Explore 3197 historical events from 1920–1929.
Yuliy Borisovich Briner, known professionally as Yul Brynner, was a Russian and American actor. He was known for his portrayal of King Mongkut in the Rodgers and Hammerstein stage …
Yul Brynner, Russian-American actor and dancer (died 1985)
Pierre Francis de Marigny Berton was a Canadian historian, writer, journalist and broadcaster. Berton wrote 50 best-selling books, mainly about Canadiana, Canadian history and popu…
Pierre Berton, Canadian journalist and author (died 2004)
Joseph Louis Robert Edgar Fillion was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played seven seasons for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1943…
Bob Fillion, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (died 2015)
Paul Gonsalves was an American jazz tenor saxophonist best known for his association with Duke Ellington. At the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival, Gonsalves played a 27-chorus solo in th…
Paul Gonsalves, American saxophonist (died 1974)
Charles Randolph Quirk, Baron Quirk was a British linguist and politician. He was the Quain Professor of English language and literature at University College London from 1968 to 1…
Randolph Quirk, Manx linguist and academic (died 2017)
Beulah Elizabeth Richardson, known professionally as Beah Richards and Bea Richards, was an American actress of stage, screen, and television. She was also a poet, playwright, auth…
Beah Richards, American actress (died 2000)
Shankarrao Bhavrao Chavan was an Indian politician who served as the chief minister of Maharashtra twice from 1975 until 1977 and from 13 March 1986 until 26 June 1988.
Shankarrao Chavan, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Finance (died 2004)
Anatole Broyard (1920-1990) was an American writer, literary critic, and editor whose literary output spanned several decades. His oeuvre encompassed short stories, essays, and rev…
Anatole Broyard, American critic and editor (died 1990)
Richard Gordon Gould was an American physicist who is sometimes credited with the invention of the laser and the optical amplifier.. Gould is best known for his thirty-year fight w…
Gordon Gould, American physicist and academic, invented the laser (died 2005)
Juan Antonio Samaranch y Torelló, 1st Marquess of Samaranch was a Spanish sports administrator under the Franco regime (1973–1977) who served as the seventh president of the Intern…
Juan Antonio Samaranch, Spanish businessman, 7th President of the International Olympic Committee (died 2010)
Eric Brandon was a motor racing driver and businessman. He was closely associated with the Cooper Car Company, and was instrumental in the early development of the company.
Eric Brandon, English race car driver and businessman (died 1982)
Robert Nathaniel Mann was a violinist, composer, conductor, and founding member of the Juilliard String Quartet, as well as a faculty member at the Manhattan School of Music. Mann,…
Robert Mann, American violinist, composer, and conductor (died 2018)
Richard A. Oriani was an El Salvador-born American chemical engineer and metallurgist who was instrumental in the study of the effects of hydrogen in metal. He also made significan…
Richard Oriani, Salvadoran-American metallurgist and engineer (died 2015)
Elliot Lee Richardson was an American lawyer and politician who was a member of the cabinets of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford between 1970 and 1977. A member of the Republican Part…
Elliot Richardson, American lieutenant and politician, 11th United States Secretary of Defense (died 1999)
Constant Anton Nieuwenhuys, better known as Constant, was a Dutch painter, sculptor, graphic artist, author and musician.
Constant Nieuwenhuys, Dutch painter, sculptor, and illustrator (died 2005)
Isaac Stern was an American violinist.
Isaac Stern, Russian-American violinist and conductor (died 2001)
Jean Daniel Bensaid was a French journalist and author. He was the founder and executive editor of Le Nouvel Observateur weekly now known as L'Obs.
Jean Daniel, Algerian-French journalist and author (died 2020)
Bella Abzug, nicknamed "Battling Bella", was an American lawyer, politician, social activist, and a leader in the women's movement. In 1971, Abzug joined other leading feminists su…
Bella Abzug, American lawyer and politician (died 1998)
Constance Dowling was an American model turned actress of the 1940s and 1950s.
Constance Dowling, American model and actress (died 1969)
Rosalind Elsie Franklin was an English chemist and X-ray crystallographer. Her work was central to the understanding of the molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal, and gra…
Rosalind Franklin, English biophysicist, chemist, and academic. Contributor to basic research of DNA. (died 1958)
Henry Doyle Haynes was an American comedy entertainer and musician who gained fame on radio and television as a country and jazz guitarist and as the character Homer of the country…
Henry D. "Homer" Haynes, American comedian and musician (died 1971)
Andrew Victor McLaglen was a British-born American film and television director. He was best known for his Westerns and adventure films, often starring John Wayne or James Stewart.
Andrew V. McLaglen, English-American director and producer (died 2014)
Neville Jeffress was an Australian advertising executive and the founder of Media Monitors Australia, now called Isentia.
Neville Jeffress, Australian businessman (died 2007)
Walter Schuck was a German military aviator who served in the Luftwaffe from 1937 until the end of World War II. As a fighter ace, he claimed 206 enemy aircraft shot down in over 5…
Walter Schuck, German lieutenant and pilot (died 2015)