Paavo Nurmi of Finland winning one of nine gold medals | Paavo Nurmi during the VII Olympic Games on in Antwerp, Belgium. (Getty Images) Track and field athlete Paavo Nurmi of Finland | ... Inside The Games: A century since the Antwerp Olympics, a challenge comparable to Tokyo 2020 A century since the Antwerp Olympics, a challenge comparable to Tokyo 2020 Yahoo: Fact Check: Yes, Tug-of-War Was Featured at Summer Olympics from 1900 to 1920 Fact Check: Yes, Tug-of-War Was Featured at Summer Olympics from 1900 to 1920 As of the start of 1920, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
By the dawn of the 1920s, the second Industrial Revolution had transformed the United States into a global economic power and drawn millions of Americans to cities. With a concurrent rise in immigration, the 1920 U.S. census was the first in which the majority of the population lived in urban areas. Starting in January 1920, the United States became a dry country.
1920 antwerp, Prohibition banned the manufacture and sale of alcohol in an attempt to civilize unruly Americans (and some other reasons).
