page_title: July 1920
section_title: July 14, 1920 (Wednesday)
hierarchical_section_title: July 1920 / July 14, 1920 (Wednesday)
caption_attribution_description: English: A photo of King Faisal I of Iraq taken circa the early 1900's. Housed at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
context_page_description: Sir Robert Borden announced that he was resigning after nine years of service as Prime Minister of Canada, because of poor health. Borden made his announcement at a meeting in Ottawa of his Unionist Party colleagues.
  The former German town of Walk was divided by an arbitration commission between Estonia and Latvia.
  Born:
  George I. Fujimoto, American chemist and discoverer of the Fujimoto–Belleau reaction; in Seattle
  Aziz Sedky, Prime Minister of Egypt from 1972 to 1973 and the developer of Egypt's industrialization during the rule of President Nasser; in Cairo
  Died: Delfim Moreira, 51, President of Brazil 1918 to 1919
context_section_description: General Henri Gouraud, France's new High Commissioner for Syria, issued an ultimatum to Faisal al-Hashemi, the self-proclaimed King of Syria, demanding unopposed access to the railway between Riyaq (in modern-day Lebanon) and Aleppo, with a deadline of July 20.  King Faisal responded favorably before the deadline, but on July 22, Gourard sent in occupational troops and issued additional demands.
  Born: 
  Tom Neil, British RAF flying ace who downed 14 enemy aircraft in World War II; in Bootle, Merseyside (d. 2018)
  Marijohn Wilkin, American gospel music songwriter known for "One Day at a Time";as Marijohn Melson in Kemp, Texas (d. 2006)
  Died: Albert von Keller, 76, German painter
caption: King Faisal of Syria
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