Explore 2699 historical events from 1920–1929.
Mercedes-Benz, commonly referred to simply as Mercedes and occasionally as Benz, is a German automotive brand that was founded in 1926. Mercedes-Benz AG is based in Stuttgart, Bade…
Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies
Chiang Kai-shek was a Chinese military commander, revolutionary, and statesman who was the President of the Republic of China from 1948 to 1975 and the head of the Nationalist gove…
Chiang Kai-shek accepts the post of commander-in-chief of the National Revolutionary Army, marking the beginning of…
Vitaphone was a sound film system used for feature films and nearly 1,000 short films made by Warner Bros. Pictures and its sister studio First National from 1926 to 1931. Vitaphon…
First public screening using the Vitaphone process
The British Grand Prix is a Grand Prix motor racing event organised in the United Kingdom by Motorsport UK. First held by the Royal Automobile Club (RAC) in 1926, the British Grand…
The first British Grand Prix was held at Brooklands.
Pierre Jacques Louis Fabre was a French pharmaceutical and cosmetics executive and pharmacist, who founded Laboratoires Pierre Fabre in 1962. Fabre, a rugby enthusiast, was also th…
Pierre Fabre, French pharmacist, founded Laboratoires Pierre Fabre (died 2013)
Joan Lorring was an American actress and singer known for her work in film and theatre. For her role as Bessy Watty in The Corn Is Green (1945), Lorring was nominated for the Acade…
Joan Lorring, British actress (died 2014)
Joseph Gerald George McNeil was a professional ice hockey goaltender who won three Stanley Cups with the Montreal Canadiens between 1947 and 1956.
Gerry McNeil, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (died 2004)
Douglas John Insole was an English cricketer, who played for Cambridge University, Essex and in nine Test matches for England, five of them on the 1956–57 tour of South Africa, whe…
Doug Insole, English cricketer (died 2017)
Rawya Ateya[I] was an Egyptian woman who became the first female parliamentarian in the Arab world in 1957.
Rawya Ateya, Egyptian captain and politician (died 1997)[citation needed]
Elizabeth II was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during her lif…
Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and her other realms (died 2022)
George Arthur Rowley Jr., nicknamed "The Gunner" because of his explosive left-foot shot, was an English football player and cricketer. He holds the record for the most goals in th…
Arthur Rowley, English footballer, manager, and cricketer (died 2002)
Charlotte Rae Lubotsky was an American comedic actress and singer whose career spanned 66 years.
Charlotte Rae, American actress and singer (died 2018)
Sir James Frazer Stirling was a British architect.
James Stirling, Scottish architect, designed the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart and Seeley Historical Library (died 1992)
James Patrick Donleavy, popularly known as J. P. Donleavy, was an American-Irish author, short story writer, novelist, and playwright. Known for the dark humor in his writings, he …
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Rifaat El Mahgoub was an Egyptian politician who served as the 8th speaker of the People's Assembly of Egypt from 1984 until his assassination in 1990. He was a member of the then …
Rifaat el-Mahgoub, Egyptian politician (died 1990)
Marilyn Erskine is an American retired actress who started performing at the age of three on radio, and has since appeared in radio, theater, film and television roles from the 192…
Marilyn Erskine, American actress
Nils Olof Thorbjörn Fälldin was a Swedish politician and farmer who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1976 to 1978 and again from 1979 to 1982. From 1971 to 1985, he was lead…
Thorbjörn Fälldin, Swedish farmer and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Sweden (died 2016)
John Thomas Alexis Craig, was an American comic book artist notable for his work with the EC Comics line of the 1950s. He sometimes used the pseudonyms Jay Taycee and F. C. Aljohn.
Johnny Craig, American author and illustrator (died 2001)
Gertrude Fröhlich-Sandner was an Austrian politician for the SPÖ.
Gertrude Fröhlich-Sandner, Austrian politician (died 2008)
Patricia Castell, born Ovidia Amanda Paramidani Padín, was an Argentine actress, appearing on radio, television and in films. Born in Avellaneda in 1926, her career began in the 19…
Patricia Castell, Argentine actress (died 2013)
David Robert Coleman was a British sports commentator and television presenter who worked for the BBC for 46 years. He covered eleven Summer Olympic Games from 1960 to 2000 and six…
David Coleman, British sports commentator and television presenter (died 2013)
Michael Mathias Prechtl was a German artist, illustrator and cartoonist.
Michael Mathias Prechtl, German soldier and illustrator (died 2003)
Timothy Francis LaHaye was an American Baptist evangelical Christian minister and political activist who wrote more than 85 books, both non-fiction and fiction, including the Left …
Tim LaHaye, American minister, activist, and author (died 2016)
Basil Alexander Paterson was an American labor lawyer and politician. He served in the New York State Senate from 1966 to 1971 and as secretary of state of New York under Governor …
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