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August 16, 1920

On August 16, 1920, ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees. Next day, Chapman will become the second player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game. Georges Marchais, Georges Marchais, Georges Marchais would arrive in the same year.

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Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees. Next day, Chapman will become the second player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game.

Raymond Johnson Chapman was an American baseball player. He spent his entire career as a shortstop for the Cleveland Indians of the American League.

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1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1920th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 920th year of the 2nd millennium, the 20th year of the 20th…

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  1. 1920 Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees. Next day, Chapman will become the second player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game.

    American baseball player (1891–1920)

    Raymond Johnson Chapman was an American baseball player. He spent his entire career as a shortstop for the Cleveland Indians of the American League.

  2. 1920 The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution.

    Ruling political party of the Bukharan SSR (1920–24)

    The Communist Party of Bukhara was a political party in the Bukharan People's Soviet Republic. The party was founded in 1918, by a section of the Jadid movement. It was led by N.

  3. 1920 Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Radzymin concludes; the Soviet Red Army is forced to turn away from Warsaw.

    20th-century conflict between Poland and Russia

    The Polish–Soviet War was fought primarily between the Second Polish Republic and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, following World War I and the Russian Revolution.

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Georges Marchais 1920– French mechanic and politician (died 1997)
Georges Marchais 1920– French mechanic and politician (died 1997)
Georges Marchais 1920– French mechanic and politician (died 1997)
Georges Marchais 1920– French mechanic and politician (died 1997)

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