan) The cargo ship ran aground 100 nautical miles (190 km) south of Thursday Island, Queensland, Australia. She was refloated on 7 February.

[Jimbuna]

20th January 1921

British submarine K5 sinks with all hands off the Isles of Scilly, possibly because it dived below its maximum diving depth, resulting in loss of 57 crew.
https://i.postimg.cc/FsJM2nzs/roos-on-watch.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

HMS K5 (Royal Navy) The K-class submarine foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 120 nautical miles (220 km) south west of the Isles of Scilly with the loss of all fifty-seven crew.

[Jimbuna]

21st January 1921

Ship Losses:

SMS Baden (Royal Navy) The decommissioned former Imperial German Navy battleship foundered in heavy seas in the English Channel off Whale Island, Hampshire, England, after use as a gunnery target by the shore establishment HMS Excellent and the monitor HMS Terror (both Royal Navy). Baden was refloated three months later and put back into use as a target ship.
HMS Europa (Royal Navy) Under tow after being sold out of naval service, the decommissioned Diadem-class protected cruiser sank off Corsica in a gale. She later was refloated and scrapped.
Heiyei Maru No.2 (Japan) The cargo ship foundered off Toba, Mie.

[Jimbuna]

22nd January 1921

Sir Hamar Greenwood, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, inspecting Auxiliaries of the Royal Irish Constabulary during the Irish War of Independence.
https://i.postimg.cc/fRwXc9S7/111.png (https://postimages.org/)

The British Mark V tank is being used as a battering ram to break down the door of a Johnston Mooney & O'Brien bakery at 153 Capel Street, Dublin, during the Irish War of Independence.
https://i.postimg.cc/xdXX5yfm/m815f2lcdtc61.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Sweden's Crown Prince Gustaf, who would reign from 1950 to 1973 as King Gustaf VI Adolf, saved the life of a British sailor in Stockholm's harbor. (Prince Gustaf)
https://i.postimg.cc/mDMtfLF2/m815f2lcdtc61.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Afrodite (Greece) The cargo ship ran aground at Westcar, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued before she sank.
Newton Stanley Lake (United Kingdom) The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Virginia, United States. Her crew were rescued.

[Jimbuna]

23rd January 1921

Heinrich Wilhelm Gottfried von Waldeyer-Hartz, German anatomist known for coining the terms "chromosome" and "neuron," has passed away.
https://i.postimg.cc/nhBfPPW4/Esay-H9x-XIAAw-Zc5.png (https://postimg.cc/hXDYJpcv)

Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych is assassinated by a Soviet Cheka agent, likely for his support for Ukrainian independence.
https://i.postimg.cc/QMDZGqLR/Esa-I2-R2-W4-AEa-Id-E.png (https://postimages.org/)

[Jimbuna]

24th January 1921

A “Neptune Ceremony” aboard the USS New York battleship, which was underway from San Francisco, California, to Valparaiso, Chile.
https://i.postimg.cc/mrw7S1cW/N-TAi-XOyxrdd-KDao0-Nly-Zzbzx-Jn-Ne-HMc2xn-QImd-Hlg-A.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Carioca (United States) The barquentine was set afire and abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea (34°20′N 23°40′E). Her crew were rescued.

[Jimbuna]

25th January 1921

A British truck in Ireland covered by nets to block grenades.
https://i.postimg.cc/MG5LYWfL/Esluu-Vy-W8-AEGD9-G.png (https://postimages.org/)

The Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci, sunk in Taranto harbour by an internal explosion in 1916, after being raised and righted, on 25 January 1921
https://i.postimg.cc/QtHr9BYm/ohov53vbaoq41.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Adamantios Lemos (Greece) The cargo ship en route from Portman, Spain to Middlesbrough foundered near Guernsey Channel Islands. She had previously been salvaged in April 1919 by HM Tug St Issey.
Hewitt (United States) The cargo ship last reported from the Atlantic Ocean 250 nautical miles (460 km) north of Jupiter Inlet, Florida. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. She made her regular radio calls on 24 January and 25 January, and reported nothing unusual. She was last seen 250 nautical miles (460 km) north of Jupiter Inlet, Florida. From that time to this, she remains missing. No further radio signals from her were received. After the Hewitt failed to arrive in Boston on its expected due date of 29 January, Union Sulphur sent the ship's wireless call (K I L) through Atlantic coastal stations, and notified the United States Navy. A huge search along her route found nothing. US Coast Guard officials in Atlantic City reported hearing an explosion and seeing a flash approximately 20 miles offshore on the night of 3 February 1921, and connected this event with the Hewitt.
Zannis (Greece) The cargo ship sank in the Aegean Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) north west of Sapientza. Her crew were rescued.

