Explore 2699 historical events from 1920–1929.
Joseph Frederick Engelberger was an American physicist, engineer and entrepreneur. Often regarded as the "Father of Robotics". Licensing the original patent awarded to inventor Ge…
Joseph Engelberger, American physicist and engineer (died 2015)
Witold Bardach, better known as Gene Gutowski, was a Polish-American film producer who produced many of Roman Polanski's films, including Repulsion (1965), Cul-de-Sac (1966), The F…
Gene Gutowski, Polish-American film producer (died 2016)
Ana María Matute Ausejo was a Spanish writer and member of the Real Academia Española. In 1959, she received the Premio Nadal for Primera memoria. The third woman to receive the Ce…
Ana María Matute, Spanish author and academic (died 2014)
Baruch Samuel Blumberg, known as Barry Blumberg, was an American physician, geneticist, and co-recipient of the 1976 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for his work on the hepa…
Baruch Samuel Blumberg, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2011)
Harold William Kuhn was an American mathematician who studied game theory. He won the 1980 John von Neumann Theory Prize jointly with David Gale and Albert W. Tucker. A former prof…
Harold W. Kuhn, American mathematician and academic (died 2014)
Robert Blake Theodore Lindsay was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played as a forward for the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League …
Ted Lindsay, Canadian ice hockey player, manager, and sportscaster (died 2019)
Hilary Hurlburt Smart was an American sailor and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, where he received a gold medal in the star class with the boat…
Hilary Smart, American sailor (died 2000)
Michail "Mikis" Theodorakis was a Greek composer and lyricist credited with over 1,000 works.
Mikis Theodorakis, Greek composer (died 2021)
Stanley Llewelyn Stennett was a Welsh comedian, actor and jazz musician.
Stan Stennett, Welsh actor and trumpet player (died 2013)
Alexander Whitelaw Robertson Trocchi was a Scottish novelist.
Alexander Trocchi, Scottish author and poet (died 1984)
Carmel Quinn was an Irish-American entertainer who appeared on Broadway, television and radio after immigrating to the United States in 1954.
Carmel Quinn, Irish singer, actress and writer (died 2021)
John Burley Swainson was a Canadian-American politician and jurist who served as the 42nd governor of Michigan from 1961 to 1963.
John Swainson, Canadian-American jurist and politician, 42nd Governor of Michigan (died 1994)
Ernst Jandl was an Austrian writer, poet, and translator. He became known for his experimental lyric, mainly sound poems (Sprechgedichte) in the tradition of concrete and visual po…
Ernst Jandl, Austrian poet and author (died 2000)
Professor Kandiah Arulanandan was a Ceylon Tamil engineer and academic. Known as Professor Arul, he was a lecturer at the University of California, Davis.
K. Arulanandan, Ceylon-American engineer and academic (died 2004)
John Dexter was an English theatre, opera and film director, described in a 100th anniversary tribute as "one of the towering directors in the English-speaking theatre in the secon…
John Dexter, English director and producer (died 1990)
John Ronald McCormack was a Canadian ice hockey centre. He played in the National Hockey League with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, and Chicago Black Hawks between 19…
John McCormack, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2017)
General Jorge Rafael Videla was an Argentine general, politician and dictator who served as the president of Argentina from 1976 to 1981 during the National Reorganization Process.
Jorge Rafael Videla, Argentinian general and politician, 43rd President of Argentina (died 2013)
Marvin Daniel Levy is an American former football coach who served as a head coach in the National Football League (NFL) for 17 seasons. He spent most of his head coaching career w…
Marv Levy, American-Canadian football player, coach, and manager
Lewis Phillip "Bud" Rowland was an American neurologist. He served as president of the American Neurological Association (1980–81) and the American Academy of Neurology (1989–91). …
Lewis Rowland, American neurologist (died 2017)
Felice Bryant and Diadorius Boudleaux Bryant were an American wife-and-husband country music and pop songwriting team. They are best known for songs such as "Rocky Top", "We Could"…
Felice Bryant, American songwriter (died 2003)
Alija Izetbegović was a Bosnian politician, Islamic philosopher and author who served as the president of the presidency of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1990 to 1996…
Alija Izetbegović, Bosnian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Bosnia and Herzegovina (died 2003)
Datuk Abdul Aziz bin Sattar was a Malaysian actor, singer, comedian, and director who is mostly known for his roles in the black and white Malay films of the 1950s and 1960s.
Aziz Sattar, Malaysian actor, comedian, singer and director (died 2014)
David Albert Huffman was an American pioneer in computer science, known for his Huffman coding. He was also one of the pioneers in the field of mathematical origami.
David A. Huffman, American computer scientist, developed Huffman coding (died 1999)
General Sir George Leslie Conroy Cooper, was a senior British Army officer who served as Adjutant-General to the Forces from 1981 to 1984.
George Cooper, English general (died 2020)