Explore 2699 historical events from 1920–1929.
Robert Dhéry was a French comedian, actor, director and screenwriter.
Robert Dhéry, French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2004)
Rowland Evans Jr. was an American journalist. He was known best for his decades-long syndicated column and television partnership with Robert Novak, a partnership that endured, if …
Rowland Evans, American soldier, journalist, and author (died 2001)
Simin Dāneshvar was an Iranian academic, novelist, fiction writer, and translator.
Simin Daneshvar, Iranian author and academic (died 2012)
Roger Lee Easton Sr. was an American physicist and state representative who was the principal inventor and designer of the Global Positioning System, along with Ivan A. Getting and…
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Braj Basi Lal was an Indian writer and archaeologist. He was the Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) from 1968 to 1972 and has served as Director of the In…
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The commissioner of baseball is the chief executive officer of Major League Baseball (MLB) and the associated Minor League Baseball (MiLB) – a constellation of leagues and clubs kn…
Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day…
The Bolshevik–Makhnovist conflict was a period of political and military conflict between the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and the Makhnovshchina, for control over southern …
Bolshevik–Makhnovist conflict: Mikhail Frunze declares victory over the Makhnovshchina.
Tannu Uriankhai was a historical region of the Mongol Empire, its principal successor, the Yuan dynasty, and later the Qing dynasty. The territory of Tannu Uriankhai largely corres…
Tannu Uriankhai, later Tuvan People's Republic is established as a completely independent country (which is supported…
The R.38 class of rigid airships was designed for Britain's Royal Navy during the final months of the First World War. Airships of this class were intended for long-range patrol du…
British airship R-38 experiences structural failure over Hull in England and crashes in the Humber Estuary; of her 49…
The Russian Civil War was a multi-party civil war in the former Russian Empire, lasting from 1917 to 1922, sparked by the overthrowing of the Russian Provisional Government in the …
Russian Civil War: The Red Army dissolves the Makhnovshchina after driving the Revolutionary Insurgent Army out of…
Wolfgang Leonhard was a German political author and historian of the Soviet Union, the German Democratic Republic and Communism. A German Communist whose family had fled Hitler's G…
Wolfgang Leonhard, German historian and author (died 2014)
Walker Smith Jr., better known as Sugar Ray Robinson, was an American professional boxer who competed from 1940 to 1965. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame …
Sugar Ray Robinson, American boxer (died 1989)
Daniel Joseph Berrigan was an American Jesuit priest, anti-war activist, Christian pacifist, playwright, poet, and author.
Daniel Berrigan, American priest, poet, and activist (died 2016)
Sophia Magdalena Scholl was a German student and anti-Nazi political activist, active in the White Rose non-violent resistance group in Nazi Germany.
Sophie Scholl, German activist (died 1943)
Richard Lewis Deacon was an American television and motion picture actor, best known for playing supporting roles in television shows such as The Dick Van Dyke Show, Leave It to Be…
Richard Deacon, American actor (died 1984)
Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov was a British actor and humanitarian. An internationally known raconteur, he was a fixture on television talk shows and lecture circuits for much of his…
Peter Ustinov, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2004)
Leon Albert Henkin was an American logician, whose works played a strong role in the development of logic, particularly in the theory of types. He was an active scholar at the Univ…
Leon Henkin, American logician (died 2006)
Vladimir Colin was a Romanian short story writer and novelist. One of the most important fantasy and science fiction authors in Romanian literature, whose main works are known on s…
Vladimir Colin, Romanian journalist and author (died 1991)
Satyajit Ray was an Indian film director, screenwriter, author, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligrapher, and composer. He is widely considered to be one of the greates…
Satyajit Ray, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1992)
Edo Murtić was a Croatian painter, best known for his lyrical abstraction and abstract expressionism style. He worked in a variety of media, including oil painting, gouache, graphi…
Edo Murtić, Croatian painter, sculptor, and illustrator (died 2005)
Federico Krutwig Sagredo was a Spanish Basque writer, philosopher, politician, and author of several books, with Vasconia standing out in the political domain for its influence in …
Federico Krutwig, Basque writer, member of ETA and translator (died 1998)
Dennis Brain was a British horn player. From a musical family – his father and grandfather were horn players – he attended the Royal Academy of Music in London. During the Second W…
Dennis Brain, English horn player (died 1957)
Henry Robert Merrill Levan was an American songwriter, theatrical composer, lyricist, and screenwriter. Merrill was one of the most successful songwriters of the 1950s on the US an…
Bob Merrill, American composer and screenwriter (died 1998)
Arthur Leonard Schawlow was an American physicist who, along with Charles Townes, developed the theoretical basis for laser science. His central insight was the use of two mirrors …
Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1999)