Explore 1158 historical events from 1920–1929.
The Jinan incident or 3 May Tragedy began as a 3 May 1928 dispute between Chiang Kai-shek's National Revolutionary Army (NRA) and Japanese soldiers and civilians in Jinan, the capi…
After a week-long standoff punctuated by military clashes, Japanese forces captured the city of Jinan, Shandong in China
Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith, nicknamed Smithy, was an Australian aviation pioneer. He piloted the first transpacific flight and the first flight between Australia and New Ze…
Australian aviator Charles Kingsford Smith and his crew landed the Southern Cross in Brisbane, completing the first tran
The Federal Prison Camp, Alderson is a minimum-security United States federal prison for female inmates in West Virginia. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a divisio…
The Federal Industrial Institute for Women opens in Alderson, West Virginia, as the first women's federal prison in the
Mary Jane "Mae" West was an American actress, singer, comedian, screenwriter, and playwright whose career spanned more than seven decades. Recognized as a prominent sex symbol of h…
Mae West is sentenced to ten days in jail for obscenity for her play Sex
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is a professional honorary organization in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., with the stated goal of advancing the arts and sciences …
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is incorporated
The 1927 Treaty of Jeddah, formally the Treaty between His Majesty and His Majesty the King of the Hejaz and of Nejd and Its Dependencies was signed between the United Kingdom and …
Treaty of Jeddah: The United Kingdom recognizes the sovereignty of King Ibn Saud in the Kingdoms of Hejaz and Nejd, whic
Edie Adams was an American comedian, actress, singer and businesswoman who was prominent in the second half of the 1900s. She earned a Tony Award and was nominated for an Emmy Awar…
Edie Adams, American actress and singer (died 2008)
Cardiff City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Cardiff, Wales that competes in EFL League One, the third tier of English football. The club will co…
Cardiff City defeat Arsenal in the FA Cup Final, the only time it has been won by a team not based in England
The Carabineros de Chile are the Chilean national gendarmerie, who have jurisdiction over the entire national territory of the Republic of Chile. Created in 1927, their mission is …
Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmerie) are created
A transatlantic flight (TATL) is the flight of an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean from Europe, Africa, South Asia, or the Middle East to North America, South America, or vice ve…
Attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New York, French war heroes Charles Nungesser a
Old Parliament House, formerly known as the Provisional Parliament House, was the seat of the Parliament of Australia from 1927 to 1988. The building began operation on 9 May 1927 …
The Old Parliament House, Canberra, Australia, officially opens
The Bath School disaster was a series of violent attacks perpetrated by Andrew Kehoe upon the Bath Consolidated School in Bath Township, Michigan, United States, on May 18, 1927. T…
The Bath School disaster: Forty-five people, including many children, are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled schoo
Pope Benedict XVI was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 2005 until his resignation in 2013. Following his resignation, he chose to be known as "pope em…
Pope Benedict XVI (died 2022)
Rolf Schult was a German actor who specializes in dubbing. He provided the German dub for actor Robert Redford, among many others. Until the film Hannibal (2001), he provided the …
Rolf Schult, German actor (died 2013)
Samuel Phillips Huntington was an American political scientist, adviser, and academic. He was the Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor at Harvard University, where he dir…
Samuel P
Tadeusz Mazowiecki was a Polish author, journalist, philanthropist and politician, formerly one of the leaders of the Solidarity movement, and the first non-communist Polish prime …
Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Polish journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Poland (died 2013)
The Nationalist government of the Republic of China was established by the Kuomintang (KMT) in Guangzhou after the reorganization of the Army and Navy Marshal stronghold. Following…
After being founded for 20 years, the Nationalist government approves Tongji University to be among the its first nation
Charles Augustus Lindbergh was an American aviator, military officer, and author. On May 20–21, 1927, he made the first nonstop flight from New York to Paris, a distance of 3,600 m…
Charles Lindbergh takes off for Paris from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, N
Charles Augustus Lindbergh was an American aviator, military officer, and author. On May 20–21, 1927, he made the first nonstop flight from New York to Paris, a distance of 3,600 m…
Charles Lindbergh touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the
Xining is the capital and most populous city of Qinghai province in western China and the largest city on the Tibetan Plateau. As of the 2020 census, it had 2,467,965 inhabitants, …
Near Xining, China, an 8
The Ford Model T is an automobile that was produced by the Ford Motor Company from October 1, 1908, to May 26, 1927. It is generally regarded as the first mass-affordable automobil…
The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles
Cora Susan Collins was an American former child actress who appeared in films during the Golden Years of Hollywood. Although she did not make the transition to a film career in adu…
Cora Sue Collins, American child actress (died 2025)
Jack Sydney George "Bud" Cullen, was a Canadian Federal Court judge and politician.
Bud Cullen, Canadian judge and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Employment and Immigration (died 2005)
Philip Toll Hill Jr. was an American racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1958 to 1966. Hill won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1961 with Ferrari, and wo…
Phil Hill, American race car driver (died 2008)