Explore 2699 historical events from 1920–1929.
Jalacy J. "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins was an American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, film producer, and boxer. Famed chiefly for his powerful, shouting vocal delivery and wildly t…
Screamin' Jay Hawkins, American R&B singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (died 2000)
Sir Orville Alton Turnquest is a Bahamian politician who was the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of External Relations of the Bahamas from 1992 to 1994, and the sixth governor-g…
Orville Turnquest, Bahamian politician
Richard Totten Button was an American figure skater and skating analyst. He was a two-time Olympic champion and five-time consecutive world champion (1948–1952). He was also the on…
Dick Button, American figure skater and actor (died 2025)
Gaston Glock was an Austrian engineer and businessman. He founded the company Glock in 1963. When he entered the 1980 competition for a new Austrian service pistol, he hired two en…
Gaston Glock, Austrian engineer and businessman, co-founded Glock Ges.m.b.H. (died 2023)
Hazel Susan Hawke AO was the first wife of Bob Hawke, the 23rd prime minister of Australia. She married him in 1956, and supported him throughout his prime ministership (1983–1991)…
Hazel Hawke, Australian social worker and pianist, 23rd Spouse of the Prime Minister of Australia (died 2013)
Michael Ilitch Sr., also known as "Mr. I", was an American entrepreneur and restaurateur. He founded Little Caesars in 1959 and later owned two Detroit professional sports franchis…
Mike Ilitch, American businessman, founded Little Caesars (died 2017)
Rajendra Kumar was an Indian actor who starred in Bollywood films. Starting his career in 1949, he worked in more than 80 films in a career spanning over four decades. Kumar is con…
Rajendra Kumar, Pakistani-Indian actor and producer (died 1999)
David Oliver Tonkin was an Australian politician who served as the 38th Premier of South Australia from 18 September 1979 to 10 November 1982. He was elected to the House of Assemb…
David Tonkin, Australian politician, 38th Premier of South Australia (died 2000)
Robert Keith Orton Sr. was an American professional wrestler. The patriarch of the Orton wrestling family, his two sons Bob Orton Jr. and Barry Orton, and grandson Randy Orton, hav…
Bob Orton, American wrestler (died 2006)
John David Barber was a racing driver from England. Before his racing career he was a fish merchant in London.
John Barber, English racing driver (died 2015)
Leonid Naumovich Stolovich was a Russian-Estonian philosopher, Doctor of Philosophy (1966) and professor (1967). Stolovich graduated from the Leningrad University in 1952, from 195…
Leonid Stolovich, Russian-Estonian philosopher and academic (died 2013)
Neil Gavin Welliver was an American modern artist, best known for his large-scale landscape paintings inspired by the deep woods near his home in Maine. One of his sons, Titus We…
Neil Welliver, American painter (died 2005)
Mor Baselios Thomas I (Syr: ܡܳܪܝ̱ ܒܰܣܺܝܠܺܝܳܘܣ ܬܐܳܘܡܰܐ ܩܰܕ݂ܡܳܝܳܐ; Mal: മോർ ബസേലിയോസ് തോമസ് പ്രഥമൻ; Born Cheruvillil Mathai Thomas was the 80th Maphrian of the Syriac Orthodox Church…
Baselios Thomas I, Indian bishop (died 2024)
Danny Barcelona was an American jazz drummer best known for his years with Louis Armstrong's All-Stars. He was a Filipino-American born in Waipahu, Hawaii, a community of Honolulu,…
Danny Barcelona, American drummer (died 2007)
Lateef Kayode Jakande was a Nigerian journalist and politician who served as governor of Lagos State from 1979 to 1983, and later Minister of Works under the Sani Abacha military r…
Lateef Jakande, Nigerian journalist and politician, 5th Governor of Lagos State (died 2021)
Julian Judd Buchanan is a Canadian former politician and businessman.
Judd Buchanan, Canadian businessman and politician, 36th Canadian Minister of Public Works
Somnath Chatterjee was an Indian politician who was associated with the Communist Party of India (Marxist) for most of his life, though he had been a non affiliated independent dur…
Somnath Chatterjee, Indian lawyer and politician, 14th Speaker of the Lok Sabha (died 2018)
Edward Joseph "Spider" Mazur was a Canadian ice hockey forward. He played in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens and Chicago Black Hawks between 1951 and 1956. T…
Eddie Mazur, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1995)
Marc Lalonde was a Canadian politician who served as a cabinet minister, political staffer and lawyer. A lifelong member of the Liberal Party, he is best known for having served in…
Marc Lalonde, Canadian lawyer and politician, 34th Canadian Minister of Justice (died 2023)
Alexis Sigismund Weissenberg was a Bulgarian-born French pianist.
Alexis Weissenberg, Bulgarian-French pianist and educator (died 2012)
Jean Baudrillard was a French sociologist and philosopher with an interest in cultural studies. He is best known for his analyses of media, contemporary culture, and technological …
Jean Baudrillard, French sociologist and philosopher (died 2007)
Harvey Fuqua was an American R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, and record label executive.
Harvey Fuqua, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2010)
Henry Patterson, commonly known by his pen name Jack Higgins, was a British author. He was a best-selling author of popular thrillers and espionage novels. His novel The Eagle Has …
Jack Higgins, English author and academic (died 2022)
Marc Wilkinson was an Australian-British composer and conductor best known for his film scores, including Blood on Satan's Claw, and incidental music for the theatre, most notabl…
Marc Wilkinson, French-Australian composer and conductor (died 2022)