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===February=== {{Main|February 1920}} * [[February 1]] – The [[South African Air Force]] (SAAF) is established, the second autonomous Air Force in the world, after the British [[Royal Air Force]] (RAF).<ref name="SALM">Nöthling, Kol C.J., Martins, Maj du P. (1990). ''Kroniek van die Suid-Afrikaanse Lugmag (1920-1990)'', (1st ed.). Direktoraat Openbare Betrekkinge, SAW. Uitgewer: Staatsdrukkery, Pretoria. Gedruk deur Promedia Drukkers, Posbus 255, Silverton, 0127.</ref> * [[February 2]] ** [[Estonian War of Independence]]: The [[Treaty of Tartu (Russian–Estonian)|Tartu Peace Treaty]] is signed, ending the war and recognizing the independence of both the [[Republic of Estonia]] and the [[Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic]]. ** [[French Third Republic|France]] occupies the [[Memel Territory]] of East Prussia. ** [[Sayid Abdullah|Sayyid Muhammad]], Khan of [[Khanate of Khiva|Khiva]], abdicates. * [[February 9]] – The [[Svalbard Treaty]], signed by members of the League of Nations in Paris, recognises the sovereignty of [[Norway]] over the [[Arctic]] archipelago of [[Svalbard]] (at this time called Spitzbergen), while giving the other signatories economic rights in the islands.<ref>{{cite book|title=Statistical Yearbook of Norway|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QdiCkoG3buIC|year=1999|publisher=Statistisk sentralbyrå|page=15}}</ref> * [[February 10]] – General [[Józef Haller]] first performs ''[[Poland's Wedding to the Sea]]'', a symbolic celebration of the restitution of Polish access to the [[Baltic Sea]]. * [[February 12]]–[[February 24|24]] – [[Conference of London (1920)|Conference of London]]: Leaders of the United Kingdom, France and Italy meet to discuss the [[partitioning of the Ottoman Empire]]. * [[February 13]] – Switzerland joins the [[League of Nations]]. * [[February 14]] – The [[League of Women Voters]] is founded in Chicago. * [[February 17]] – A woman named [[Anna Anderson]] tries to commit suicide in Berlin and is taken to a mental hospital where she claims she is [[Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia|Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia]]. * [[February 20]] – [[1920 Gori earthquake]]: An earthquake hits [[Gori, Georgia|Gori]] in the [[Democratic Republic of Georgia]], killing 114. * [[February 21]] – The island province of [[Marinduque]] in the [[Philippines]] archipelago is founded. * [[February 22]] – In [[Emeryville, California]], the first [[greyhound racing|dog racing]] track to employ an imitation [[rabbit]] opens. * [[February 24]] – [[Adolf Hitler]] presents his [[National Socialist Program]] in [[Munich]] to the [[German Workers' Party]] (''Deutsche Arbeiterpartei''), which renames itself as the [[Nazi Party]] (''Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei'').
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