20th December 1919
Aftermath of War
Appointment of British Charge d'Affaires (Lord Kilmarnock) at Berlin.
Japanese cruiser Tenryū is commissioned (it is sunk in 1943 off the coast of New Guinea during WWII)
Ship Losses:
May (United States) After losing steering, the 11-gross register ton motor vessel was forced ashore by wind and tide and wrecked on the coast of Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) south of Narrow Point (55°47′30″N 132°28′30″W). The only person aboard survived.