Explore 1388 historical events from 1920–1929.
Thomas William Graveney was an English first-class cricketer, representing his country in 79 Test matches and scoring over 4,800 runs. In a career lasting from 1948 to 1972, he bec…
Tom Graveney, English cricketer and sportscaster (died 2015)
Ariano Vilar Suassuna was a Brazilian playwright and author. He was the driving force behind the creation of the Movimento Armorial. He founded the Student Theater at Federal Unive…
Ariano Suassuna, Brazilian author and playwright (died 2014)
Martin Böttcher was a German composer, arranger and conductor.
Martin Böttcher, German composer and conductor (died 2019)
Wallace Allan Wood was an American comic book writer, artist and independent publisher, widely known for his work on EC Comics's titles such as Weird Science, Weird Fantasy, and MA…
Wally Wood, American author, illustrator, and publisher (died 1981)
Éva Márta Szőke Ivanovics, known professionally as Eva Bartok, was a Hungarian-British actress. She began acting in films in 1950, and her last credited appearance was in 1966. She…
Eva Bartok, Hungarian-English actress (died 1998)
Paul Clark Eddington was an English actor who played Jerry Leadbetter in the television sitcom The Good Life (1975–1978) and politician Jim Hacker in the sitcom Yes Minister (1980–…
Paul Eddington, English actor (died 1995)
Luciano Benjamín Menéndez was an Argentine general and convicted human rights violator and murderer. Commander of the Third Army Corps (1975–79), he played a prominent role in the …
Luciano Benjamín Menéndez, Argentine general and human rights violator (died 2018)
Simin Behbahani was an Iranian poet, lyricist, and activist. Renowned for her mastery of the ghazal, a traditional poetic form, she became an icon of modern Persian poetry. The Ira…
Simin Behbahani, Iranian poet and activist (died 2014)
Carl Burton Stokes was an American politician and diplomat of the Democratic Party who served as the 51st mayor of Cleveland, Ohio. Elected on November 7, 1967, and taking office o…
Carl Stokes, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Seychelles (died 1996)
Donald Anthony Low, known as Anthony Low or D. A. Low, was a historian of modern South Asia, Africa, the British Commonwealth, and, especially, decolonization. He was the emeritus …
Anthony Low, Indian-English historian and academic (died 2015)
Robert Louis Fosse was an American choreographer, dancer, actor, filmmaker, and stage director. He is known for his work on stage and screen, and was arguably the most influential …
Bob Fosse, American actor, dancer, choreographer, and director (died 1987)
John Stapylton Habgood, Baron Habgood, was a British Anglican bishop, academic, and life peer. He was Bishop of Durham from 1973 to 1983, and Archbishop of York from 18 November 19…
John Habgood, Baron Habgood, English archbishop (died 2019)
Fernand Dumont was a Canadian sociologist, philosopher, theologian, and poet from Quebec. A longtime professor at Université Laval, he won the Governor General's Award for French-l…
Fernand Dumont, Canadian sociologist, philosopher, and poet (died 1997)
James Burrows Edwards was an American politician and administrator from South Carolina. He was the first Republican to be elected governor of South Carolina since the post-Civil W…
James B
Martin Lewis Perl was an American chemical engineer and physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1995 for his discovery of the tau lepton.
Martin Lewis Perl, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2014)
Antal Róka was a Hungarian athlete who competed mainly in the 50 kilometre walk. He competed for a Hungary in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland in the 50 kilometre…
Antal Róka, Hungarian runner (died 1970)
Sir Arnold Whittaker Wolfendale was a British astronomer who served as the fourteenth Astronomer Royal from 1991 to 1995. He was Professor of Physics at Durham University from 1965…
Arnold Wolfendale, English astronomer and academic (died 2020)
Robert Paul Kroetsch was a Canadian novelist, poet and nonfiction writer. In his fiction and critical essays, as well as in the journal he co-founded, boundary 2, he was an influe…
Robert Kroetsch, Canadian author and poet (died 2011)
Robert James Keeshan was an American television producer and actor. He created and played the title role in the children's television program Captain Kangaroo, which ran from 1955 …
Bob Keeshan, American actor and producer (died 2004)
Correlli Douglas Barnett was an English military historian, who also wrote works of economic history, particularly on the United Kingdom's post-war deindustrialization.
Correlli Barnett, English historian and author (died 2022)
Frank Sherwood "Sherry" Rowland was an American Nobel laureate and a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Irvine. His research was on atmospheric chemistry and c…
Frank Sherwood Rowland, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2012)
Pierre Perrault was a Canadian documentary film director with the National Film Board of Canada. Over his 40-year career, he directed 32 films and was one of Canada's most importan…
Pierre Perrault, Canadian director and screenwriter (died 1999)
Marie Thérèse Rollande Killens is a former Canadian politician who served as a Liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada. She is an administrator by career.
Marie Thérèse Killens, Canadian politician
Shirley June Fry Irvin was an American tennis player. During her career, which lasted from the early 1940s until the mid-1950s, she won the singles title at all four Grand Slam eve…
Shirley Fry Irvin, American tennis player (died 2021)