Explore 2699 historical events from 1920–1929.
Thomas Taylor, Baron Taylor of Blackburn, was a businessman and Labour politician. He was a member of Blackburn Council for 22 years, serving as its leader from 1972 to 1976. In 19…
Thomas Taylor, Baron Taylor of Blackburn, British Labour Party politician (died 2016)
Edward Osborne Wilson was an American biologist, naturalist, ecologist, and entomologist who developed the field of sociobiology.
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Brigid Antonia Brophy was an English author, literary critic and polemicist. She was an influential campaigner who agitated for many types of social reform, including homosexual pa…
Brigid Brophy, English author and critic (died 1995)
Roy Bull was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s and spent his whole career – as player, coach & administrator – with the Manly-Warringah club i…
Roy Bull, Australian rugby league player (died 2004)
Annelies Marie Frank was a German-born Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim. She gained worldwide notability posthumously for keeping a diary documenting her life in hiding during t…
Anne Frank, German-Dutch diarist; victim of the Holocaust (died 1945)
Jameel Jalibi was a noted linguist, critic, writer, and scholar of Urdu literature and linguistics from Pakistan. He also was a former vice-chancellor of the University of Karachi.
Jameel Jalibi, Pakistani linguist and academic (died 2019)
John Herbert McCluskey, Baron McCluskey was a Scottish lawyer, judge and politician, who served as Solicitor General for Scotland, the country's junior Law Officer from 1974 to 197…
John McCluskey, Baron McCluskey, Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Solicitor General for Scotland (died 2017)
Ralph Angus McQuarrie was an American concept artist who worked in film and television. His career included work on the original Star Wars trilogy, the original Battlestar Galactic…
Ralph McQuarrie, American illustrator (died 2012)
Robert Walter "Bob" Scott was an American politician who served as the 67th Governor of North Carolina from 1969 to 1973. He was born and died in Haw River, North Carolina.
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Cy Coleman was an American composer, songwriter, and jazz pianist.
Cy Coleman, American pianist and composer (died 2004)
Alan Keith Davidson was an Australian cricketer of the 1950s and 1960s. He was a left-handed all rounder: a hard-hitting lower-order batsman, and an outstanding fast-medium opening…
Alan Davidson, Australian cricketer (died 2021)
John Edward Wilson was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and head coach. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Black Hawks, Toro…
Johnny Wilson, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (died 2011)
Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah was the Emir of Kuwait from 24 January 2006 until his death in 2020.
Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (died 2020)
Arthur Worth "Bud" Collins Jr. was an American journalist and television sportscaster, best known for his tennis commentary. Collins was married to photographer Anita Ruthling Klau…
Bud Collins, American journalist and sportscaster (died 2016)
Tigran Vardani Petrosian was a Soviet-Armenian chess grandmaster. The ninth World Chess Champion from 1963 to 1969, he was nicknamed "Iron Tigran" due to his almost-impenetrable de…
Tigran Petrosian, Armenian chess player (died 1984)
Jürgen Habermas was a German philosopher and social theorist in the tradition of critical theory and pragmatism. His work addressed communicative rationality and the public sphere.…
Jürgen Habermas, German sociologist and philosopher (died 2026)
Tibor "Ted" Rubin was a Hungarian-American Army Corporal. A Holocaust survivor who immigrated to the U.S. in 1948, he fought in the Korean War and was awarded the Medal of Honor fo…
Tibor Rubin, Hungarian-American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2015)
Edgar Miles Bronfman was a Canadian-American businessman. He worked for his family's distilled beverage firm, Seagram, eventually becoming president, treasurer and CEO. As presiden…
Edgar Bronfman, Sr
Jay Blakeney was a British writer and newspaper reporter, well known as a romance novelist under the pen names Anne Weale and Andrea Blake. She wrote over 88 books for Mills & Boon…
Anne Weale, English journalist and author (died 2007)
David Bruce Kent was an English former Roman Catholic priest who became a political activist in the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), holding various leadership positions in …
Bruce Kent, English activist and laicised Roman Catholic priest (died 2022)
Mario Ghella was an Italian racing cyclist and Olympic champion in track cycling.
Mario Ghella, Italian racing cyclist (died 2020)
Carolyn Jean Spellmann Shoemaker was an American astronomer and a co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9. She discovered 32 comets and more than 500 asteroids.
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Edith Windsor was an American LGBT rights activist and a technology manager at IBM. She was the lead plaintiff in the 2013 Supreme Court of the United States case United States v. …
Edith Windsor, American lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights activist (died 2017)
Valerie June Carter Cash was an American country singer, songwriter, comedienne, actress, and author. A five-time Grammy Award winner, she was a member of the Carter Family and the…
June Carter Cash, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress (died 2003)