Explore 3197 historical events from 1920–1929.
Harold Owen Luder was a British architect who designed a number of notable and sometimes controversial buildings in the United Kingdom in the 1960s and 1970s, many in an uncompromi…
Owen Luder, English architect, designed Tricorn Centre and Trinity Square (died 2021)
James Randi was a Canadian-American stage magician, author, and scientific skeptic who extensively challenged paranormal and pseudoscientific claims. He was the co-founder of the C…
James Randi, Canadian-American stage magician and author (died 2020)
Robert Joseph Cousy is an American former professional basketball player. He played point guard for the Boston Celtics from 1950 to 1963, and briefly with the Cincinnati Royals dur…
Bob Cousy, American basketball player and coach
Camilla Dolores Wicks was an American violinist, and one of the first female violinists to establish a major international career. Her performing career included solo appearances w…
Camilla Wicks, American violinist and educator (died 2020)
Dolores Mae Wilson was an American coloratura soprano who had an active international opera career from the late 1940s through the early 1960s. Beginning her career with major thea…
Dolores Wilson, American soprano and actress (died 2010)
Jimmy Ray Dean was an American country music singer, songwriter, television host, actor and businessman. He was the creator of the Jimmy Dean sausage brand as well as the spokesman…
Jimmy Dean, American singer, actor, and businessman, founded the Jimmy Dean Food Company (died 2010)
Edwin Jack "Eddie" Fisher was an American singer and actor. Popular during the 1950s, he sold millions of records and hosted his own TV show, The Eddie Fisher Show. Fisher had mult…
Eddie Fisher, American singer and actor (died 2010)
Gerino Gerini was a racing driver from Italy.
Gerino Gerini, Italian racing driver (died 2013)
Augustino Eugenio "Gus" Mercurio was an American-Australian chiropractor, actor, boxing referee, boxing judge, and sports commentator. He was equally prominent as a character actor…
Gus Mercurio, American-Australian actor (died 2010)
Charles Raymond Blackman was an Australian painter, noted for the Schoolgirl, Avonsleigh and Alice in Wonderland series of the 1950s. He was a member of the Antipodeans, a group of…
Charles Blackman, Australian painter and illustrator (died 2018)
Robert Ray Buhl was an American right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played with the Milwaukee Braves, Chicago Cubs, and Philadelphia Phillies.
Bob Buhl, American baseball player (died 2001)
Daniel Mayer Cherkoss, known by his pen name Dan Curtis, was an American television and film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was best known as the creator of the gothic so…
Dan Curtis, American director and producer (died 2006)
John Alan Tidmarsh was a British broadcaster and journalist who spent ten years with domestic radio and television and more than thirty years with the BBC World Service magazine pr…
John Tidmarsh, English journalist and radio host (died 2019)
Arcangela Felice Assunta "Lina" Wertmüller was an Italian film director and screenwriter. She is best known for her 1970s art house films Seven Beauties, The Seduction of Mimi, Lo…
Lina Wertmüller, Italian director and screenwriter (died 2021)
Carl Joachim Classen was a German classical scholar.
Carl Joachim Classen, German scholar and academic (died 2013)
Malcolm Glazer was an American businessman and sports team owner. He was the president and chief executive officer of First Allied Corporation, a holding company for his varied bus…
Malcolm Glazer, American businessman and sports team owner (died 2014)
Nicolas Jack Roeg was an English film director and cinematographer, best known for directing Performance (1970), Walkabout (1971), Don't Look Now (1973), The Man Who Fell to Earth …
Nicolas Roeg, English director and cinematographer (died 2018)
Anne Marie Blythe, known professionally as Ann Blyth, was an American actress and singer whose career spanned five decades. She began her career in radio as a child before transiti…
Ann Blyth, American actress and singer (died 2026)
Eydie Gormé was an American singer who achieved notable success in pop, Latin, and jazz genres. She sang solo and in the duo Steve and Eydie with her husband, Steve Lawrence, on al…
Eydie Gormé, American singer (died 2013)
Ara Güler was a Turkish photojournalist of Armenian descent, nicknamed "the Eye of Istanbul". He is known for his black-and-white photographs of Istanbul, as well as photographic p…
Ara Güler, Turkish photographer and journalist (died 2018)
Eddie Kirkland was an American electric blues guitarist, harmonicist, singer, and songwriter.
Eddie Kirkland, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2011)
Thomas Jefferson "T.J." Anderson, Jr. is an American composer, conductor, orchestrator and educator.
T. J. Anderson, American composer, conductor, and educator
Willem Duys was a Dutch radio and television presenter, commentator, tennis player and music producer.
Willem Duys, Dutch tennis player, sportscaster, and producer (died 2011)
Wyatt Tee Walker was an African-American pastor, national civil rights leader, theologian, and cultural historian. He was a chief of staff for Martin Luther King Jr., and in 1958 b…
Wyatt Tee Walker, American pastor, theologian, and activist (died 2018)