Explore 1158 historical events from 1920–1929.
Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, was a Fijian politician who served as Chief Minister from 1967 to 1970, when Fiji gained its independence from the United Kingdom, and, apart from one brief…
Kamisese Mara, Fijian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Fiji (died 2004)
Raden Soekarno, better known as Rendra Karno, was an Indonesian actor. Born in Kutoarjo, Central Java, Soekarno entered the film industry in 1941, making his debut appearance in Un…
Rendra Karno, Indonesian actor (died 1985)
Saul Bass was an American graphic designer and filmmaker, best known for his design of motion-picture title sequences, film posters, and corporate logos.
Saul Bass, American graphic designer and director (died 1996)
Barbara Howard was a Canadian sprinter and educator. Growing up in Vancouver, British Columbia, Howard gained national media attention as a sprinter in high school when she complet…
Barbara Howard, Canadian sprinter and educator (died 2017)
Touko Valio Laaksonen, known by his pseudonym Tom of Finland, was a Finnish artist who made stylized erotic art featuring suggestively hypermasculine male characters. He worked pri…
Tom of Finland, Finnish illustrator (died 1991)
Gordon Lee McClymont AO was an Australian agricultural scientist, ecologist, and educationist. The originator of the term "sustainable agriculture", McClymont is known for his mult…
Gordon McClymont, Australian ecologist and academic (died 2000)
Herbert Maurice William Weedon was an English guitarist whose style of playing was popular and influential during the 1950s and 1960s. He was the first British guitarist to have a …
Bert Weedon, English guitarist (died 2012)
Paul Michel Audiard was a French screenwriter and film director, known for his witty, irreverent and slang-laden dialogues which made him a prominent figure on the French cultural …
Michel Audiard, French director and screenwriter (died 1985)
Harry Männil, also known as Harry Mannil Laul,[a] was an Estonian businessman, art collector, and cultural benefactor in several countries.
Harry Männil, Estonian-Venezuelan businessman, co-founded ACO Group (died 2010)
Pope John Paul II was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death in 2005. He was the first non-Italian pope since Adrian VI in t…
Pope John Paul II (died 2005)
Anthony Storr was an English psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and author.
Anthony Storr, English psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and author (died 2001)
Martine Carol was a French film actress. She frequently was cast as an elegant blonde seductress. During the late 1940s and early 1950s, she was the leading sex symbol and a top bo…
Martine Carol, French actress (died 1967)
John Alexander Cruickshank, was a Scottish banker, Royal Air Force officer, and a Second World War recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for gallantry in the face…
John Cruickshank, Scottish lieutenant and banker, Victoria Cross recipient (died 2025)
Tina Strobos was a Dutch physician and psychiatrist from Amsterdam, known for her resistance work during World War II. While a young medical student, she worked with her mother and…
Tina Strobos, Dutch psychiatrist known for rescuing Jews during World War II (died 2012)
John William Barber was an American jazz tubist. He is considered by many to be the first person to play tuba in modern jazz. He recorded with Miles Davis on the albums Birth of th…
Bill Barber, American tuba player and educator (died 2007)
Forrest Fred White was an American musical instruments industry executive, best known for his association with Fender Musical Instruments Corporation and as co-founder of the Musi…
Forrest White, American businessman, co-founded the Music Man Company (died 1994)
Thomas Gold was an Austrian-born astrophysicist, who also held British and American citizenship. He was a professor of astronomy at Cornell University, a member of the U.S. Nationa…
Thomas Gold, Austrian-American astrophysicist and academic (died 2004)
Helen O'Connell was an American singer, actress, and hostess, described as "the quintessential big band singer of the 1940s".
Helen O'Connell, American singer (died 1993)
Arthur Stanley Wint OD MBE was a Jamaican Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot during the Second World War, a sprinter, a physician, and later the High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. W…
Arthur Wint, Jamaican runner and diplomat (died 1992)
John Erskine Cheetham was a South African cricketer who played in 24 Test matches between 1949 and 1955, captaining South Africa in his last 15 Test matches. He later served as pre…
Jack Cheetham, South African cricketer (died 1980)
Norma Deloris Egstrom, known professionally as Peggy Lee, was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, and actress whose career spanned seven decades. From her beginn…
Peggy Lee, American singer-songwriter and actress (died 2002)
John Charles Harsanyi was a Hungarian-American economist who spent most of his career at the University of California, Berkeley. He was the recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in…
John Harsanyi, Hungarian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2000)
George Clifton James was an American actor of film, theatre, and television. He was best known to screen audiences for his various character roles, including prison floorwalker Car…
Clifton James, American actor (died 2017)
Franklin James Schaffner was an American film, television, and stage director. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for Patton (1970), and is known for the films Planet of th…
Franklin J