Explore 4052 historical events from 1920–1929.
Jim Shumate was a fiddler that played with Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys from 1943–1945. Shumate's main influences were Fiddlin' Arthur Smith, Curly Fox, and his uncle who pl…
Jim Shumate, American fiddler and composer (died 2013)
Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld was a Dutch astronomer and prolific discoverer of asteroids.
Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Dutch astronomer and academic (died 2015)
Georges Charles Brassens was a French singer-songwriter and poet.
Georges Brassens, French singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1981)
Aleksandr Semyonovich Kronrod was a Soviet mathematician and computer scientist, best known for the Gauss–Kronrod quadrature formula which he published in 1964. Earlier, he worked …
Aleksandr Kronrod, Russian mathematician and computer scientist (died 1986)
Harald Nugiseks was an Estonian serviceman in the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II. A Waffen-Oberscharführer (sergeant), he served in the 20th Waffen Grenadier Divisio…
Harald Nugiseks, Estonian sergeant (died 2014)
Edwin George Ditchburn was an English professional football goalkeeper who played for Northfleet United, Tottenham Hotspur, Romford, Brentwood Town and represented England on six o…
Ted Ditchburn, English footballer and manager (died 2005)
Rasipuram Krishnaswami Laxman was an Indian cartoonist, illustrator, and humorist. He was best known for his creation The Common Man and for his daily cartoon strip, You Said It in…
R. K. Laxman, Indian illustrator (died 2015)
Michael I was the last king of Romania, reigning from 20 July 1927 to 8 June 1930 and again from 6 September 1940 until his forced abdication on 30 December 1947.
Michael I of Romania (died 2017)
Joseph Franklin "Jumping Joe" Fulks was an American professional basketball player. The NBA's first scoring champion, he was sometimes called "the first of the high-scoring forward…
Joe Fulks, American basketball player (died 1976)
Azumafuji Kin'ichi was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Taitō, Tokyo. He was the sport's 40th yokozuna, and later a professional wrestler.
Azumafuji Kin'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 40th Yokozuna (died 1973)
Baselios Marthoma Didymus I born C. T. Thomas was the primate of the Malankara Orthodox Church from 2005 to 2010. He was the 7th Catholicos of the Malankara since the Catholicate …
Baselios Thoma Didymos I, Indian metropolitan (died 2014)
Deshamanya Balakumara Mahadeva was a leading Sri Lankan Tamil civil servant.
Baku Mahadeva, Sri Lankan civil servant and academic (died 2013)
William Henry Mauldin was an American editorial cartoonist who won two Pulitzer Prizes for his work. He was most famous for his World War II cartoons depicting American soldiers, a…
Bill Mauldin, American soldier and cartoonist (died 2003)
Valli Lember-Bogatkina was known as "The Grand Old Lady of Estonian watercolor". Her works are exhibited in cities around the world.
Valli Lember-Bogatkina (died 2016)
Emmanuel Giovanni Salvatore Pietro Dimech, also known as Manwel Dimech was a Maltese socialist, philosopher, journalist, writer, poet and social revolutionary. Born in Valletta and…
Manwel Dimech, Maltese journalist, author, and philosopher (born 1860)
Emmeline Blanche Woodward Harris Whitney Wells was an American journalist, editor, poet, women's rights advocate, and diarist. She served as the fifth Relief Society General Presid…
Emmeline B
Maurice Moore was an Irish republican who fought in the Irish War of Independence. In April 1921 Moore was executed in the military prison of Victoria Barracks after being captured…
Maurice Moore (Irish republican), executed member of the Irish Republican Army (born 1894)
Théodore Eugène Pilette was a Belgian racing driver and businessman. He started racing in 1903.
Théodore Pilette, Belgian race car driver (born 1883)
Alfred Hermann Fried was an Austrian Jewish pacifist, publicist, journalist, co-founder of the German peace movement, and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1911. Fried was also a …
Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian journalist and publicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1864)
Jean François Victor Aicard was a French poet, dramatist, and novelist.
Jean Aicard, French author, poet, and playwright (born 1848)
Karl Mantzius was a Danish actor, stage and film director, theatre scholar, and operatic baritone.
Karl Mantzius, Danish actor and director (born 1860)
August Nilsson was a Swedish track and field athlete and tug of war competitor who competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
August Nilsson, Swedish shot putter and tug of war competitor (born 1872)
Abbott Handerson Thayer was an American painter, naturalist, and teacher. As a painter of portraits, figures, animals, and landscapes, he enjoyed a certain prominence during his li…
Abbott Handerson Thayer, American painter and educator (born 1849)
Coenraad Christiaan Hiebendaal was a Dutch rower who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Dutch boat Minerva Amsterdam, which won the silver medal in the coxed …
Coenraad Hiebendaal, Dutch rower and physician (born 1879)