1920 Fact Sheet
Database: Great Inventions by Year and Country
| Record Name | Year | Country | Region | Source | Inventor Name |
| Blow-dryer | 1920 | United States | North America | Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 | Racine Universal Motor Co., Hamilton Beach Manufacturing Co. |
| Metal Detector | late 1920s | Germany/United States | Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 | Gerhard Fisher | |
| Car Radio | early 1920s | United States | North America | Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 | William P. Lear |
Database: Hockey Stanley Cup Winners
| Record Name | Year | Winning Team | Winning Coach | Losing Team | Losing Coach | Sport | City | Note |
| 1920 Stanley Cup Winner | 1920 | Ottawa Senators | Pete Green | Seattle Metropolitans | Pete Muldoon | Hockey | Ottawa |
Database: Pulitzer Prize Winning Novels By Year
| Record Name | Year | Title | Author |
| No Award, | 1920 | No Award |
Database: List of Prince-Bishops of Trent
| Record Name | Historic Region | Modern Region | Name | Period Start | Period End | Source |
| Celestino Endrici (31 January 1904 - 29 October 1940. Archbishop since 1920) | Holy Roman Empire | Italy | Celestino Endrici | 31 January 1904 | 29 October 1940. Archbishop since 1920 | Wikipedia |
Database: World Land Speed Record Holders
| Record Name | Year | Date | Car | Driver | Speed (MPG) | Speed (KPH) | Source |
| Duesenburg | 1920 | Apr 27 | Duesenburg | Tommy Milton | 156.03 | 249.65 | Thrust Team |
Database: Catholic Pope History
| Record Name | Birthplace | Burial | Origin | Religion | Number | Pontiff | Time Periord | Years | Birthdate | Death Date |
| Pope 264 John Paul II | Wadowice, Poland | St. Peter's Basilica Grottoes | Poland | Catholic | 264 | John Paul II | 1978-2005 | 26 | 5/18/1920 | 4/2/2005 |
Database: Tour de France Winners
| Record Name | Year | Winning Country | Sport | Tour | Winning Name |
| Philippe Thys Tour 14 | 1920 | Belgium | Cycling | 14 | Philippe Thys |
Database: United States Medal of Honor Statistics
| Record Name | War | Country | Total | Army | Navy | Marines | Air Force | Coast Guard | Posthumous | Source |
| Haiti 1919-1920 Medal of Honor Citations | Haiti 1919-1920 | United States | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | United States Army |
Database: Best Selling Books of All Time
| Record Name | Language | Year Released | Rank | Author | Sales Volume | Source |
| The Curse of Capistrano (The Mark of Zorro) | English | 1920 | 25 | Johnston McCulley | 50 million | Wikipedia |
Database: Baseball World Series Winners
| Record Name | Year | Winning Team | Losing Team | Winning City | Losing City | Sport | Score |
| World Series 1920 | 1920 | Cleveland Indians | Brooklyn Robins | Cleveland | Brooklyn | Baseball | 5 - 2 |
Database: Wimbledon Tennis Men's Tournament Winners
| Record Name | Year | Sport | Winner | Loser | Score |
| 1920 Wimbledon Mens Result | 1920 | Tennis | Bill Tilden | Gerald Patterson | 26 63 62 64 |
Database: Top Supercomputers of the world
| Record Name | Year | Country | Manufacturer | Source | Site | Processors | Rmax (GFlops) | Rpeak (GFlops) |
| eServer pSeries p5 575 1.9 GHz | 2006 | United States | IBM | Top 500 Supercomputer Sites (June 2007) | Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) | 1920 | 12543.4 | 14592 |
| Huygens - eServer pSeries 575, p5+ 1.9 GHz, Infiniband | 2007 | Netherlands | IBM | Top 500 Supercomputer Sites (June 2007) | SARA (Stichting Academisch Rekencentrum) | 1920 | 11490 | 14592 |
Database: United States Average Annual Temperature
| Record Name | Year | Country | Temperature | Rank | Source |
| Average Annual Temperature for 1920 | 1920 | United States | 51.84 deg F | 12 | National Climatic Data Center |
Database: Yearly Total Seasonal Rainfall for Los Angeles
| Record Name | City | State | Country | Season | Total Rainfall (inches) | Inches above or below average | Source |
| Los Angeles Seasonal Rainfall for 1920-1921 | Los Angeles | CALIFORNIA | United States | 1920-1921 | 13.65 | -1.48 | National Weather Service |
| Los Angeles Seasonal Rainfall for 1919-1920 | Los Angeles | CALIFORNIA | United States | 1919-1920 | 12.52 | -2.61 | National Weather Service |
Database: Longest Running Broadway Shows
| Record Name | Still Playing | City | State | Country | Source | Performances |
| The Magic Show | No | NEW YORK | NEW YORK | United States | Internet Broadway Database | 1920 |
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