Explore 3197 historical events from 1920–1929.
Leon Max Lederman was an American experimental physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1988, along with Melvin Schwartz and Jack Steinberger, for research on neutrinos…
Leon M. Lederman, American physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2018)
Jean-Pierre Richard was a French literary critic.
Jean-Pierre Richard, French writer (died 2019)
Thomas Samuel Kuhn was an American historian and philosopher of science whose 1962 book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions was influential in both academic and popular circles…
Thomas Kuhn, American physicist, historian, and philosopher (died 1996)
Rachel Annetta Robinson is an American former professor and registered nurse. She is the widow of professional baseball player Jackie Robinson. After her husband's death, she found…
Rachel Robinson, American professor, registered nurse, and the widow of baseball player Jackie Robinson
Alan Stephenson Boyd was an American attorney and transportation executive who led several large corporations and also served the U.S. Government in various transportation-related …
Alan Stephenson Boyd, American lawyer and politician, 1st United States Secretary of Transportation (died 2020)
Philomena Franz was a Sinti writer and activist from Germany, who was a survivor of the Romani Holocaust, having been imprisoned in Auschwitz. She later published works that recoun…
Philomena Franz, German Romani author (died 2022)
George Stanley McGovern was an American politician, diplomat, and historian from South Dakota who served in both chambers of the United States Congress, first as a member of the Un…
George McGovern, American lieutenant, historian, and politician (died 2012)
Kay Starr was an American singer who enjoyed considerable success in the late 1940s and 1950s. She was of Iroquois and Irish heritage. Starr performed multiple genres, such as pop,…
Kay Starr, American singer (died 2016)
Isabel Mary Sugden, known professionally as Mollie Sugden, was an English actress and comedienne. She was best known for being an original cast member in the British sitcom Are You…
Mollie Sugden, English actress (died 2009)
Damiano Damiani was an Italian screenwriter, film director, actor and writer. Poet and director Pier Paolo Pasolini referred to him as "a bitter moralist hungry for old purity", wh…
Damiano Damiani, Italian director and screenwriter (died 2013)
Jenny Pike was a Canadian photographer and servicewoman. She worked in London during WWII, and was the only female photographer to help develop the first photos of the D-Day landin…
Jenny Pike, Canadian WWII servicewoman and photographer (died 2004)
Madeleine Ferron was a Canadian writer.
Madeleine Ferron, Canadian radio host and author (died 2010)
John Bannister Goodenough was an American materials scientist, a solid-state physicist, and a Nobel laureate in chemistry. From 1986 he was a professor of Materials Science, Electr…
John B. Goodenough, American materials scientist, physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2023)
Blake Edwards was an American filmmaker, producer, and screenwriter. Often thought of as primarily a director of comedies, he also directed several drama, musical, and detective fi…
Blake Edwards, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2010)
James Staton Foglesong was an American country music producer and executive from the 1950s until the 1990s, based in Nashville, Tennessee.
Jim Foglesong, American record producer (died 2013)
Adolfo Celi was an Italian film actor and director. Born in Curcuraci, Messina, Sicily, Celi appeared in nearly 100 films. Although a prominent actor in Italian cinema and famed fo…
Adolfo Celi, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1986)
Norman Milton Lear was an American screenwriter and producer who wrote and produced more than 100 television shows during a career that lasted over 70 years. Lear created and produ…
Norman Lear, American screenwriter and producer (died 2023)
Jacques Piccard was a Swiss oceanographer and engineer, known for having developed submarines for studying ocean currents. In the Challenger Deep, he and Lieutenant Don Walsh of th…
Jacques Piccard, Belgian-Swiss oceanographer and engineer (died 2008)
Jason Nelson Robards Jr. was an American actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he gained a reputation as an interpreter of the works of playwright Eugene O'Neill. Robards…
Jason Robards, American actor (died 2000)
Henry Wollman Bloch was an American businessman and philanthropist who was the co-founder and the chairman emeritus of the American tax-preparation company H&R Block. He and his br…
Henry W. Bloch, American banker and businessman, co-founded H&R Block (died 2019)
Daniel Hale Rowan was an American actor and comedian. He was featured in the television show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, in which he played straight man to Dick Martin and won the 1…
Dan Rowan, American comedian (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In) (died 1987)
Henry Albert Bauer was an American right fielder and manager in Major League Baseball. He played with the New York Yankees (1948–1959) and Kansas City Athletics (1960–1961); he bat…
Hank Bauer, American baseball player and manager (died 2007)
Arthur Edward Spence Hill was a Canadian actor of film, stage, and television. He won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role as George in the original Broadway produc…
Arthur Hill, Canadian-American actor (died 2006)
Betty Lee Bloomingdale was an American socialite and philanthropist. She was considered a fashion icon, first appearing on the International Best Dressed List in 1962, and in 1970 …
Betsy Bloomingdale, American philanthropist and socialite (died 2016)