Explore 2699 historical events from 1920–1929.
Anthony Grove Hillerman was an American author of detective novels and nonfiction works, best known for his mystery novels featuring Navajo Nation Police officers Joe Leaphorn and …
Tony Hillerman, American journalist and author (died 2008)
Mustafa Bülent Ecevit was a Turkish statesman, poet, writer, scholar, and journalist. He served as the Prime Minister of Turkey four times between 1974 and 2002, specifically in 19…
Bülent Ecevit, Turkish journalist, scholar, and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Turkey (died 2006)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau was a German lyric baritone and conductor of classical music. One of the most famous Lieder performers of the post-war period, he is best known as a singer…
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German opera singer and conductor (died 2012)
John Henry Marks was an English medical doctor who was Chairman of the British Medical Association, a position he held from 1984 to 1990.
John Henry Marks, English physician and author (died 2022)
Julian Beck was an American actor, stage director, poet, and painter. He is best known for co-founding and directing the Living Theatre, as well as his posthumous role as Reverend …
Julian Beck, American actor and director (died 1986)
Dilia Elena Díaz Cisneros was a Venezuelan teacher and poet born in El Hatillo, Miranda and married Victor Guillermo Ramos Rangel in 1947. She was the founder of the public schools…
Dilia Díaz Cisneros, Venezuelan teacher (died 2017)
Tony Curtis was an American actor with a career that spanned six decades, achieving the height of his popularity in the 1950s and early 1960s. He acted in more than 100 films, in r…
Tony Curtis, American actor (died 2010)
Antonio Puchades Casanova was a Spanish footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
Antonio Puchades, Spanish footballer (died 2013)
Maxine Kumin was an American poet and author. She was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1981–1982.
Maxine Kumin, American poet and author (died 2014)
Frank Chee Willeto was an American politician and Navajo code talker during World War II. Willeto served as the vice president of the Navajo Nation under President Milton Bluehouse…
Frank Chee Willeto, American soldier and politician, 4th Vice President of the Navajo Nation and a noted code talker dur
Ernestina Laura Herrera de Noble was a prominent Argentine publisher and executive. She was the largest shareholder of the Grupo Clarín media conglomerate and director of the flags…
Ernestina Herrera de Noble, Argentine publisher and executive (died 2017)
Barbara Bush was the first lady of the United States from 1989 to 1993, as the wife of George H. W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States. She was previously second lady of…
Barbara Bush, American wife of George H
John Keith Laumer was an American science fiction author. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, he was an officer in the United States Air Force and a diplomat in the United States…
Keith Laumer, American soldier and author (died 1993)
Herman Sarkowsky was a Seattle, Washington, United States businessman, philanthropist, thoroughbred breeder, and former sports executive. He was a co-founder of two Pacific Northwe…
Herman Sarkowsky, German-American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded the Seattle Seahawks (died 2014)
Joseph Léo Gérard Gravelle was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 223 games in the National Hockey League between 1946 and 1951. He played with the Detroit Red Wi…
Leo Gravelle, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2013)
Nathan Irving Hentoff was an American historian, novelist, jazz and country music critic, and syndicated columnist for United Media. Hentoff was a columnist for The Village Voice f…
Nat Hentoff, American historian, author, and journalist (died 2017)
James Arnold Horowitz, better known as James Salter, his pen name and later-adopted legal name, was an American novelist and short-story writer. Originally a career officer and pil…
James Salter, American novelist and short-story writer (died 2015)
William Clark Styron Jr. was an American novelist and essayist who won major literary awards for his work, including the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1968 for The Confessions of N…
William Styron, American novelist and essayist (died 2006)
Kristine Miller was an American film actress. She appeared in film noir and Westerns. A discovery of Paramount producer Hal Wallis, she appeared in I Walk Alone (1948), Jungle Patr…
Kristine Miller, American actress (died 2015)
Pierre Emil George Salinger was an American journalist, author and politician. He served as the ninth White House Press Secretary for United States presidents John F. Kennedy and L…
Pierre Salinger, American journalist and politician, 11th White House Press Secretary (died 2004)
Richard Douglas James Baker OBE RD was an English broadcaster, best known as a newsreader for BBC News from 1954 to 1982, and as a radio presenter of classical music. He was a cont…
Richard Baker, English journalist and author (died 2018)
Attilâ İlhan was a Turkish poet, novelist, essayist, journalist and reviewer.
Attilâ İlhan, Turkish poet, author, and critic (died 2005)
Jean Bruno Wladimir François-de-Paule Lefèvre d'Ormesson was a French writer and novelist. He authored forty books, was the director of Le Figaro from 1974 to 1977, as well as the …
Jean d'Ormesson, French journalist and author (died 2017)
Otto Muehl was an Austrian artist and convicted sex criminal, who was known as one of the co-founders as well as a main participant of Viennese Actionism and for founding the Fried…
Otto Muehl, Austrian-Portuguese painter and director (died 2013)