Explore 864 historical events from 1920–1929.
Evelyn Boyd Granville was an American mathematician and computer scientist. She was the second African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics from an American university;…
Evelyn Boyd Granville, American mathematician, computer scientist, and academic (died 2023)
Terry Southern was an American novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and university lecturer, noted for his distinctive satirical style. Part of the Paris postwar literary movement in …
Terry Southern, American novelist, essayist, and screenwriter (died 1995)
Theodore Meir Bikel was an Austrian-American actor, singer, and political activist.
Theodore Bikel, Austrian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 2015)
Sir Arthur Henry Hugh Cortazzi, was a British diplomat. He was also a distinguished international businessman, academic, author and prominent Japanologist. He was Ambassador from t…
Hugh Cortazzi, English soldier, historian, and diplomat, British Ambassador to Japan (died 2018)
Yehuda Amichai was an Israeli poet and author, one of the first to write in colloquial Hebrew in modern times. Yehuda Amichai, the poet of everyday life, love, and death, is the mo…
Yehuda Amichai, German-Israeli author and poet (died 2000)
Robert Kenneth Tyrrell was a British Formula Two racing driver and the founder of the Tyrrell Formula One constructor.
Ken Tyrrell, English race car driver, founded Tyrrell Racing (died 2001)
Nestor Basterretxea Arzadun was a Basque artist, born in Bermeo, Biscay, Basque Country. In the 1950s and 1960s, he spearheaded along with other artists such as Jorge Oteiza, Remig…
Nestor Basterretxea, Spanish painter and sculptor (died 2014)
Patricia Helen Lawford was an American socialite. She was a sister of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and Senator Ted Kennedy, as well as a sister-in-law of J…
Patricia Helen Kennedy, American socialite, activist, and author (died 2006)
Antony Hewish was a British radio astronomer who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1974 for his role in the discovery of pulsars. He was also awarded the Eddington Medal of the Ro…
Antony Hewish, English astronomer and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2021)
Bulat Shalvovich Okudzhava was a Soviet and Russian poet, writer, musician, novelist, and singer-songwriter of Georgian-Armenian ancestry. He was one of the founders of the Soviet …
Bulat Okudzhava, Russian singer, poet, and author (died 1997)
Anthony John Hancock was an English comedian and actor.
Tony Hancock, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 1968)
Harry Heinz Schwarz was a South African lawyer, statesman, and long-time political opposition leader against apartheid in South Africa who eventually served as the South African Am…
Harry Schwarz, South African anti-apartheid leader, lawyer, and Ambassador (died 2010)
Maria Koepcke was a German ornithologist known for her work with Neotropical bird species. Koepcke was a well-respected authority in South American ornithology and her work is stil…
Maria Koepcke, German-Peruvian ornithologist and zoologist (died 1971)
Roy Thomas Frank Bentley was an English football player and manager.
Roy Bentley, English footballer (died 2018)
Francis Leonard Tombs, Baron Tombs was an English industrialist and politician who served as a crossbench member of the House of Lords from 1990 until his retirement in 2015.
Francis Tombs, Baron Tombs, English engineer and politician (died 2020)
Priscilla Marie Pointer was an American actress of theater, film and television.
Priscilla Pointer, American actress (died 2025)
John Francis Whitaker was an American sportscaster who worked for both CBS and ABC. Whitaker was a decorated army veteran of World War II. He fought in the Normandy Campaign and wa…
Jack Whitaker, American sportscaster (died 2019)
Barbara Joyce Bachmann was a lecturer at Yale University, UC Berkeley, Columbia and NYU, and is best known as director of the E. coli Genetic Stock Center and for publishing editio…
Barbara Bachmann, American microbiologist (died 1999)
Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara was a Gambian politician who served as prime minister from 1962 to 1970, and then as the first President of The Gambia from 1970 to 1994, when he was overt…
Dawda Jawara, 1st President of the Gambia (died 2019)
Alexander Galbraith "Sandy" Wilson was an English composer and lyricist, best known for his musical The Boy Friend (1953).
Sandy Wilson, English composer and songwriter (died 2014)
David Chavchavadze was a British-born American author and a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer of Georgian-Russian origin.
David Chavchavadze, English-American CIA officer and author (died 2014)
Zelmar Raúl Michelini Guarch was a Uruguayan reporter and politician, assassinated in Buenos Aires in 1976 as part of Operation Condor.
Zelmar Michelini, Uruguayan journalist and politician (died 1976)
Mary Margaret "Peggy" Cass was an American actress, comedian, game show panelist, and announcer.
Peggy Cass, American actress, comedian, and game show panelist (died 1999)
Karl Heinrich Leopold Deschner was a German researcher and writer who achieved public attention in Europe for his trenchant and fiercely critical treatment of Christianity in gener…
Karlheinz Deschner, German author and activist (died 2014)