Explore 3197 historical events from 1920–1929.
Roy Tattersall was an English cricketer who played for Lancashire and played sixteen Tests for England as a specialist off spin bowler. He was born at Tonge Moor, Bolton, Lancashir…
Roy Tattersall, English cricketer (died 2011)
Alain Robbe-Grillet was a French writer and filmmaker. He was one of the figures most associated with the Nouveau Roman trend of the 1960s, along with Nathalie Sarraute, Michel But…
Alain Robbe-Grillet, French director, screenwriter, and novelist (died 2008)
Jack Holland (1922-1994) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. An Australian international and New South Wales interstate repres…
Jack Holland, Australian rugby league player (died 1994)
Albert Henry Thomas Irvin was an English expressionist abstract artist.
Albert Irvin, English soldier and painter (died 2015)
Roberto Aizenberg, nicknamed "Bobby", was an Argentine painter and sculptor. He was considered the best-known orthodox surrealist painter in Argentina.
Roberto Aizenberg, Argentine painter and sculptor (died 1996)
Theoni V. Aldredge was a Greek-American stage and screen costume designer.
Theoni V. Aldredge, Greek-American costume designer (died 2011)
Frank Kelly Freas was an American artist known for his work in science fiction and fantasy, with a career spanning more than 50 years. He was known as the "Dean of Science Fiction …
Frank Kelly Freas, American science fiction and fantasy artist (died 2005)
Nazik al-Malaika was an Iraqi poet. Al-Malaika is noted for being among the first Arabic poets to use free verse.
Nazik Al-Malaika, Iraqi poet and academic (died 2007)
Jean Darling was an American child actress who was a regular in the Our Gang short subjects series from 1927 to 1929. Prior to her death, she was one of four surviving cast members…
Jean Darling, American actress and singer (died 2015)
George Clyde Kell was an American professional baseball player and television sports commentator. He played in Major League Baseball as a third baseman from 1943 to 1957, most prom…
George Kell, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2009)
René Lévesque was a Canadian politician and journalist who served as the 23rd premier of Quebec from 1976 to 1985. He was the first Québécois political leader since Confederation t…
René Lévesque, Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd Premier of Quebec (died 1987)
Howard Zinn was an American historian and a veteran of World War II. He was chair of the history and social sciences department at Spelman College, and a political science professo…
Howard Zinn, American historian, author, and activist (died 2010)
Irving Raskin Levine was an American journalist and longtime correspondent for NBC News. During his 45-year career, Levine reported from more than two dozen countries. He was the f…
Irving R. Levine, American journalist and author (died 2009)
Roelof Johannes Hendrik Kruisinga was a Dutch politician of the defunct Christian Historical Union (CHU) party and later the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and physician.
Roelof Kruisinga, Dutch physician and politician, Minister of Defence for The Netherlands (died 2012)
Arthur John Miles Anderson was an American actor of radio, film, television, and stage.
Arthur Anderson, American actor (died 2016)
Richard Blackwell, also known as Mr. Blackwell, was an American fashion critic, journalist, television and radio personality, artist, child actor and fashion designer. He was the c…
Richard Blackwell, American actor, fashion designer, and critic (died 2008)
John Edward Williams was an American author, editor and professor. He was best known for his novels Butcher's Crossing (1960), Stoner (1965), and Augustus (1972), which won a U.S. …
John Edward Williams, American author and educator (died 1994)
Lionel Keith Murphy was an Australian politician, barrister, and judge. He was a Senator for New South Wales from 1962 to 1975, serving as Attorney-General in the Whitlam governmen…
Lionel Murphy, Australian jurist and politician, 22nd Attorney-General of Australia (died 1986)
Margaret Yvonne Middleton, known professionally as Yvonne De Carlo, was a Canadian-American actress, dancer and singer. She became a Hollywood film star and sex symbol in the 1940s…
Yvonne De Carlo, Canadian-American actress and singer (died 2007)
Vittorio Gassman, popularly known as Il Mattatore, was an Italian actor, director, and screenwriter.
Vittorio Gassman, Italian actor, director and screenwriter (died 2000)
Arthur Ashkin was an American scientist and Nobel laureate who worked at Bell Labs. Ashkin has been considered by many as the father of optical tweezers, for which he was awarded t…
Arthur Ashkin, American physicist and Nobel Prize laureate (died 2020)
Regina Resnik was an American opera singer who had an active international career that spanned five decades. She began her career as a soprano in 1942 and soon after began a relati…
Regina Resnik, American soprano and actress (died 2013)
Leigh Kamman was an American radio host who focused on bringing jazz music to the airwaves during his career, which spanned more than six decades.
Leigh Kamman, American radio host (died 2014)
Per Olof Sundman was a Swedish writer and politician.
Per Olof Sundman, Swedish author and politician (died 1992)