Update Yeardata: 1920

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In UK The Monarch is King George V. Prime Minister is David Lloyd George (Coalition). 1920 is MCMXX in Roman numerals. Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I. Later, rationing ends. The Council of the League of Nations meets for the first time in London (later becoming the UN). War Secretary Winston Churchill ends conscription and replaces with a volunteer army of 220,000 men. The British Empire, the largest empire ever in history, reaches its peak of 33 million square miles and a population of 423 million people. Women lecturers are given equal status to their males at the University of Oxford. The Imperial War Museum opens. In the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp GB&amp;NI win 15 gold, 15 silver and 13 bronze medals. The Metropolitan Police forms the Flying Squad, following their move from horses to cars. West Bromwich Albion win the Football League title for the first time and Aston Villa beat Huddersfield Town 1&ndash;0 in the first FA Cup Final since 1915. Rupert Bear cartoon first appears in the Daily Express. Meccano Ltd of Liverpool produce the first Hornby toy train, a clockwork 0 gauge model. In USA President is Woodrow Wilson (D-New Jersey). It is the start of the eras of Prohibition (1920&ndash;1933), Depression of 1920&ndash;21 (1920&ndash;1921) and Roaring Twenties (1920&ndash;1929). The 1920 United States Census shows a population exceeding 100 million, at 106,021,537. The NFL (National Football League) is founded. The US Post Office rules that children may not be sent via parcel post!

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