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1920
 
   
Bristol-born actor Cary Grant moves to the USA with a troupe of touring tumblers      
1920
 
    
Harold Macmillan marries Lady Dorothy Cavendish, daughter of the duke of Devonshire       
1920
 
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Destour is formed as a nationalist party in Tunisia, demanding full independence from France      
1920
 
    
The Japanese potter Shoji Hamada accompanies Bernard Leach on his return to England       
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1920
 
   
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk is elected president of Turkey's new Grand National Assembly      
1920
 
    
The Meccano company launches the first of its Hornby model trains       
1920
 
    
Sapper's patriotic hero makes his first appearance, taking on the villainous Carl Peterson in Bull-dog Drummond       
1920
 
   
After his marriage, Harold Macmillan leaves the army and joins the family publishing firm      
1920
 
    
The publication of Scott FitzGerald's first novel, This Side of Paradise, brings him instant success       
1920
 
    
The Nineteenth Amendment to the US Constitution guarantees women the right to vote