Editing 1920 (section)

===January===
{{Main|January 1920}}
[[File:5 Prohibition Disposal(9).jpg|thumb|150px|right|[[January 17]]: Beginning of [[Prohibition in the United States]]]]
* [[January 1]]
** [[Polish–Soviet War]]: The Russian [[Red Army]] increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20.
** [[Kauniainen]] in Finland, completely surrounded by the city of [[Espoo]], secedes from Espoo as its own market town.<ref>[https://www.kaunisgrani.fi/2017/04/ministeri-kerenski-kanta-asiakkaana-kauniaisissa/ Monsieur le ministre - KaunisGrani] (in Finnish)</ref>
* [[January 7]] &ndash; [[Russian Civil War]]: The forces of [[White movement|Russian White]] Admiral [[Alexander Kolchak]] surrender in [[Krasnoyarsk]]; the [[Great Siberian Ice March]] ensues.
* [[January 10]]
** The [[Treaty of Versailles]] takes effect, officially ending World War I.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.euronews.com/2019/06/28/treaty-of-versailles-centenary-relics-tell-story-of-historic-signing |title=Treaty of Versailles centenary: Relics tell story of historic signing |first=Emma |last=Beswick |date=28 June 2019 |access-date=29 June 2019 |work=[[Euronews]]}}</ref>
** The [[League of Nations Covenant]] enters into force. On [[January 16]], the organization holds its first council meeting, in Paris.
* [[January 11]] &ndash; The [[Azerbaijan Democratic Republic]] is recognised [[de facto]] by European powers in [[Palace of Versailles|Versailles]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://today.az/news/politics/53534.html|title=Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry official: result of overcoming obstacles by first Azerbaijani diplomats was international recognition in Versailles|work=Today.az|date=2009-07-03|access-date=2013-03-13}}</ref>
* [[January 13]] &ndash; ''[[The New York Times]]'' [[Robert H. Goddard#Publicity and criticism|ridicules]] American rocket scientist [[Robert H. Goddard]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D0DE7D7153EE433A25750C1A9679C946195D6CF |title=Topics of the Times |date=13 January 1920 |access-date=29 June 2019 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723044207/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D0DE7D7153EE433A25750C1A9679C946195D6CF |archive-date=July 23, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> which it will rescind following the launch of [[Apollo 11]] in [[1969]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/14/news/150th-anniversary-1851-2001-the-facts-that-got-away.html |title=150th Anniversary: 1851-2001; The Facts That Got Away |first=Tom |last=Kuntz |date=14 November 2001 |access-date=29 June 2019 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |page=36}}</ref>
* [[January 16]]
** The [[Allies of World War I]] demand that the Netherlands [[Extradition|extradite]] ex-[[German Emperor]] [[Wilhelm II]] who fled there in [[1918]].
** [[Zeta Phi Beta]] sorority, is founded on the campus of [[Howard University]] in Washington, D.C.
* [[January 17]] &ndash; [[Prohibition in the United States]] begins, with the [[Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution]] which bans the sale of [[alcoholic beverage|alcohol]] in all States.
* [[January 19]] &ndash; The [[American Civil Liberties Union]] (ACLU) is founded.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://blogs.princeton.edu/mudd/2012/08/the-founding-of-the-american-civil-liberties-union-1920/|title=The founding of the American Civil Liberties Union, 1920|date=1 August 2012|first=Christa|last=Cleeton|access-date=29 June 2019|work=Mudd Manuscript Library Blog|publisher=[[The Trustees of Princeton University]]|agency=[[Princeton University]]}}</ref>
* [[January 21]] &ndash; The final session of the [[Paris Peace Conference, 1919|Paris Peace Conference]] is held, even though peace treaties with Hungary and Turkey remain to be concluded. The United States does not conclude its own treaty with Germany until August 25, 1921.
* [[January 22]] &ndash; The Australian [[National Party of Australia|Country Party]] is officially formed.
* [[January 23]] &ndash; The Netherlands refuses to extradite ex-German Emperor [[Wilhelm II]]; on May 15 he moves into [[Huis Doorn]] in the country where he remains permanently in exile until his death in [[1941]].
* [[January 28]] &ndash; ''El Tercio de Extranjeros'' (the "Regiment of Foreigners"), later the [[Spanish Legion]], is established by [[decree]] of King [[Alfonso XIII of Spain]].