Explore 864 historical events from 1920–1929.
Mrs Dalloway is a novel by Virginia Woolf published on 14 May 1925. It details a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway, a fictional upper-class woman in post-First World War England…
Mrs Dalloway, one of Virginia Woolf's earliest and best-known novels, was published
Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi was an Italian composer, choirmaster and string player. A composer of both secular and sacred music, and a pioneer in the development of opera, …
The first modern performance of Claudio Monteverdi's opera Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria occurred in Paris
Communism is a political and economic ideology whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a socioeconomic order centered on common ownership of the means of production, dis…
During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, Bulgaria, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded
The Communist Party of Korea was a communist party in Korea founded during a secret meeting in Seoul in 1925. The Governor-General of Korea had banned communist and socialist parti…
The Communist Party of Korea (CPK) was founded in Japanese-ruled Korea (Chōsen) in Keijō (now Seoul) by Kim Yong-bom and
Colo-Colo, officially Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo, is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano, it competes in the Chi…
Colo-Colo, the most successful and popular soccer football team in the South American nation of Chile, was founded at th
Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg was a German military officer and statesman who led the Imperial German Army during World War I and later became Preside…
Paul von Hindenburg defeats Wilhelm Marx in the second round of the German presidential election to become the first dir
The All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) is the national trade union center and people's organization of the People's Republic of China. It is the largest trade union in th…
The All-China Federation of Trade Unions is officially founded
René Anis Moawad was a Lebanese politician who served as the 9th president of Lebanon for seventeen days, from 5 to 22 November 1989, before his assassination by unknown assailants…
René Moawad, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 13th President of Lebanon (died 1989)
Marcus Schmuck was an Austrian mountaineer. In 1957, together with Hermann Buhl he organized the expedition, firstly envisaged and initiated by Buhl, to climb the world's 12th high…
Marcus Schmuck, Austrian mountaineer and author (died 2005)
Hugh O'Brian was an American actor and humanitarian who starred in the ABC Western television series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955–1961) and the NBC action television ser…
Hugh O'Brian, American actor (died 2016)
Ernest Alfred Stautner was a German-American professional football player and coach. He played as a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for the Pittsburgh Steele…
Ernie Stautner, German-American football player and coach (died 2006)
Doktor Faust is an opera by Ferruccio Busoni with a German libretto by the composer, based on the myth of Faust. Busoni worked on the opera, which he intended as his masterpiece, b…
The opera Doktor Faust, unfinished when composer Ferruccio Busoni died, is premiered in Dresden
The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes, commonly known as the Scopes trial or Scopes Monkey Trial, was an American legal case from July 10 to July 21, 1925, in which a high s…
Scopes Trial: John T
The May Thirtieth Movement was a major labor and anti-imperialist movement during the middle-period of the Republic of China era. It began when the Shanghai Municipal Police opened…
May Thirtieth Movement: Shanghai Municipal Police Force shoot and kill 13 protesting workers
Elena Angela Verdugo was an American actress, who began in films at the age of five in Cavalier of the West (1931). Her career in radio, television, and film spanned six decades.
Elena Verdugo, American actress (died 2017)
Sir Anthony Frank Mason was an Australian judge who served as the ninth Chief Justice of Australia, in office from 1987 to 1995. He was first appointed to the High Court in 1972, h…
Anthony Mason, Australian soldier and judge, 9th Chief Justice of Australia (died 2026)
Major-General Sir John Swinton of Kimmerghame, was a British Army officer who served as Major-General commanding the Household Division and General Officer Commanding London Distri…
John Swinton of Kimmerghame, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berwickshire (died 2018)
Franco Leccese was an Italian sprinter.
Franco Leccese, Italian sprinter (died 1992)
Anthony Martin Grosvenor Christopher, Baron Christopher of Leckhampton, is a British businessman, trade unionist, tax official, and Labour life peer. As of 2025, he is the oldest s…
Tony Christopher, Baron Christopher, English trade union leader and businessman
Louis O'Neill was a Canadian university professor, writer, priest and politician. O'Neill was a member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1976–1981 and held two cabinet posts.
Louis O'Neil, Canadian academic and politician (died 2018)
Vladimir Grigorevich Boltyansky, also transliterated as Boltyanski, Boltyanskii, or Boltjansky, was a Soviet and Russian mathematician, educator and author of popular mathematical …
Vladimir Boltyansky, Russian mathematician, educator and author (died 2019)
Gerard Leon Cafesjian was a businessman and philanthropist who founded the Cafesjian Family Foundation (CFF), the Cafesjian Museum Foundation (CMF) and the Cafesjian Center for the…
Gerard Cafesjian, American businessman and philanthropist (died 2013)
Michele Ferrero was an Italian billionaire businessman. He owned the chocolate manufacturer Ferrero SpA, Europe's second-largest confectionery company, which he developed from the …
Michele Ferrero, Italian entrepreneur (died 2015)
Sammy Drechsel, born Karl-Heinz Kamke, was a German political comedian, journalist and sports reporter. In 1956, together with Dieter Hildebrandt, he founded the Münchner Lach- und…
Sammy Drechsel, German comedian and journalist (died 1986)