Explore 2115 historical events from 1920–1929.
Georgy Timofeyevich Dobrovolsky was a Soviet cosmonaut who commanded the three-man crew of the Soyuz 11 spacecraft. They became the world's first space station crew aboard Salyut 1…
Georgy Dobrovolsky, Soviet Ukrainian pilot and astronaut (died 1971)
Steve Dodd was an Aboriginal Australian actor, notable for playing Aboriginal characters across seven decades of Australian film. After beginning his working life as a stockman and…
Steve Dodd, Australian actor and composer (died 2014)
Robert Alan Monkhouse was an English comedian, television presenter, writer and actor. He was the host of television game shows including The Golden Shot, Celebrity Squares, Family…
Bob Monkhouse, English actor and screenwriter (died 2003)
Kyung Won Lee was an American journalist who worked for mainstream daily publications in the continental United States. Lee was also the founding president of the Korean American J…
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Erzsébet "Erzsi" Kovács DRH was a Hungarian pop singer and performer. After an attempt to escape to the west in 1951, she was arrested and imprisoned for three years. Afterwards, s…
Erzsi Kovács, Hungarian singer (died 2014)
Ronald Sidney Maurice Reynolds was an English goalkeeper whose career spanned nearly 20 years; he played 290 League games for three professional clubs, and for most of the 1950s pl…
Ron Reynolds, English footballer (died 1999)
John Richard Reid was a New Zealand cricketer who captained New Zealand in 34 Test matches. He was New Zealand's eighth Test captain and the first to achieve victory, both at home,…
John Richard Reid, New Zealand cricketer (died 2020)
Karola Ruth Westheimer, better known as Dr. Ruth, was a German and American sex therapist and talk show host.
Ruth Westheimer, German-American sex therapist, talk show host, professor, author, and Holocaust survivor (died 2024)
Robert Lansing was an American stage, film, and television actor.
Robert Lansing, American actor (died 1994)
Cecil Antonio Richardson was an English theatre director and filmmaker, whose career spanned five decades. He was identified with the "angry young men" group of British directors a…
Tony Richardson, English-American director and producer (died 1991)
Donald Clarence Judd was an American artist associated with minimalism. In his work, Judd sought autonomy and clarity for the constructed object and the space created by it, ultima…
Donald Judd, American sculptor and painter (died 1994)
James Francis Ivory is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was a principal in Merchant Ivory Productions along with Indian film producer Ismail Merchant and s…
James Ivory, American director, producer, and screenwriter
Gustavo Gutiérrez-Merino Díaz was a Peruvian Catholic philosopher, theologian, and Dominican priest who was one of the founders of Latin American liberation theology. His 1971 book…
Gustavo Gutiérrez, Peruvian philosopher, theologian and priest (died 2024)
Mimi Mariani, Indonesian actress, model, and singer (died 1971)
Mimi Mariani, Indonesian actress, model, and singer (died 1971)
J. R. P. Suriyapperuma was a Sri Lankan politician who was a National List member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.
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Robert Geraint Gruffydd FLSW FBA was a scholar of Welsh language and literature. From 1970 to 1979, he was Professor of Welsh Language and Literature at the University of Wales, Ab…
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Maurice Bernard Sendak was an American author and illustrator of children's books. Born to Polish-Jewish parents, his childhood was impacted by the death of many of his family memb…
Maurice Sendak, American author and illustrator (died 2012)
Kate Wilhelm was an American author. She wrote novels and stories in the science fiction, mystery, and suspense genres, including the Hugo Award–winning Where Late the Sweet Birds …
Kate Wilhelm, American fiction author (Hugo Award winner) (died 2018)
Jackie Mason was an American stand-up comedian and actor.
Jackie Mason, American stand-up comedian (died 2021)
Fabiola Fernanda María-de-las-Victorias Antonia Adelaida de Mora y Aragón was Queen of the Belgians as the wife of King Baudouin from their marriage in 1960 until his death in 1993…
Queen Fabiola of Belgium (died 2014)
Vic Damone was an American traditional pop and big band singer and actor. He was best known for his performances of songs such as the number one hit "You're Breaking My Heart", and…
Vic Damone, American singer-songwriter and actor (died 2018)
Petros G. Molyviatis was a Greek politician and diplomat who served three times as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2004 to 2006, May to June 2012, and August to September 2015.
Petros Molyviatis, Greek politician and diplomat, Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs (died 2025)
Richard Morton Sherman was an American songwriter who specialized in musical films with his brother Robert B. Sherman. According to the official Walt Disney Company website and ind…
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Giacomo Biffi was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, having served as archbishop there from 1984 to 2003. He was elevated to t…
Giacomo Biffi, Italian cardinal (died 2015)