Timeline February 1920

Events in February 1920 6

• 1856 – 1920 Robert Peary (1856-1920) Died 20 February 1920, aged 63 American explorer who led the expedition credited with being first to reach the North Pole in 1909, a claim that remains disputed. He was a US Navy rear admiral and one of the best-known polar explorers of his era.
• 1920 – 1956 Stan Ockers The Belgian Hero 1955 World Champion; a hero of post-war Belgian cycling.
• 1920 Schleswig Plebiscites Referendums redraw the Danish-German border Voters in Schleswig chose by referendum whether to join Denmark or remain part of Germany, held in two zones under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles. The northern zone voted to join Denmark while the southern zone remained German. The new border was formally established later that year.
• 1920 Coto War Border conflict between Panama and Costa Rica Panama and Costa Rica fought a brief border war over the disputed Coto region. Costa Rican forces prevailed after several weeks of fighting. United States pressure ultimately forced Panama to withdraw and accept the earlier arbitration award favoring Costa Rica.
• 1920 Nazi Party Issues 25-Point Program Adolf Hitler announces the platform of the NSDAP At a public meeting in Munich, Adolf Hitler presented the twenty-five-point program of the German Workers' Party, which was renamed the National Socialist German Workers' Party shortly after. The platform combined nationalist, antisemitic, and anti-capitalist demands. It became the party's official manifesto for the next two decades.
• 1920 Czechoslovakia Adopts Its First Constitution New republic establishes parliamentary democracy The National Assembly of Czechoslovakia adopted the country's first constitution, establishing a parliamentary democratic republic. The document drew partly on French and American constitutional principles. It governed the state until the Munich Agreement in 1938.