Editing 1920 (section)

===May===
{{Main|May 1920}}
* [[May 3]] &ndash; A [[1920 Georgian coup attempt|Bolshevik coup]] fails in the [[Democratic Republic of Georgia]].
* [[May 7]]
** [[Polish–Soviet War]]: [[Second Polish Republic|Polish]] troops occupy [[Kyiv]]. The government of the [[Ukrainian People's Republic]] returns to the city.
** [[Mexican Revolution]]: [[Venustiano Carranza]] leaves Mexico City in a large train.
** [[Treaty of Moscow (1920)]]: [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Soviet Russia]] recognizes the independence of the [[Democratic Republic of Georgia]], only to invade the country six months later.
* [[May 10]] &ndash; [[Agnès Souret]] is elected "The most beautiful woman in France", retrospectively considered the first [[Miss France]].
* [[May 15]] &ndash; [[October Revolution|Russian Revolution]]: Russian White soldier [[Maria Bochkareva]] is executed in Soviet Russia.
* [[May 16]]
** [[Canonization of Joan of Arc]]: Over 30,000 people attend the ceremony in Rome, including 140 descendants of Joan of Arc's family. [[Pope Benedict XV]] presides over the rite, for which the interior of [[St. Peter's Basilica]] in Rome is richly decorated.
** A [[referendum]] in Switzerland favors joining the [[League of Nations]].
* [[May 17]]
** French and Belgian troops leave the cities they have occupied in Germany.
** The first flight of Dutch air company [[KLM]], from [[Amsterdam]] to London, takes place.
* [[May 19]] &ndash; [[Mexican Revolution]]: [[Álvaro Obregón]]'s troops enter Mexico City.
* [[May 20]] &ndash; [[Mexican Revolution]]: [[Venustiano Carranza]] arrives in San Antonio Tlaxcalantongo; troops of [[Rodolfo Herrero]] attack him at night and shoot him.
* [[May 24]] &ndash; [[Venustiano Carranza]] is buried in Mexico City; all of his mourning allies are arrested. [[Adolfo de la Huerta]] is elected provisional president.
* [[May 26]] &ndash; [[1920 Ganja revolt|Ganja revolt]]: [[Anti-Soviet]] opposition in the [[Azerbaijan SSR]] launches an abortive revolt in [[Ganja, Azerbaijan|Ganja]].
* [[May 27]] &ndash; [[Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk]] becomes president of [[Czechoslovakia]].
* [[May 29]] &ndash; [[Louth, Lincolnshire#Floods|Floods at Louth, Lincolnshire]] in England kill 23.