1919
1920
history - the second Palmer Raids were attempts by the United States Department of Justice to arrest and deport radical leftists, especially anarchists, from the United States - Turkey gives up the Ottoman Empire and most of the non-Turkish areas - Adolf Hitler presents his National Socialist program in Munich - Adolf Hitler makes his first public political speech, in Austria - the world's first peaceful establishment of a social democratic government takes place in Sweden - Palestine riots: Violence erupts between Arab and Jewish residents in Jerusalem - Soviet Russia recognizes independence of the Democratic Republic of Georgia only to invade the country six months later - Polish–Soviet War - Irish War of Independence - the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed, guaranteeing women's suffrage - in Geneva, the first assembly of the League of Nations is held - the United Kingdom and France ratify the border between French-held Syria and British-held Palestine
culture - because there are so many mixed-race persons and because so many Americans with some black ancestry appear white, the United States Census stops counting mixed-race peoples and the one drop rule becomes the national legal standard - the first commercial radio station in the United States, 8MK (WWJ), begins operations in Detroit MI - insulin discovered - dendrochronology dating - Max Weber (†) - Amedeo Modigliani (†)
music - the Salzburg Festival is founded - Groupe des six (Georges Auric, Louis Durey, Arthur Honegger, Darius Milhaud, Francis Poulenc, Germaine Tailleferre) launched - Darius Milhaud/Jean Cocteau: Le Boeuf sur le toit - Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The Dead City) - Igor Stravinsky: Pulcinella - Mamie Smith's first blues recordings become a hit, alerting record companies to the African American market - Max Bruch (†)
first released recordings by Lucille Hegamin, Mamie Smith
released songs - Mamie Smith: Crazy Blues
- 1920.01.20 -- US: New York City - recordings for Victor - Mamie Smith
- 1920.02.14 -- US: New York City - recordings for OKeh - Mamie Smith, Rega Orchestra (Ed Cox, Dope Andrews, Ernest Elliott, Leroy Parker, Willie "The Lion" Smith)
- 1920.04.00? - US: New York City - recordings for Pathé - Biddle University Quintet
- 1920.04.18? - US: New York City - recordings for Columbia - Bert Williams, studio orchestra
- 1920.05.06? - US: New York City - recordings for Columbia - Bert Williams, studio orchestra
- 1920.06.28? - US: New York City - recordings for Columbia - Bert Williams, studio orchestra
- 1920.06.29 -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia - Bert Williams, studio orchestra
- 1920.08.10 -- US: New York City - recordings for OKeh - Mamie Smith, Jazz Hounds (Johnnie Dunn, Dope Andrews, Ernest Elliott, Leroy Parker, Perry Bradford)
- 1920.09.07? - US: New York City - recordings for Columbia - Bert Williams, studio orchestra
- 1920.09.12 -- US: New York City - recordings for OKeh - Mamie Smith, Jazz Hounds (Johnnie Dunn, Dope Andrews, Ernest Elliott, Leroy Parker, Perry Bradford)
- 1920.10.11 -- US: New York City - recordings for Victor - Lucille Hegamin, Fletcher Henderson
- 1920.10.25? - US: New York City - recordings for Columbia - Bert Williams, studio orchestra
- 1920.11.00? - US: New York City - recordings for Arto - Lucille Hegamin, Harris' Blues and Jazz Seven (Wesley Seven, Jim Reevy, Clarence Harris, Bill Hegamin, Ralph Escudero, Kaiser Marshall)
- 1920.11.05 -- US: New York City - recordings for OKeh - Mamie Smith, Jazz Hounds (Johnnie Dunn, Dope Andrews, Ernest Elliott, Leroy Parker, Perry Bradford)
- 1920.11.06 -- US: New York City - recordings for OKeh - Mamie Smith, Jazz Hounds (Johnnie Dunn, Dope Andrews, Ernest Elliott, Leroy Parker, Perry Bradford)
- 1920.11.12? - US: New York City - recordings for Columbia - Bert Williams, studio orchestra
- 1920.11.24 -- US: New York City - recordings for Victor - Original Dixieland Jass Band (Nick LaRocca, Eddie Edwards, Larry Shields, Henry Ragas, Tony Sparbaro)
- 1920.12.00? - US: New York City - recordings for Paramount - Flo Bert...
- 1920.12.01 -- US: New York City - recordings for Victor - Original Dixieland Jass Band (Nick LaRocca, Benny Krueger, Eddie Edwards, Larry Shields, J. Russel Robinson, Tony Sparbaro)
- 1920.12.04 -- US: New York City - recordings for Victor - Original Dixieland Jass Band (Nick LaRocca, Benny Krueger, Eddie Edwards, Larry Shields, J. Russel Robinson, Tony Sparbaro)
- 1920.12.10? - US: New York City - recordings for Columbia - Bert Williams, studio orchestra
- 1920.12.20 -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia/Silvertone - Fisk University Jubilee Singers (Booker Male Quartet) (Mrs. James A. Myers, James A. Myers, Carl Barbour, Alfred T. Clarke, Theodore H. Moore)
- 1920.12.21 -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia/Silvertone - Fisk University Jubilee Singers (Booker Male Quartet) (Mrs. James A. Myers, James A. Myers, Carl Barbour, Alfred T. Clarke, Theodore H. Moore)
- 1920.12.22 -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia/Silvertone - Fisk University Jubilee Singers (Booker Male Quartet) (Mrs. James A. Myers, James A. Myers, Carl Barbour, Alfred T. Clarke, Theodore H. Moore)
- 1920.12.23 -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia/Silvertone - Fisk University Jubilee Singers (Booker Male Quartet) (Mrs. James A. Myers, James A. Myers, Carl Barbour, Alfred T. Clarke, Theodore H. Moore)
- 1920.12.28 -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia/Silvertone - Fisk University Jubilee Singers (Booker Male Quartet) (Mrs. James A. Myers, James A. Myers, Carl Barbour, Alfred T. Clarke, Theodore H. Moore)
- 1920.12.29 -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia/Silvertone - Fisk University Jubilee Singers (Booker Male Quartet) (Mrs. James A. Myers, James A. Myers, Carl Barbour, Alfred T. Clarke, Theodore H. Moore)
- 1920.12.30 -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia/Silvertone - Fisk University Jubilee Singers (Booker Male Quartet) (Mrs. James A. Myers, James A. Myers, Carl Barbour, Alfred T. Clarke, Theodore H. Moore)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Victor - Original Dixieland Jass Band (Nick LaRocca, Benny Krueger, Eddie Edwards, Larry Shields, J. Russel Robinson, Tony Sparbaro)