Explore 2699 historical events from 1920–1929.
John Raymond Postgate FRS was an English microbiologist and writer, latterly Professor Emeritus of Microbiology at the University of Sussex. Postgate's research in microbiology inv…
John Postgate, English microbiologist, author, and academic (died 2014)
Richard Henry Timberlake Jr. was an American economist who was Professor of Economics at the University of Georgia for much of his career. He became a leading advocate of free bank…
Richard Timberlake, American economist (died 2020)
Harold Richardson Laycoe was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman and coach. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the New York Rangers, Montreal Canadiens, and Boston Bru…
Hal Laycoe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1998)
Johnny Henry Smith II was an American cool jazz and mainstream jazz guitarist. He wrote "Walk, Don't Run" in 1954. In 1984, Smith was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame.
Johnny Smith, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2013)
Walter Farley was an American author, primarily of horse stories for children. His first and most famous work was The Black Stallion (1941), the success of which led to many sequel…
Walter Farley, American author (died 1989)
Eleanor Jean Parker was an American actress. She was nominated for three Academy Awards for her roles in the films Caged (1950), Detective Story (1951), and Interrupted Melody (195…
Eleanor Parker, American actress (died 2013)
Vincenzo "Enzo" Apicella, FCSD was an Italian London-based artist, cartoonist, designer, and restaurateur.
Enzo Apicella, English artist, cartoonist, designer, and restaurateur (died 2018)
George Theophilus Walker was an American composer, pianist, and organist, and the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music, which he received for his work Lilacs …
George Walker, American composer (died 2018)
Ralph Joseph P. Burns was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger.
Ralph Burns, American songwriter, bandleader, composer, conductor, arranger and pianist (died 2001)
Vasile "Vasko" Popa was a Yugoslav and Serbian poet of ethnic-Romanian heritage. He is regarded as one of 20th-century Yugoslavia's and Serbia's most important poets, and his work …
Vasko Popa, Serbian poet and academic (died 1991)
John William Vessey Jr. was a career officer in the United States Army. He attained the rank of general, and was most notable for his service as the tenth chairman of the Joint Chi…
John William Vessey, Jr
Toshi Seeger was an American filmmaker, producer and environmental activist. A filmmaker who specialized in the subject of folk music, her credits include the 1966 film Afro-Americ…
Toshi Seeger, German-American activist, co-founder of the Clearwater Festival (died 2013)
Mordechai Bibi was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Ahdut HaAvoda and its successors between 1959 and 1974.
Mordechai Bibi, Israeli politician (died 2023)
Pietro Costante Cardin, known as Pierre Cardin, was an Italian-French fashion designer. He is known for what were his avant-garde style and Space Age designs. He preferred geometri…
Pierre Cardin, Italian-French fashion designer (died 2020)
Paula Valenska was a Czech actress noted for her roles in 1940s films. After appearing in several films in her native Czechoslovakia she went to Britain to star in two films produc…
Paula Valenska, Czech actress (died 1994)
Corneille – Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo, better known under his pseudonym Corneille, was a Dutch artist.
Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo, Belgian painter and sculptor (died 2010)
Theodorus Johannes Franciscus Brokmann Jr., better known as Theo Brokmann, was a Dutch football player.
Theo Brokmann Jr., Dutch football player (died 2003)
Russell James Harvey usually known as James Harvey, was a United States representative from Michigan and an inactive senior United States district judge of the United States Distri…
R. James Harvey, American politician (died 2019)
William Joseph Schallert was an American character actor who appeared in dozens of television shows and films over a career spanning more than 60 years. He is known for his roles o…
William Schallert, American actor; president (1979–81) of the Screen Actors Guild (died 2016)
Alan A. Armer was an American television producer, best known for his Emmy Award winning tenure as the producer of The Fugitive. He also produced The Invaders, The Untouchables and…
Alan Armer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2010)
James Donald Hughes was a lieutenant general in the United States Air Force (USAF) who was commander in chief, Pacific Air Forces, with headquarters at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawai…
James D. Hughes, American Air Force lieutenant general (died 2024)
Kathleen Hylda Valerie Booth was a British computer scientist and mathematician who co-wrote the first assembly language and co-designed the assembler and autocode for the first co…
Kathleen Booth, British computer scientist and mathematician (died 2022)
María de los Ángeles Fernández Abad, known professionally as Angelines Fernández, was a Mexican actress. She is best remembered for playing Doña Clotilde "La Bruja del 71" in the s…
Angelines Fernández, Spanish-Mexican actress (died 1994)
James Clifford Pollard was an American professional basketball player and coach. As a player in the National Basketball Association (NBA), Pollard was considered one of the best fo…
Jim Pollard, American basketball player and coach (died 1993)