Explore 2699 historical events from 1920–1929.
Sixty-seven or sixty-nine Jews were massacred on 24 August 1929 in Hebron, Mandatory Palestine. The event also left scores seriously wounded or maimed. Jewish homes were pillaged a…
Second day of two-day Hebron massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attacks on the Jewish community in Hebron…
Singanalluru Puttaswamaiah Muthuraj, better known by his stage name Dr. Rajkumar, was an Indian actor and singer who worked in Kannada cinema. Regarded as one of the greatest, most…
Dr
Nina Apollonovna Ponomaryova was a Russian discus thrower and the first Soviet Olympic champion.
Nina Ponomaryova, Russian discus thrower and coach (died 2016)
Walter Kempowski was a German writer. Kempowski was known for his series of novels called German Chronicle and the monumental Echolot ("Sonar"), a collage of autobiographical repor…
Walter Kempowski, German author and academic (died 2007)
Peter Joshua Sculthorpe FAHA was a distinguished Australian composer and music educator. Much of his music resulted from an interest in the music of countries neighbouring Australi…
Peter Sculthorpe, Australian composer and conductor (died 2014)
Caroline Vincinette LoTempio, known professionally as April Stevens, was an American Grammy Award-winning singer of traditional pop, best known for her collaborations with her youn…
April Stevens, American singer (died 2023)
Maurice Frederick Strong was a Canadian oil and mineral businessman and a diplomat who served as Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Maurice Strong, Canadian businessman and diplomat (died 2015)
John Jeremy Thorpe was a British politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for North Devon from 1959 to 1979 and Leader of the Liberal Party from 1967 to 1976. In May 1979 he wa…
Jeremy Thorpe, English lawyer and politician (died 2014)
Édouard Balladur is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France under François Mitterrand from 29 March 1993 to 17 May 1995. He unsuccessfully ran for president in t…
Édouard Balladur, Turkish-French economist and politician, 162nd Prime Minister of France
Ralf Gustav Dahrendorf, Baron Dahrendorf, was a German-British sociologist, philosopher, political scientist and liberal politician. A class conflict theorist, Dahrendorf was a lea…
Ralf Dahrendorf, German-English sociologist and politician (died 2009)
Sonny Ramadhin, CM was a West Indian cricketer, and was a dominant bowler of the 1950s. He was the first of many West Indian cricketers of Indian origin, and was one of the five Wi…
Sonny Ramadhin, Trinidadian cricketer (died 2022)
Fred Lincoln "Link" Wray Jr. was an American guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist who became popular in the late 1950s. His 1958 instrumental single "Rumble" reached the top 20 in t…
Link Wray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2005)
Jigme Dorji Wangchuck was King of Bhutan from 30 March 1952 until his death in 1972.
Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Druk Gyalpo of Bhutan (died 1972)
Helen Kiely was a pitcher and an outfield/infield utility who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). Listed at 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m), 121 lb, she batt…
Helen Walulik, American baseball player (died 2012)
Juan Manuel "Mamo" Guillermo Contreras Sepúlveda was a Chilean Army officer and the former head of the National Intelligence Directorate (DINA), Chile's secret police during the di…
Manuel Contreras, Chilean general (died 2015)
Audrey Kathleen Hepburn was a British actress and humanitarian. Recognised as a film and fashion star, she was ranked by the American Film Institute as the third-greatest female sc…
Audrey Hepburn, Belgian-British actress and humanitarian (died 1993)
Jacqueline Ruth Woods, better known as Ilene Woods, was an American actress and singer. Woods was best known as the original voice of the title character of Walt Disney animated fi…
Ilene Woods, American actress (died 2010)
Dame Rosemary Jean Cramp was a British archaeologist and academic specialising in the Anglo-Saxons. She was the first female professor appointed at Durham University and was Profes…
Rosemary Cramp, English archaeologist and academic (died 2023)
Paul Christian Lauterbur was an American chemist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2003 with Peter Mansfield for his work which made the development of magnet…
Paul Lauterbur, American chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2007)
John Clifton "Jack" Bogle was an American investor, business magnate and philanthropist and founder. He was the founder and chief executive of The Vanguard Group and is credited wi…
John C
Richard Hirschfeld Williams was an American left fielder, third baseman, manager, coach and front-office consultant in Major League Baseball (MLB). Known especially as a hard-drivi…
Dick Williams, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2011)
Miyoshi Umeki was a Japanese American singer and actress. She was nominated for the Tony Award and Golden Globe Award and was the first East Asia-born woman to win an Academy Awar…
Miyoshi Umeki, Japanese-American actress and singer (died 2007)
Gerhard Klingenberg was an Austrian actor and stage director, and theatre manager. He was also involved in television productions as an actor, director, and scriptwriter. He was In…
Gerhard Klingenberg, Austrian actor (died 2024)
George Coe was an American actor, known for Saturday Night Live.
George Coe, American actor and producer (died 2015)