Explore 2699 historical events from 1920–1929.
Friedrich Ludwig Gottlob Frege was a German philosopher, logician, and mathematician. He was a mathematics professor at the University of Jena, and is understood by many to be the …
Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and philosopher (born 1848)
William Jennings Bryan was an American lawyer, orator, and politician. He was a dominant force in the Democratic Party, running three times as the party's nominee for President of …
William Jennings Bryan, American lawyer and politician, 41st United States Secretary of State (born 1860)
Ioan Slavici was a Romanian writer and journalist from Austria-Hungary, later Romania.
Ioan Slavici, Romanian journalist and author (born 1848)
Franz Xaver Josef Conrad von Hötzendorf, sometimes anglicised as Hoetzendorf, was an Austrian general who played a central role in World War I. He served as K.u.k. Feldmarschall an…
Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Austrian field marshal (born 1852)
The United Church of Canada is a mainline Protestant denomination that is the largest Protestant Christian denomination in Canada and the second largest Canadian Christian denomina…
The United Church of Canada, the country's largest Protestant denomination, held its inaugural service at the Mutual Str
Guru is a Sanskrit term for a "mentor, guide, expert, or master" of certain knowledge or field. In pan-Indian traditions, a guru is more than a teacher: traditionally, the guru is …
Indian mystic and spiritual master Meher Baba began his silence until his death in 1969, only communicating by means…
John Thomas Scopes was a teacher in Dayton, Tennessee, who was charged on May 5, 1925, with violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which prohibited the teaching of human evolution in Te…
American high school biology teacher John T. Scopes was found guilty of violating Tennessee's Butler Act by teaching…
Thorvald August Marinus Stauning was the first social democratic prime minister of Denmark. He served as prime minister from 1924 to 1926 and again from 1929 until his death in 194…
Thorvald Stauning becomes premier of Denmark (first term)
The Klaipėda Convention was an international agreement between Lithuania and the countries of the Conference of Ambassadors signed in Paris on May 8, 1924. According to the convent…
The Klaipėda Convention is signed formally incorporating Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory) into Lithuania
The University of Chicago is a private research university in the Hyde Park community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States.
University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr
John Edgar Hoover was an American law enforcement administrator who served as the fifth and final director of the Bureau of Investigation (BOI) and the first director of the Federa…
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The Hope Development School fire started about 9 p.m. on the evening of May 31, 1924 in Playa Del Rey, Los Angeles, California. The fire at the Hope Development School for Deficien…
Hope Development School fire kills 24 people, mostly disabled children
Calvin Coolidge was the 30th president of the United States, serving from 1923 to 1929. A Republican lawyer from Massachusetts, he previously served as the 29th vice president from…
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The 1924 British Mount Everest expedition was—after the 1922 British Mount Everest expedition—the 2nd expedition with the goal of achieving the first ascent of Mount Everest. After…
British Mount Everest expedition: British mountaineers Andrew Irvine and George Mallory go missing
Themistoklis Sofoulis or Sophoulis was a prominent centrist and liberal Greek politician from Samos Island, who served three times as Prime Minister of Greece, with the Liberal Par…
Themistoklis Sofoulis becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
Henry Mancini was an American composer, conductor, arranger, pianist and flutist, best known as a composer of film and television scores. Often cited as one of the greatest compose…
Henry Mancini, American composer and conductor (died 1994)
Madanjeet Singh was an Indian diplomat, painter, photographer, and writer.
Madanjeet Singh, Indian diplomat, author, and philanthropist (died 2013)
Kenneth Norman Jones was an Australian senior public servant.
Kenneth Norman Jones, Australian public servant (died 2022)
Donald Richie was an American author, journalist, and film critic. He was known for writing about the Japanese people, the culture of Japan, and especially Japanese cinema. Althoug…
Donald Richie, American-Japanese author and critic (died 2013)
Fascism is a far-right, authoritarian, and ultranationalist political ideology and movement that rose to prominence in early-20th-century Europe. Fascism is characterized by suppor…
Fascists kidnap and kill Italian Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome
The Military Government of Santo Domingo was a provisional military government established during the American occupation of the Dominican Republic that lasted from May 15, 1916 to…
The American occupation of the Dominican Republic ends after eight years
The Johor–Singapore Causeway is a 1.056-kilometre (0.66 mi) causeway across the Straits of Johor. The Causeway links Johor Bahru in Malaysia to Woodlands in Singapore. It is one of…
The Johor–Singapore Causeway opens after five years of construction, providing a land connection for road and rail vehic
The National War Memorial is a World War I memorial in downtown St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It was erected at King's Beach on Water Street where, in 1583, Sir Hu…
The National War Memorial for the Dominion of Newfoundland was inaugurated by Field Marshall Douglas Haig, 1st Earl…
Paavo Johannes Nurmi was a Finnish middle-distance and long-distance runner. He was called the "Flying Finn" because he dominated distance running in the 1920s. Nurmi set 22 offici…
Paavo Nurmi wins the 1,500 m and 5,000 m events at the Paris Olympics, with just an hour between the two races.