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1920
 
   
A group of composers in Paris - Auric, Durey, Honegger, Milhaud, Poulenc and Tailleferre - become known as 'les Six'      
1920
 
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The brutal behaviour of the British police reinforcements, the Black and Tans, aggravates the violence in Ireland      
1920
 
   
Gustav Holst's Hymn of Jesus has its premiere in London, conducted by the composer      
1920
 
    
New Zealand surgeon Harold Gillies publishes a pioneering text book, Plastic Surgery of the Face       
1920
 
    
Douglas Fairbanks makes the first of his swashbuckling adventure movies, The Mark of Zorro       
1920
 
    
The Belgian detective Hercule Poirot features in Agatha Christie's first book, The Mysterious Affair at Styles       
Agatha Christie, photo 1923
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1920
 
    
The marriage of Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks is a Hollywood sensation after a three-year affair       
1920
 
   
Warren Harding wins the US presidential election for the Republicans      
1920
 
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The civil war ends as the last White army on Russian soil escapes from the Crimea       
1920
 
    
The IRA and the British security forces clash during a violent 'Bloody Sunday' in Dublin