Explore 4052 historical events from 1920–1929.
Betty Freeman was an American philanthropist and photographer. She had originally trained to be a concert pianist, practicing six to eight hours per day for twenty years, but event…
Betty Freeman, American photographer and philanthropist (died 2009)
Roland Frederick Godfrey MBE, known as Bob Godfrey, was an English animator whose career spanned more than fifty years. He is probably best known for the children's cartoon series …
Bob Godfrey, Australian-English animator, director, and voice actor (died 2013)
Thomas Uren was an Australian politician and Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party from 1975 to 1977. Uren served as the Member for Reid in the Australian House of Representa…
Tom Uren, Australian soldier, boxer, and politician (died 2015)
Baroness Alida Maria Laura Altenburger von Marckenstein-Frauenberg, better known by her stage name Alida Valli, or simply Valli, was an Italian actress who appeared in more than 10…
Alida Valli, Austrian-Italian actress and singer (died 2006)
Nelson Smock Riddle Jr. was an American arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator whose career stretched from the late 1940s to the mid-1980s. He worked with many vocalists a…
Nelson Riddle, American composer and bandleader (died 1985)
Ernest Andrew Royal was a jazz trumpeter. His older brother was clarinetist and alto saxophonist Marshal Royal, with whom he appears on the classic Ray Charles big band recording T…
Ernie Royal, American trumpet player (died 1983)
Sir Sigmund Sternberg was a Hungarian-British philanthropist, interfaith campaigner, businessman and Labour Party donor.
Sigmund Sternberg, Hungarian-English businessman and philanthropist (died 2016)
András Szennay was a Hungarian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was born in Budapest and ordained a priest on 19 November 1944. Szennay was appointed Abbot nullius and Arch…
András Szennay, Hungarian priest (died 2012)
Forbes Carlile MBE was Australia's first post-World War II Olympics swimming coach and later Australia's first competitor in the modern pentathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics in He…
Forbes Carlile, Australian pentathlete and coach (died 2016)
Milan Komar, also known as Emilio Komar was a Slovene Argentine Catholic philosopher and essayist.
Milan Komar, Slovenian-Argentinian philosopher and academic (died 2006)
Gordon Barton McLendon was an American radio broadcaster. Nicknamed "the Maverick of Radio", McLendon is widely credited for perfecting, during the 1950s and 1960s, the commerciall…
Gordon McLendon, American broadcaster and businessman (died 1986)
Olga Nida Carmena Nardone was an American actress and one of the last surviving Munchkins from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, in which she played a member of the Lullaby League. S…
Olga Nardone, American actress (died 2010)
LeRoy Neiman was an American artist known for his brilliantly colored, expressionist paintings and screenprints of athletes, musicians, and sporting events.
LeRoy Neiman, American painter (died 2012)
Robert Francis Wanzer was an American professional basketball player and coach. A five time NBA All-Star and three time All-NBA Second Team selection, Wanzer played his entire prof…
Bobby Wanzer, American basketball player and coach (died 2016)
Margaret Alexis Smith was an American actress, pin-up girl and singer. She appeared in several major Hollywood films in the 1940s and had a notable career on Broadway in the 1970s,…
Alexis Smith, Canadian-born American actress and singer (died 1993)
Suharto was an Indonesian military officer and politician who served as the second and longest-serving president of Indonesia from 1967 to 1998.
Suharto, Indonesian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Indonesia (died 2008)
Arthur Hertzberg was a Conservative rabbi and prominent Jewish-American scholar and activist.
Arthur Hertzberg, American rabbi and scholar (died 2006)
Jean Lacouture was a journalist, historian and author. He was particularly famous for his biographies.
Jean Lacouture, French journalist, historian, and author (died 2015)
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II and served as consort of the British monarch from her accession on 6 February 1952 until his death in 2021, …
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (died 2021)
Jean Robic was a French road racing cyclist who won the 1947 Tour de France. Robic was a professional cyclist from 1943 to 1961. His diminutive stature and appearance was encapsula…
Jean Robic, French cyclist (died 1980)
Talmage Holt Farlow was an American jazz guitarist. He was nicknamed "Octopus" because of how his large, quick hands spread over the fretboard.
Tal Farlow, American jazz guitarist (died 1998)
Luis García-Berlanga Martí was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. Acclaimed as a pioneer of modern Spanish cinema, his films are marked by social satire and acerbic critique…
Luis García Berlanga, Spanish director and screenwriter (died 2010)
James Archibald Houston was a Canadian artist, designer, children's author and filmmaker who played an important role in the recognition of Inuit art and introduced printmaking to …
James Archibald Houston, Canadian author and illustrator (died 2005)
Lennart Strand was a Swedish middle-distance runner who specialized in the 1500 m. In this event, he won the national title in 1945–47, 1949 and 1950 and the European title in 1946…
Lennart Strand, Swedish runner (died 2004)