Explore 2699 historical events from 1920–1929.
Rose Marie Guy, known professionally as Rose Marie, was an American actress, singer, comedienne, and vaudeville performer with a career spanning nine decades, which included film, …
Rose Marie, American actress and singer (died 2017)
Millôr Fernandes was a Brazilian writer, journalist, cartoonist, humorist and playwright. Born Milton Viola Fernandes, his birth was registered on May 27, 1924; the handwriting on …
Millôr Fernandes, Brazilian journalist and playwright (died 2012)
Carlos Cruz-Diez was a Franco-Venezuelan artist recognized within the kinetic art movement. He lived and worked in Paris from 1960 until his death. Cruz-Diez proposed conceiving co…
Carlos Cruz-Diez, Venezuelan artist (died 2019)
Larry Rivers was an American painter, musician, filmmaker, and occasional actor. Considered by many scholars to be the "Godfather" and "Grandfather" of Pop art, he was one of the f…
Larry Rivers, American painter and sculptor (died 2002)
Katherine Victor was an American actress, perhaps best known for her roles in Ron Ormond's Mesa of Lost Women (1953) and a number of Jerry Warren's films. She was also known as Kat…
Katherine Victor, American actress (died 2004)[better source needed]
Edgar Frank "Ted" Codd was a British computer scientist who, while working for IBM, invented the relational model for database management, the theoretical basis for relational data…
Edgar F. Codd, English computer scientist, inventor of relational model of data (died 2003)
James Travis Reeves was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. One of the earliest pioneers and practitioners of the Nashville sound, he played a central role in the sonic d…
Jim Reeves, American singer-songwriter (died 1964)
Courtney Keith "Bingo" Allen was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman and National Hockey League (NHL) head coach and general manager. He played 28 games in the NHL for th…
Keith Allen, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2014)
Arthur Robert Jensen was an American psychologist and writer. He was a professor of educational psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. Jensen was known for his work …
Arthur Jensen, American psychologist and academic (died 2012)
Álvaro Mutis Jaramillo was a Colombian poet, novelist, and essayist. His best-known work is the novel sequence The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll, which revolves around th…
Álvaro Mutis, Colombian-Mexican author and poet (died 2013)
Allyre Louis Joseph Sirois was a Canadian fransaskois judge of the Court of the Queen's Bench in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Allyre Sirois, Canadian lawyer and judge (died 2012)
Wolfgang Sawallisch was a German conductor and pianist.
Wolfgang Sawallisch, German pianist and conductor (died 2013)
James Radcliffe Greenhalgh was an English football player and manager. He played as a wing half and made nearly 300 appearances in the Football League for Hull City, Bury and Gilli…
Jimmy Greenhalgh, English footballer and manager (died 2013)
Laurence Ginnell was an Irish nationalist politician, lawyer and Member of Parliament (MP) of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland as member of t…
Laurence Ginnell, Irish lawyer and politician (born 1852)
Savina Petrilli was an Italian Catholic professed religious who founded the Sisters of the Poor of Saint Catherine of Siena upon receiving the encouragement of Pope Pius IX.
Savina Petrilli, Italian religious leader (born 1851)
Sir Louis-Olivier Taillon was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He was the eighth premier of Quebec, serving two separate terms.
Louis-Olivier Taillon, Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Premier of Quebec (born 1840)
Ralph McKittrick was an American golfer and tennis player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.
Ralph McKittrick, American golfer and tennis player (born 1877)
Sir Narayan Ganesh Chandavarkar was an early Indian National Congress politician and Hindu reformer. He was true " serve western colonial empire".
N
Charles Louis de Saulces de Freycinet was a French statesman who served four times as Prime Minister during the Third Republic. He also served an important term as Minister of War …
Charles de Freycinet, French engineer and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of France (born 1828)
Rolf Skår was a Norwegian engineer and entrepreneur. He was a co-founder of the computer manufacturing company Norsk Data in 1967, and took over as chief executive officer (CEO) of…
Rolf Skår, Norwegian engineer (born 1941)
Princess Helena, later Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, was the third daughter and fifth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
Princess Helena of the United Kingdom (born 1846)
Pierre Loti was a French naval officer and novelist, known for his exotic novels and short stories.
Pierre Loti, French soldier and author (born 1850)
Isabelle Bogelot was a French philanthropist and feminist.
Isabelle Bogelot, French philanthropist (born 1838)
Edith Irene Södergran was a Swedish-speaking Finnish poet. One of the first modernists within Swedish-language literature, her influences came from French Symbolism, German express…
Edith Södergran, Swedish-Finnish poet (born 1892)