Explore 2115 historical events from 1920–1929.
Charles Elzer Loudermilk, known professionally as Charlie Louvin, was an American country music singer and songwriter. He is best known as one of the Louvin Brothers, and was a mem…
Charlie Louvin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2011)
Carl Hilding "Doc" Severinsen is an American retired jazz trumpeter who led the NBC Orchestra on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
Doc Severinsen, American trumpet player and conductor
Maurice Hayes was an Irish public servant and, late in life, an independent member of both the 21st and 22nd Seanad. Hayes was nominated by the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, in 1997 and…
Maurice Hayes, Irish educator and politician (died 2017)
Robert Joseph Beckham was an American country music publisher based in Nashville, who mentored generations of songwriters as head of Combine Music Publishing from 1964 to 1989. He …
Bob Beckham, American country singer (died 2013)
Luigia "Gina" Lollobrigida was an Italian actress, model, photojournalist, and sculptor. She was one of the highest-profile European actresses of the 1950s and 1960s, a period in w…
Gina Lollobrigida, Italian actress and photographer (died 2023)
Marvin Neil Simon was an American playwright, screenwriter and author. He wrote more than 30 plays and nearly the same number of movie screenplays, mostly film adaptations of his p…
Neil Simon, American playwright and screenwriter (died 2018)
Johannes Hendrikus (Hein) Donner was a Dutch chess grandmaster and writer. He was born in The Hague. His father Jan Donner was a prominent Dutch politician and judge. Donner won th…
Jan Hein Donner, Dutch chess player and journalist (died 1988)
Jeanette Helen Morrison, known professionally as Janet Leigh, was an American actress, businesswoman and author. Leigh was established as one of the earliest scream queens for star…
Janet Leigh, American actress and author (died 2004)
Edmund Dantes Urick, known professionally as Ed Ames or Eddie Ames, was an American pop singer and actor. He was known for playing Mingo in the television series Daniel Boone, and …
Ed Ames, American singer and actor (died 2023)
Leonard Patrick "Red" Kelly was a Canadian professional hockey player and coach. Kelly won eight Stanley Cups, four each with Detroit and then Toronto. These cup victories are more…
Red Kelly, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and politician (died 2019)
Grigory Isaakovich Barenblatt was a Russian mathematician.
Grigory Barenblatt, Russian mathematician and academic (died 2018)
David Norman Dinkins was an American politician, lawyer, and author who served as the 107th mayor of New York City from 1990 to 1993.
David Dinkins, American soldier and politician, 106th Mayor of New York City (died 2020)
William Smithers was an American actor best known for his recurring roles as David Schuster in Peyton Place from 1965 to 1966 and as Jeremy Wendell in the television series Dallas …
William Smithers, American actor
Patrick Layton Paulsen was an American comedian and satirist known for his roles on several of the Smothers Brothers television shows, and for his satirical campaigns for President…
Pat Paulsen, American comedian (died 1997)
William Smithers was an American actor best known for his recurring roles as David Schuster in Peyton Place from 1965 to 1966 and as Jeremy Wendell in the television series Dallas …
William Smithers, American actor (died 2026)
Christopher Leonard was an English footballer who made 26 appearances in the Football League playing as a centre half for Darlington in the 1950s. He also played non-league footbal…
Chris Leonard, English footballer (died 1987)
Theodore Harold Maiman was an American engineer and physicist who is widely credited with the invention of the laser. Maiman's laser led to the subsequent development of many other…
Theodore Maiman, American-Canadian physicist and engineer (died 2007)
Herbert Thorson Blomstedt is an American-born Swedish conductor of classical music. He was conductor of the Staatskapelle Dresden, the San Francisco Symphony and the Leipzig Gewand…
Herbert Blomstedt, Swedish conductor
Françoys Joseph Arthur Maurice Bernier was a Canadian pianist, conductor, radio producer, arts administrator, and music educator. He served as the music director of the Montreal Fe…
Françoys Bernier, Canadian pianist, conductor, and educator (died 1993)
Secondo "Conte" Candoli was an American jazz trumpeter based on the West Coast. He played in the big bands of Woody Herman, Stan Kenton, Benny Goodman, and Dizzy Gillespie, and in …
Conte Candoli, American trumpet player (died 2001)
John Elvin Harshman was an American Major League Baseball pitcher with the New York Giants, Chicago White Sox, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, and Cleveland Indians between 1948…
Jack Harshman, American baseball player (died 2013)
Harley Norman Hotchkiss was a Canadian business and community leader who was best known for his contributions to health and sports development in Canada. He was part of the consort…
Harley Hotchkiss, Canadian businessman (died 2011)
Simone Veil was a French magistrate, Holocaust survivor, and politician. Deported as a teenager to Auschwitz-Birkenau and later Bergen-Belsen, she became a prominent advocate for h…
Simone Veil, French lawyer and politician, President of the European Parliament (died 2017)
Ian Manley Reed was a discus thrower, who represented Australia at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He won the gold medal at the 1950 Commonwealth Games in the men's discus throw event.
Ian Reed, Australian discus thrower (died 2020)