Explore 3197 historical events from 1920–1929.
Cleto Bellucci was an Italian Prelate of Roman Catholic Church.
Cleto Bellucci, Italian archbishop (died 2013)
Janet Blair was an American big-band singer who later became a popular film and television actress.
Janet Blair, American actress and singer (died 2007)
Warren Edward Spahn was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). A left-handed pitcher, Spahn played in 1942 and then from 19…
Warren Spahn, American baseball player and coach (died 2003)
Christiaan Karel Appel was a Dutch painter, sculptor, and poet. He started painting at the age of fourteen and studied at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam in the 1940s. He was one of…
Karel Appel, Dutch painter and sculptor (died 2006)
James Peter Giuffre, Italian pronunciation: [d͡ʒufˈfrɛ]; April 26, 1921 – April 24, 2008) was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, composer, and arranger. He is known for dev…
Jimmy Giuffre, American clarinet player, saxophonist, and composer (died 2008)
The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, often referred by its shortened name as the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Republic and, from 1922, the Soviet Unio…
The Red Army captures Mongolia from the White Army and establishes the Mongolian People's Republic.
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government an…
Former president of the United States William Howard Taft is sworn in as 10th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court,…
The Communist Party of China (CPC), commonly known as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Founded in 1921, …
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is established at the founding National Congress.
The University of Toronto is a public research university with three main campuses in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada. Based on the grounds that surround Queen's Park i…
Researchers at the University of Toronto, led by biochemist Frederick Banting, prove that the hormone insulin…
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Germany in the Nazi era from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Part…
Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers' Party.
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…
The Rif War was an anti-colonial war fought from 1921 to 1926 between the indigenous Berber tribes of the mountainous Rif region of northern Morocco and Spain.
Rif War: In Ajdir, Spanish Morocco, a secessionist group of Berbers led by Abd el-Krim proclaim the Republic of the…
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)