World Events

Posted in 1920

  • The League of Nations is founded. US Senate votes against American membership.
  • Mahatma Gandhi Mahatma Gandhi launches a civil disobedience campaign against British authorities who are refusing to grant self-government. Gandhi leads a campaign of non-violent non-cooperation with government agencies.
  • Civil War in Ireland: Northern Ireland accepts Home Rule - British auxiliaries the Black and Tans, fight against Sinn Fein.
  • American women gain the right to vote.
  • Oxford University admits women to degrees.
  • Oxford UniversityAll factories in Russia employing more than 10 workers are nationalized.
  • Prohibition on the sale of alcohol is in effect throughout the USA.
  • The sub-machine gun is invented.
  • Chinese Communist Party is founded.