Explore 2115 historical events from 1920–1929.
Federico Martín Bahamontes, born Alejandro Martín Bahamontes, was a Spanish professional road racing cyclist. He won the 1959 Tour de France and a total of 11 Grand Tour stages bet…
Federico Bahamontes, Spanish cyclist (died 2023)
Vince Edwards was an American actor, director, and singer. He was best known for his TV role as Dr. Ben Casey and as Major Cliff Bricker in the 1968 war film The Devil's Brigade.
Vince Edwards, American actor, singer, and director (died 1996)
Donald Fifield Bolles was an American investigative reporter for The Arizona Republic newspaper who was known for his coverage of organized crime in and around Phoenix, Arizona, es…
Don Bolles, American investigative reporter (died 1976)
Bernard Buffet was a French painter, printmaker, and sculptor. An extremely prolific artist, he produced a varied and extensive body of work. His style was exclusively figurative a…
Bernard Buffet, French painter and illustrator (died 1999)
Alejandro de Tomaso was an Argentine racing driver and businessman. His name is sometimes seen in an Italianised form as Alessandro de Tomaso. He participated in two Formula One Wo…
Alejandro de Tomaso, Argentinian-Italian race car driver and businessman, founded De Tomaso (died 2003)
Moshe Greenberg was an American rabbi, Bible scholar, and professor emeritus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Moshe Greenberg, American-Israeli rabbi and scholar (died 2010)
John Glenn was an American professional baseball player who played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder. Over the course of 15 minor league seasons, he made appearances in 32 …
John Glenn, American baseball player (died 2023)
Greville Ewan Janner, Baron Janner of Braunstone, was a British politician, barrister and writer. He became a Labour Party Member of Parliament for Leicester in the 1970 general el…
Greville Janner, Baron Janner of Braunstone, Welsh-English lawyer and politician (died 2015)
Carl "Bobo" Olson was an American boxer. He was the World Middleweight champion between October 1953 and December 1955, the longest reign of any champion in that division during th…
Bobo Olson, American boxer (died 2002)
Frank Rosenblatt was an American psychologist notable in the field of artificial intelligence. He is sometimes called the father of deep learning for his pioneering work on artific…
Frank Rosenblatt, Psychologist and Computer Scientist, AI pioneer (died 1971)
Andrea Ofilada Veneracion was a Filipino choral conductor and a recipient of the 1999 National Artist for Music award. She founded the Philippine Madrigal Singers in 1963. She was …
Andrea Veneracion, Filipina choirmaster (died 2014)
Sir James William Alexander Burnet, known as Alastair Burnet, was a British journalist and broadcaster, who had a career working in news and current affairs programmes, including a…
Alastair Burnet, English journalist (died 2012)
Elias James Corey is an American organic chemist. In 1990, he won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his development of the theory and methodology of organic synthesis", specificall…
Elias James Corey, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Imero (Immie) Fiorentino was an American lighting designer, considered one of the most respected pioneers and leaders in the American entertainment industry. Beginning his career a…
Imero Fiorentino, American lighting designer (died 2013)
Robert Edward Crane was an American actor, drummer, radio personality, disc jockey and star of the CBS sitcom Hogan's Heroes.
Bob Crane, American actor (died 1978)
Sven Viktor Davidson was a Swedish tennis player who became the first Swede to win a Grand Slam title when he won the French Championships in 1957, beating Ashley Cooper and Herber…
Sven Davidson, Swedish-American tennis player (died 2008)
John Lewis Gilbert III is an American show business personality who has worked mainly on television game shows. Originally a nightclub singer and entertainer, he has hosted and ann…
Johnny Gilbert, American game show host and announcer
Albert Floyd Piccirilli, also known by his stage name Al Rex, was an American bass player for Bill Haley & His Comets and its predecessor Bill Haley and the Saddlemen.
Al Rex, American musician (died 2020)
Nancy Ann Olson is an American retired actress. She made her film debut Canadian Pacific (1949), before gaining prominence as Betty Schaefer in Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard (195…
Nancy Olson, American actress
William Rees-Mogg, Baron Rees-Mogg was a British newspaper journalist who was Editor of The Times from 1967 to 1981. In the late 1970s, he served as High Sheriff of Somerset, and i…
William Rees-Mogg, English journalist and public servant (died 2012)
Carl Richard Woese was an American microbiologist and biophysicist. Woese defined the Archaea in 1977 through a pioneering phylogenetic taxonomy of 16S ribosomal RNA, a technique t…
Carl Woese, American microbiologist and biophysicist (died 2012)
Dr. Veeramachaneni Vimala Devi was an Indian parliamentarian. She was elected to the 3rd Lok Sabha from Eluru constituency as a member of Communist Party of India in 1962.
Viramachaneni Vimla Devi, Indian parliamentarian (died 1967)
Anita Brookner was an English novelist and art historian. She was Slade Professor of Fine Art at the University of Cambridge from 1967 to 1968 and was the first woman to hold this …
Anita Brookner, English novelist and art historian (died 2016)
Bella Mikhaylovna Davidovich is a Soviet-American pianist.
Bella Davidovich, Soviet-American pianist