[Jimbuna]

26th January 1921

Ship Losses:

Tay (United Kingdom) The coaster sailed from Saint Sampson, Guernsey, Channel Islands for Portsmouth, Hampshire. No further trace, presumed foundered in the English Channel with the loss of all hands.

[Jimbuna]

27th January 1921

The royal family of Greece after the return of King Constantine from exile.
https://i.postimg.cc/65YCGwLq/Esuv-Sh-OWMAEgd-Q6.png (https://postimages.org/)

Interallies Conference: General Nollet, full length.
https://i.postimg.cc/52DYwtH4/f3o6z2wd9vd61.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Arc de Triomphe - Slab to be placed on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Paris (8th arrondissement), France.
https://i.postimg.cc/N0TybwT1/f3o6z2wd9vd61.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

[Jimbuna]

28th January 1921

American protestors demonstrating against the British control of Ireland.
https://i.postimg.cc/W38dXXB2/Es1-Lm-Hl-VEAk-Uap-W.png (https://postimages.org/)

The body of Unknown Soldier is buried under the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
https://i.postimg.cc/3JVdSycD/Es1-Lm-Hl-VEAk-Uap-W.png (https://postimages.org/)

Royal Navy airship R.34 crashes into a hill due to bad weather and low visibility. The airship is able to return to base, but the craft is written off.
https://i.postimg.cc/3xGWPKsf/Es1-Lm-Hl-VEAk-Uap-W.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Donald T (United Kingdom) The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued.

[Jimbuna]

29th January 1921

Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, inspecting British troops at Port Said, Egypt.
https://i.postimg.cc/L8WNv5Nn/Es5-Cdj4-XMAId-Vtu.png (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

España (Spanish Navy) The España-class battleship ran aground off Puerto Montt, Chile. She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.
Pommern (Germany) The cargo ship ran aground at Rørvik, Norway. She was still ashore on 5 February.

[Jimbuna]

30th January 1921

Armed police forces in Berlin being deployed.
https://i.postimg.cc/j2fLj5n1/Es-L-Sn-WMAEVq5.png (https://postimages.org/)

Funeral of Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine, who was murdered by Soviet Cheka agents. Her remains were recovered and buried at the Church of Mary Magdalene in Jerusalem.
https://i.postimg.cc/0QMNtQnN/Es-L-Sn-WMAEVq5.png (https://postimages.org/)
https://i.postimg.cc/Y0QCHsJK/Es-L-Sn-WMAEVq5.png (https://postimages.org/)

[Jimbuna]

31st January 1921

The schooner Carroll A. Deering is discovered off the coast of North Carolina with its crew of 10 missing. The disappearance remains a mystery, although mutiny or piracy is suspected (paranormal explanations, including ties to the Bermuda Triangle, also become popular).
https://i.postimg.cc/BbzrNYLz/Et-Eo-J7-EXYAEPXgv.png (https://postimages.org/)

Japanese cruiser Isuzu being constructed (it is sunk by an American submarine in 1945)
https://i.postimg.cc/pXhbyH3M/Et-DVi-O3-XAAIBa-n.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

The R.34 Airship is damaged after striking a hill in fog. It was then returned to Howden when it was caught by gusting winds and finally completely destroyed.
https://i.postimg.cc/pybHRcWF/Et-DVi-O3-XAAIBa-n.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Carroll A. Deering (United States) The five-masted schooner ran aground on the Diamond Shoals and was abandoned. The wreck was dispersed by dynamite on 4 March.

[Jimbuna]

1st February 1921

French Prime Minister Millerand with Polish Marshal and Chief of State Józef Piłsudski at Satory, France.
https://i.postimg.cc/dVNf7zsd/Et-If-Nu-BXEAE9v-Ae.png (https://postimages.org/)

Soldiers round up a crowd of women and children during a crisis in Dublin.
https://i.postimg.cc/1RMr5D5V/79n466alwue61.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

Ship Losses:

Timios Stavros (Greece) The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean between Cape Roca and the Berlengas, Portugal. Her crew were rescued by a Spanish merchant ship.