Explore 1158 historical events from 1920–1929.
Lothar Maximilian Lorenz Schmid was a German chess grandmaster. He was born in Radebeul in Saxony into a family who were the co-owners of the Karl May Press, which published the Ge…
Lothar Schmid, German chess player (died 2013)
Burt Freeman Bacharach was an American composer, songwriter, record producer, and pianist, widely regarded as one of the most important and influential figures of 20th-century popu…
Burt Bacharach, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (died 2023)
Enrique José Bolaños Geyer was a Nicaraguan politician who served as the president of Nicaragua from 10 January 2002 to 10 January 2007.
Enrique Bolaños, Nicaraguan politician, President of Nicaragua (died 2021)
Frederik Hendrik Kreuger, was a Dutch high voltage scientist and inventor, lived in Delft, the Netherlands, and was professor emeritus of the Delft University of Technology. He wa…
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Pernell Elven Roberts Jr. was an American stage, film, and television actor, activist, and singer. In addition to guest-starring in over 60 television series, he was best known for…
Pernell Roberts, American actor (died 2010)
Alfred Manuel "Billy" Martin Jr. was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) second baseman and manager, who, in addition to leading other teams, was five times the manager of the …
Billy Martin, American baseball player and coach (died 1989)
Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman was an English design engineer, inventor, and builder in the automotive industry, and founder of the sports car company Lotus Cars.
Colin Chapman, English engineer and businessman, founded Lotus Cars (died 1982)
Air Chief Marshal Sir Thomas Lawrie "Jock" Kennedy, was a senior Royal Air Force officer. He served as Deputy Commander of RAF Strike Command from 1979 to 1981, and Air Member for …
Thomas Kennedy, English air marshal (died 2013)
Gilbert James McDougald was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) infielder who played for the New York Yankees from 1951 through 1960.
Gil McDougald, American baseball player and coach (died 2010)
Tom "Big Daddy" Donahue, was an American rock and roll radio disc jockey, record producer and concert promoter.
Tom Donahue, American radio host and producer (died 1975)
Alice Elizabeth Drummond was an American actress. A veteran Off-Broadway performer, she was nominated in 1970 for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her perform…
Alice Drummond, American actress (died 2016)
Adolph Schayes was an American professional basketball player and coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A top scorer and rebounder, he was a 12-time NBA All-Star and …
Dolph Schayes, American basketball player and coach (died 2015)
Julien Serge Doubrovsky was a French writer and 1989 Prix Médicis winner for Le Livre brisé. He is also a critical theorist, and coined the term "autofiction" in the drafts for his…
Serge Doubrovsky, French theorist and author (died 2017)
John Leonard Duncan Mackenzie was a Scottish film and television director. He worked in British film from the late 1960s, first as an assistant director and later as an independent…
John Mackenzie, Scottish director and producer (died 2011)
Thomas Boone Pickens Jr. was an American business magnate and financier. Pickens chaired the hedge fund BP Capital Management. He was a well-known takeover operator and corporate r…
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Ichiro Maruyama, who wrote under the pen name You Sano, was a Japanese mystery writer and critic.
Hiroshi Sano, Japanese novelist (died 2013)
Rosemary Clooney was an American singer and actress. She came to prominence in the early 1950s with the song "Come On-a My House", which was followed by other pop numbers such as "…
Rosemary Clooney, American singer and actress (died 2002)
Arthur Nigel Davenport was an English stage, television and film actor, best known for his film roles as the Duke of Norfolk in A Man for All Seasons, and Lord Birkenhead in Chario…
Nigel Davenport, English actor (died 2013)
Nina Grigoryevna Otkalenko, née Pletnyova, was a Soviet middle-distance runner. She won a European title in the 800 m at the inaugural 1954 European Athletics Championships and set…
Nina Otkalenko, Russian runner (died 2015)
William Trevor Cox was an Irish novelist, playwright, and short story writer. One of the elder statesmen of the Irish literary world, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest c…
William Trevor, Irish novelist, playwright and short story writer (died 2016)
Thea Musgrave CBE is a Scottish composer of opera and classical music. She has lived in the United States since 1972.
Thea Musgrave, Scottish-American composer and educator
Sally Forrest was an American film, stage and TV actress of the 1940s and 1950s. She studied dance from a young age and shortly out of high school was signed to a contract by Metro…
Sally Forrest, American actress and dancer (died 2015)
Freddie Redd was an American hard-bop pianist and composer. He is best known for writing music to accompany The Connection (1959), a play by Jack Gelber. According to Peter Watrous…
Freddie Redd, American jazz pianist and composer (died 2021)
Kevin Charles "Pro" Hart, MBE, was an Australian artist, born in Broken Hill, New South Wales, who was considered the father of the Australian Outback painting movement and his wor…
Pro Hart, Australian painter (died 2006)