Explore 3197 historical events from 1920–1929.
Jean-Pierre Roy was a Canadian pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched in three games during the 1946 season for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He was born in Montreal, Quebec.
Jean-Pierre Roy, Canadian-American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (died 2014)
Fernando José Riera Bauzá was a Chilean professional football player and manager, patriarch of Chilean football.
Fernando Riera, Chilean football player and manager (died 2010)
Anne Clarissa Eden, Countess of Avon was an English memoirist and the second wife of Anthony Eden, who served as British prime minister from 1955 to 1957. She married Eden in 1952,…
Clarissa Eden, Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 2021)
César Rodríguez Álvarez, sometimes known as just César, was a Spanish football forward and manager.
César Rodríguez Álvarez, Spanish footballer and manager (died 1995)
Raymond Frederick Harryhausen was an American-British animator and special effects creator who is regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of both fields. In …
Ray Harryhausen, American animator and producer (died 2013)
Nicole Russell, Duchess of Bedford was one of the first female television producers in France. After becoming the Duchess of Bedford, she helped to open and popularize one of the f…
Nicole Russell, Duchess of Bedford (died 2012)
David Llewellyn Snellgrove, FBA was a British Tibetologist noted for his pioneering work on Buddhism in Tibet as well as his many travelogues.
David Snellgrove, British tibetologist (died 2016)
Eleanor Ross Taylor was an American poet who published six collections of verse from 1960 to 2009. Her work received little recognition until 1998, but thereafter received several …
Eleanor Ross Taylor, American poet and educator (died 2011)
Henri Amouroux was a French historian and journalist.
Henri Amouroux, French historian and journalist (died 2007)
Toshiyuki Sakata , known as Harold Sakata, was an American Olympic weightlifter, professional wrestler, and film actor. He won a silver medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London …
Harold Sakata, Japanese-American wrestler and actor (died 1982)
George Iwao Fujimoto was an American chemist of Japanese descent.
George I. Fujimoto, American-Japanese chemist (died 2023)
John Alexander Kneubuhl was an American Samoan screenwriter, playwright and Polynesian historian. He wrote for American television series such as The Fugitive, Gunsmoke, The Wild W…
John Kneubuhl, Samoan-American historian, screenwriter, and playwright (died 1992)
Edouard Paape, commonly known as Eddy Paape, was a Belgian comics artist best known for illustrating the science fiction comic series Luc Orient.
Eddy Paape, Belgian illustrator (died 2012)
Paul O'Dea was an American professional baseball player, manager and scout. He saw Major League service during World War II for the 1944 and 1945 Cleveland Indians. He threw and ba…
Paul O'Dea, American baseball player and manager (died 1978)
Lennart Villiam Bladh was a Swedish politician who served as member of the Riksdag (MP) from 1974 to 1985.
Lennart Bladh, Swedish politician (died 2006)
Norm Drucker was a major influence in professional basketball officiating for over 35 years. His NBA and ABA officiating career as both a referee and Supervisor of Officials spanne…
Norm Drucker, American basketball player and referee (died 2015)
Leona Roberts Helmsley was an American businesswoman. After allegations of non-payment were made by contractors hired to improve Helmsley's Connecticut home, she was investigated a…
Leona Helmsley, American businesswoman (died 2007)
Fritz Wilde was a German football player and manager, who played as a forward.
Fritz Wilde, German footballer and manager (died 1977)
Paul Takeo Bannai was an American politician who was the first Japanese American to ever serve in the California State Legislature. He served in the State Assembly as a Republican …
Paul Bannai, American politician (died 2019)
David McClure Brinkley was an American newscaster for NBC and ABC in a career lasting from 1943 to 1997.
David Brinkley, American journalist (died 2003)
Owen Chamberlain was an American physicist who shared with Emilio Segrè the Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of the antiproton, a sub-atomic antiparticle.
Owen Chamberlain, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2006)
Cyril Grant was an English professional footballer. He was born in Wath, Yorkshire.
Cyril Grant, English footballer (died 2002)
Zecharia Sitchin was an author of a number of books proposing an explanation for human origins involving ancient astronauts. Sitchin attributed the creation of the ancient Sumerian…
Zecharia Sitchin, Russian-American author (died 2010)
Godtfred Kirk Christiansen was a Danish businessman who was the managing director of the Lego Group from 1957 to 1973. He was the third son of company founder Ole Kirk Christiansen…
Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman (died 1995)