Timeline June 1920

Events in June 1920 5

• 1864 – 1920 Max Weber (1864-1920) Died 14 June 1920, aged 56 German sociologist and political economist regarded as one of the founders of modern sociology. His works, including "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism," examined the relationship between religion, rationalization, and modern society. He died of pneumonia in Munich.
• 1920 French Championships 1920 Men: André Gobert · Women: Suzanne Lenglen Suzanne Lenglen began her dominance of French women's tennis.
• 1920 The Treaty of Trianon Versailles, France Hungary lost two-thirds of its territory and around three million Hungarians found themselves in other countries. It remains a live political wound.
• 1920 Treaty of Trianon Signed Peace treaty formalizes dismantling of the Kingdom of Hungary Hungary signed the Treaty of Trianon with the Allied powers, formally ending World War I hostilities and confirming the loss of roughly two-thirds of its pre-war territory and population. The treaty redrew borders across Central Europe, enlarging Czechoslovakia, Romania, and Yugoslavia at Hungary's expense. It remains a deeply contested episode in Hungarian national memory.
• 1920 – 2003 Alberto Sordi (1920-2003) Died 24 February 2003, aged 82 Alberto Sordi was one of the most popular Italian film actors of the postwar era, appearing in some 150 films that satirised the habits and hypocrisies of the ordinary Italian. His comic everyman became a national archetype, and around a million people attended his funeral in Rome.