The 1920s

Explore 1388 historical events from 1920–1929.

1926 100 years ago

Stig Sollander, Swedish Alpine skier (died 2019)

Stig Oskar Sollander was a Swedish alpine skier who competed in the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Winter Olympics. He had his best results in the slalom, finishing fifth in 1952 and winning …

Stig Sollander, Swedish Alpine skier (died 2019)

1926 100 years ago

Mahendra Bhatnagar, Indian poet (died 2020)

Mahendra Bhatnagar was an Indian Hindi and English poet. He is seen as one of the significant post-independence voices in his field of poetry, who expressed lyricism and pathos, as…

Mahendra Bhatnagar, Indian poet (died 2020)

1926 100 years ago

Fernando Mönckeberg Barros, Chilean surgeon

Fernando Rafael Mönckeberg Barros is a Chilean surgeon, doctor of medicine specializing in nutrition, professor, researcher, and economist at the University of Chile. He is the fou…

Fernando Mönckeberg Barros, Chilean surgeon

1926 100 years ago

Dinu Zamfirescu, Romanian politician

Gabriel Toma Nicolae Constantin "Dinu" Zamfirescu is a Romanian politician, former political prisoner during Communism, BBC reporter, human rights activist, researcher of Communist…

Dinu Zamfirescu, Romanian politician

1926 100 years ago

George Booth, American cartoonist (died 2022)

George Booth was an American cartoonist who worked for The New Yorker magazine. His cartoons usually featured an older everyman, everywoman, or everycouple beset by modern complexi…

George Booth, American cartoonist (died 2022)

1926 100 years ago

Julius W

Julius Wesley Becton Jr. was a United States Army lieutenant general, director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and education administrator. He served as Commandi…

Julius W

1926 100 years ago

Bessie Coleman, American pilot (born 1892)

Elizabeth Coleman was an early American civil aviator. She was the first African-American woman and first Native American to hold a pilot license, and is the earliest known Black p…

Bessie Coleman, American pilot (born 1892)

1926 100 years ago

Libert H

Libert H. Boeynaems, formally Libert Hubert John Louis Boeynaems was a Belgian Catholic priest who served as the fourth vicar apostolic of the Vicariate Apostolic of the Hawaiian I…

Libert H

1926 100 years ago

Srečko Kosovel, Slovenian poet (born 1904)

Srečko Kosovel was a Slovenian poet, now considered one of central Europe's major modernist poets. He was labeled an impressionistic poet of his native Karst region, a political po…

Srečko Kosovel, Slovenian poet (born 1904)