1920 CE:  HAGANAH!

Palestine: The Haganah, a.k.a. “the Jewish Underground” is formed in Palestine.

It was the forerunner to Palmach (elite Strike Force) later to be established 1941 jointly by the Haganah and British military due to a temporary (approximately one year) convergence of interests. Leading into the War of Liberation, the Palmach was to be pitted against the British.

Ultimately the Palmach is incorporated into backbone of the IDF—the Israel Defense Forces—after the 1948 War of Independence.

 

1920 CE:  WILLIAM SAMUEL PALEY

New York City: Radio and television pioneer. Paley began his career working in his father’s cigar manufacturing plant. In 1920, he bought a failing chain of radio stations and turned it into the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS). Paley was one of the first to forsee the possibilities of television right after WWII.

Paley’s father was a Ukrainian Jewish immigrant.

 

1921 CE:  MAN RAY MOVES TO PARIS

South Philadelphia: Born Emmanuel Radnitzky, he was the eldest child of recent Russian–Jewish immigrants.

(b. Aug. 27, 1890; d. Nov. 18, 1976)

Britannica –

“Photographer, painter, and filmmaker who was the only