Explore 2699 historical events from 1920–1929.
Elizabeth Spencer was an American writer. Spencer's first novel, Fire in the Morning, was published in 1948. She wrote a total of nine novels, seven collections of short stories, a…
Elizabeth Spencer, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (died 2019)
Rosalyn Sussman Yalow was an American medical physicist, and a co-winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for development of the radioimmunoassay technique. She wa…
Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2011)
James Cooke Brown was an American sociologist and science fiction author. He is notable for creating the constructed language Loglan and for designing the Parker Brothers board gam…
James Cooke Brown, American sociologist and author (died 2000)
John Lovell Horsley was an English actor.
John Horsley, English actor (died 2014)
Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa was a Zulu sangoma from South Africa. He was known as an author of books that draw upon African mythology, traditional Zulu folklore, extraterrestrial encoun…
Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa, Zulu sangoma (died 2020)
William Victor Roth Jr. was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, Delaware. He was a veteran of World War II and a member of the Republican Party. He served from 1967 …
William Roth, American lawyer and politician (died 2003)
Calvert Grant DeForest, also known by his character name Larry "Bud" Melman, was an American actor and comedian, best known for his appearances on Late Night with David Letterman a…
Calvert DeForest, American actor (died 2007)
Henri Alleg, born as Harry John Salem, was a French-Algerian journalist, director of the Alger républicain newspaper, and a member of the French Communist Party. After Editions de …
Henri Alleg, English-French journalist and author (died 2013)
Giuseppe Di Stefano was an Italian operatic tenor who sang professionally from the mid-1940s until the early 1990s. Called "Pippo" by both fans and friends, he was known as the "Go…
Giuseppe Di Stefano, Italian tenor and actor (died 2008)
Billy Taylor was an American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster and educator. He was the Robert L. Jones Distinguished Professor of Music at East Carolina University in Greenville…
Billy Taylor, American pianist and composer (died 2010)
Adolph Sylvester "Bud" Herseth was principal trumpet in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1948 until 2001, and served as principal trumpet emeritus from 2001 until his retirement…
Adolph Herseth, American soldier and trumpet player (died 2013)
Lionel Terray was a French climber who made many first ascents, including on the 1955 French Makalu expedition in the Himalaya and Cerro Fitz Roy in the Patagonian Andes.
Lionel Terray, French mountaineer (died 1965)
Thomas Judson Saffell was an American professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Kansas City Athletics.
Tom Saffell, American baseball player and manager (died 2012)
Jean Parker Shepherd Jr. was an American storyteller, humorist, radio and TV personality, writer, and actor. With a career that spanned decades, Shepherd is known for the film A Ch…
Jean Shepherd, American radio host, actor, and screenwriter (died 1999)
Sol Gareth "Garry" Davis was an international peace activist best known for renouncing his American citizenship and interrupting the United Nations in 1948 to advocate for world go…
Garry Davis, American pilot and activist, created the World Passport (died 2013)
Émile Genest was a Canadian actor.
Émile Genest, Canadian-American actor (died 2003)
Richard Egan was an American actor. After beginning his career in 1949, he subsequently won a Golden Globe Award for his performances in the films The Glory Brigade (1953) and The …
Richard Egan, American actor (died 1987)
Chris Marker was a French writer, photographer, documentary film director, multimedia artist and film essayist. His best known films are La Jetée (1962), A Grin Without a Cat (1977…
Chris Marker, French photographer and journalist (died 2012)
Grant Johannesen was an American pianist.
Grant Johannesen, American pianist and educator (died 2005)
Adolph Sylvester "Bud" Herseth was principal trumpet in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1948 until 2001, and served as principal trumpet emeritus from 2001 until his retirement…
Adolph Herseth, American soldier and trumpet player (died 2013)
Peter Benenson was a British barrister, human rights activist and the founder of the human rights group Amnesty International (AI); a global movement of more than 10 million people…
Peter Benenson, English lawyer and activist, founded Amnesty International (died 2005)
Donald George Malarkey was an American politician and soldier who served as a non-commissioned officer with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 1…
Donald Malarkey, American sergeant and author (died 2017)
Whitney Moore Young Jr. was an American civil rights leader. Trained as a social worker, he spent most of his career working to end employment discrimination in the United States a…
Whitney Young, American activist (died 1971)
John Albert Kramer was an American tennis player of the 1940s and 1950s, and a pioneer promoter who helped drive the sport towards professionalism at the elite level. Kramer also u…
Jack Kramer, American tennis player, sailor, and sportscaster (died 2009)