Explore 4052 historical events from 1920–1929.
Sir John Harold Horlock FRS FREng was a British professor of mechanical engineering, and was vice-chancellor of both the Open University and the University of Salford, as well as v…
John Horlock, English engineer and academic (died 2015)
Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Yussuff Izzuddin Shah Ghafarullahu-lah was Sultan of Perak from 1984 until his death in 2014, the ninth Yang di-Pertuan Agong, from 1989…
Azlan Shah of Perak, Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia (died 2014)
Robert Eugene Byrne was an American chess player and chess author who held the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM). He won the U.S. Championship in 1972, and was a World Chess Champions…
Robert Byrne, American chess player and author (died 2013)
John Thomas Gavin was an Irish footballer who spent most of his career in England. He played for Janesboro United, Limerick, Ireland, Norwich City, Watford, Tottenham Hotspur, Crys…
Johnny Gavin, Irish international footballer (died 2007)
An iron lung is negative pressure ventilator and mechanical respirator which encloses most of the patient's body. The air pressure inside the enclosed space stimulates breathing. T…
An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Boston Children's Hospital.
LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin was a German passenger-carrying hydrogen-filled rigid airship that flew from 1928 to 1937. It offered the first commercial transatlantic passenger flight servi…
The airship Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.
"Indonesia Raya" is the national anthem of Indonesia. It has been the national anthem since the Proclamation of Indonesian Independence on 17 August 1945. The song was introduced b…
Indonesia Raya, now the national anthem of Indonesia, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.
William John Trevor "Jack" Evans was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman and coach who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League for the New York Rangers and Chicag…
Jack Evans, Welsh-Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1996)
Estelle Harris was an American actress and comedian, known for her exaggeratedly shrill voice. She was best known for her role as Estelle Costanza on Seinfeld. Her other roles incl…
Estelle Harris, American actress and comedian (died 2022)
Shirley Temple Black was an American actress, singer, dancer, politician, and diplomat, who was Hollywood's number-one box-office draw as a child actress from 1934 to 1938. Later, …
Shirley Temple, American actress, singer, dancer, and diplomat (died 2014)
Thomas Henderson Docherty, commonly known as "The Doc", was a Scottish football player and manager. Docherty played for several clubs, most notably Preston North End, and represent…
Tommy Docherty, Scottish footballer and manager (died 2020)
Edwin Parker "Cy" Twombly Jr. was an American painter, sculptor, and photographer.
Cy Twombly, American-Italian painter and sculptor (died 2011)
Yves Klein was a French artist and an important figure in post-war European art. He was a leading member of the French artistic movement of Nouveau réalisme, founded in 1960 by ar…
Yves Klein, French painter (died 1962)
Eugene Merle Shoemaker was an American geologist. He co-discovered Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 with his wife Carolyn S. Shoemaker and David H. Levy. This comet hit Jupiter in July 1994:…
Eugene Merle Shoemaker, American geologist and astronomer (died 1997)
John Arnold Griffin III was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Nicknamed "the Little Giant" for his short stature and forceful playing, Griffin began his career in the mid-1940s a…
Johnny Griffin, American saxophonist (died 2008)
Anahit Georgievna Perikhanian was a Soviet-born Armenian academic. An Iranologist, Perikhanian specialized in Sasanian jurisprudence, history and society. In addition to her work o…
Anahit Perikhanian, Russian-born Armenian Iranologist (died 2012)
Carl Edward Gardner was an American singer, best known as the foremost member and founder of The Coasters. Known for the 1958 song "Yakety Yak", which spent a week as number one on…
Carl Gardner, American singer (died 2011)
Heinz Siegfried Wolff, was a German-born British scientist as well as a television and radio presenter. He was best known for the BBC television series The Great Egg Race.
Heinz Wolff, German-English physiologist, engineer, and academic (died 2017)
Hugh John Blagdon Hood, OC was a Canadian novelist, short story writer, essayist and university professor.
Hugh Hood, Canadian author and academic (died 2000)
Orlando Sirola was an Italian tennis player.
Orlando Sirola, Italian tennis player (died 1995)
James Hugh Loden, known professionally as Sonny James, was an American country music singer and songwriter best known for his 1957 hit, "Young Love", topping both the Billboard Hot…
Sonny James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2016)
Dave Dudley was an American country music singer best known for his truck-driving country anthems of the 1960s and 1970s and his somewhat-slurred bass. His signature song was "Six …
Dave Dudley, American singer-songwriter (died 2003)
Jacques-Louis Lions was a French mathematician who made contributions to the theory of partial differential equations and to stochastic control, among other areas. He received the …
Jacques-Louis Lions, French mathematician (died 2001)
Walter Maynard Ferguson CM was a Canadian jazz trumpeter and bandleader. He came to prominence in Stan Kenton's orchestra before forming his own big band in 1957. He was noted for …
Maynard Ferguson, Canadian trumpet player and bandleader (died 2006)