Explore 3197 historical events from 1920–1929.
Ernest Winston Angley was an American Christian evangelist, author, and television station owner who was based in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio from the 1950s until his death in 2021.
Ernest Angley, American evangelist and author (died 2021)
John James Exon was an American businessman and politician who served as the 33rd governor of Nebraska from 1971 to 1979, and as a United States senator from Nebraska from 1979 to …
J. James Exon, American soldier and politician, 33rd Governor of Nebraska (died 2005)
Alexander Murray Palmer Haley was an American writer and the author of the 1976 book Roots: The Saga of an American Family. ABC adapted the book as a television miniseries of the s…
Alex Haley, American historian and author (died 1992)
Louis Joseph Félix Frémaux was a French conductor.
Louis Frémaux, French conductor (died 2017)
James David Walker Jr., better known by his stage name Jimmy McCracklin, was an American pianist, singer, and songwriter. His style contained West Coast blues, Jump blues, and R&B.…
Jimmy McCracklin, American blues/R&B singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2012)
Mary Lee was a Scottish singer, variety performer and broadcaster whose career spanned the 1930s to the 1990s. She achieved early recognition whilst still a teenager as a vocalist …
Mary Lee, Scottish singer (died 2022)
August Marian Kowalczyk was a Polish actor, theatre, television and film director who was the last survivor of a breakout of prisoners from Auschwitz Concentration Camp on 10 June …
August Kowalczyk, Polish actor and director (died 2012)
Sir Geoffrey Rudolph Elton was a German-born British political and constitutional historian, specialising in the Tudor period. He taught at Clare College, Cambridge, and was the Re…
Geoffrey Elton, German-English historian and academic (died 1994)
Zdzisław Żygulski was a Polish art historian and professor of the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. The son of Zdzisław Żygulski (senior), he was the curator of the Arms and Armour S…
Zdzisław Żygulski, Polish historian and academic (died 2015)
Lydia Vladimirovna Litvyak, also known as Lilya, was a fighter pilot in the Soviet Air Force during World War II. Historians' estimates for her total victories range from thirteen …
Lydia Litvyak, Russian lieutenant and pilot (died 1943)
Eugene "Gene" Wesley Roddenberry Sr. was an American television screenwriter and producer who created the science fiction series and fictional universe Star Trek. Born in El Paso, …
Gene Roddenberry, American screenwriter and producer (died 1991)
George Keith Froome (1920–1978) was an Australian rugby league player. He was a halfback for the Australian national team. He played in eight Tests between 1948 and 1949 as captain…
Keith Froome, Australian rugby league player (died 1978)
John William Wilson was an Australian cricketer who played in one Test match in 1956.
Jack Wilson, Australian cricketer (died 1985)
Reuven Feuerstein was a Romanian-born Israeli clinical, developmental, and cognitive psychologist, known for his theory of intelligence. Feuerstein is recognized for his work in de…
Reuven Feuerstein, Romanian-Israeli psychologist and academic (died 2014)
Dinos Dimopoulos was a Greek actor, film director, screenwriter and theatre director. He directed more than 40 films between 1953 and 1993.
Dinos Dimopoulos, Greek director and screenwriter (died 2003)
Henry Anthony Pawson was an English sportsman who played cricket and association football and was a leading fly fisherman. He worked as a cricket writer and journalist. He was the …
Tony Pawson, English cricketer, footballer, and journalist (died 2012)
Kenneth Joseph Arrow was an American economist, mathematician and political theorist. He received the John Bates Clark Medal in 1957, and the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Scien…
Kenneth Arrow, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2017)
Cecil "Sam" Cook was an English first-class cricketer who played for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club and in one Test match for the England cricket team.
Sam Cook, English cricketer and umpire (died 1996)
Eric Arthur Simms, DFC was an English ornithologist, naturalist, writer, sound recordist, broadcaster and conservationist, as well as a decorated wartime Bomber Command pilot/ bomb…
Eric Simms, English ornithologist and conservationist (died 2009)
Bryce Stuart Mackasey was a Canadian politician and diplomat. He served as twice a Member of Parliament, as a Member of the National Assembly of Quebec, and as ambassador to Portug…
Bryce Mackasey, Canadian businessman and politician, 20th Canadian Minister of Labour (died 1999)
Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee was an American journalist who served as managing editor and later as executive editor of The Washington Post, from 1965 to 1991. He became a public …
Benjamin C. Bradlee, American journalist and author (died 2014)
Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg was the head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz from 1963 until his death.
Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg (died 1996)
Leo Zalman Penn was an American television director and actor. He was the father of musician Michael Penn and actors Sean and Chris Penn.
Leo Penn, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1998)
Monty Hall was a Canadian-American radio and television show host who moved to the United States in 1955 to pursue a career in broadcasting. After working as a radio newsreader and…
Monty Hall, Canadian television personality and game show host (died 2017)