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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       
1920
 
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Ten years of violent revolution in Mexico are brought to and end in a successful coup by Alvaro Obregón      
1920
 
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Italian troops drive Gabriele d'Annunzio and his followers from Fiume, which they have occupied for more than a year       
1920
 
    
On his return to Britain from the far east, Bernard Leach sets up a pottery studio in St Ives       
1920
 
    
The American novelist Sinclair Lewis has his first major success with Main Street, an unflattering portrayal of American village life       
1920  May
 
     
League of Nations mandates give Britain responsibility for Iraq, Transjordan and Palestine