Explore 2699 historical events from 1920–1929.
Henry Bernard Levin was an English journalist, author and broadcaster, described by The Times as "the most famous journalist of his day". The son of a poor Jewish family in London,…
Bernard Levin, English journalist, author, and broadcaster (died 2004)
Addison Gerald Farmer was an American jazz bassist. He was the twin brother of Art Farmer.
Addison Farmer, American bassist (died 1963)
Arthur Stewart Farmer was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player. He also played flumpet, a trumpet–flugelhorn combination especially designed for him. He and his identic…
Art Farmer, American trumpet player and composer (died 1999)
Samuel Tinga Khendekha Seisay was a Sierra Leonean diplomat and pro-democracy activist.
Tinga Seisay, Sierra Leonean academic and diplomat (died 2015)
Karlheinz Stockhausen was a German composer, widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most important but also controversial composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries. He i…
Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer and academic (died 2007)
Marian Hall Seldes was an American actress. A five-time Tony Award nominee, she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for A Delicate Balance in 1967, and received …
Marian Seldes, American actress (died 2014)
John Albert "Kayo" Dottley was an American professional football player who was a fullback for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football f…
John "Kayo" Dottley, American football player (died 2018)
Darrell Dean Johnson was an American professional catcher, coach, manager and scout in Major League Baseball (MLB). As a manager, he led the 1975 Boston Red Sox to the American Lea…
Darrell Johnson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2004)
Lewis Pate "Bud" McFadin was an American professional football player and coach. He played college football for the Texas Longhorns and was a unanimous selection at the guard posit…
Bud McFadin, American football player (died 2006)
Karl Richard Korte was an American composer of contemporary classical music.
Karl Korte, American composer and academic (died 2022)
Herbert Kroemer was a German–American physicist who, along with Zhores Alferov, received the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics "for developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high…
Herbert Kroemer, German-American physicist, engineer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2024)
Om Prakash Munjal was an Indian businessman, poet and philanthropist. He was the founder and chairman of Hero Cycles, the world's largest integrated bicycle manufacturing company b…
Om Prakash Munjal, Indian businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Hero Cycles (died 2015)
Péter Boross is a Hungarian retired politician and former member of the Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF) who served as Prime Minister of Hungary from December 1993 to July 1994. He…
Péter Boross, Hungarian lawyer and politician, 54th Prime Minister of Hungary
Prince Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi was a South African politician and Zulu prince who served as the traditional prime minister to the Zulu royal family from 1954 until his death in…
Mangosuthu Buthelezi, South African politician, Chief Minister of KwaZulu (died 2023)
Joan Beverly Kroc, also known as Joni, was an American philanthropist and the third wife of McDonald's CEO Ray Kroc.
Joan Kroc, American philanthropist (died 2003)
F. William Free was an American advertising executive. He is best remembered for the controversial 1971 advertising slogan for National Airlines, "I'm Cheryl – Fly Me."
F. William Free, American businessman (died 2003)
Vilayat Khan was an Indian classical sitar player, considered by many to be the greatest sitarist of his age. Along with Imdad Khan, Enayat Khan, and Imrat Khan, he is credited wit…
Vilayat Khan, Indian sitar player and composer (died 2004)
Henry Birks was a Canadian businessman and founder of Henry Birks and Sons, a chain of high-end Canadian jewellery stores.
Henry Birks, Canadian businessman, founded Henry Birks and Sons (born 1840)
Roman Steinberg, was an Estonian Greco-Roman wrestling bronze medal winner in middleweight class at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Steinberg was also three times Estoni…
Roman Steinberg, Estonian wrestler (born 1900)
Baron Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel was a Russian military officer of Baltic German descent. He served as a general in the anti-Bolshevik Volunteer Army during the Russian Civil War, …
Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel, Russian general (born 1878)
Mary Emma Jordan McConnel was an Australian trade unionist and suffragist. She was the first paid female trade union organiser in Queensland.
May Jordan McConnel, Australian trade unionist and suffragist (born 1860)
Umegatani Tōtarō I was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from the town of Haki, Chikuzen Province, now Shiwa, Fukuoka Prefecture. He was the sport's 15th yokozuna. He was gene…
Umegatani Tōtarō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (born 1845)
Li Yuanhong (Chinese: 黎元洪; pinyin: Lí Yuánhóng; Wade–Giles: Li2 Yüan2-hung2; courtesy name 宋卿; Sòngqīng; Sung4-ch'ing1; October 19, 1864 – June 3, 1928) was a prominent Chinese mil…
Li Yuanhong, Chinese general and politician, 2nd President of the Republic of China (born 1864)
Zhang Zuolin was a Chinese warlord who ruled Manchuria from 1916 until his assassination in 1928. He led the Fengtian clique, one of the most powerful factions during the Warlord E…
Zhang Zuolin, Chinese warlord (born 1873)