Explore 3197 historical events from 1920–1929.
Muriel Faye Siebert was an American businesswoman who was the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), and the first woman to head one of the NYSE's member …
Muriel Siebert, American businesswoman and philanthropist (died 2013)
Ernest Maurice Vandeweghe Jr. was a Canadian professional basketball player. Vandeweghe was best known for playing for the New York Knicks of the NBA and for the athletic successes…
Ernie Vandeweghe, Canadian-American basketball player and physician (died 2014)
Joseph John Gerry, O.S.B., was an American Benedictine monk and prelate of the Catholic Church.
Joseph John Gerry, American Roman Catholic prelate (died 2023)
Robert Indiana was an American painter, sculptor and printmaker, associated with the pop art movement.
Robert Indiana, American painter and sculptor (died 2018)
Tzanibeis "Tzanis" Tzannetakis was a Greek politician who was briefly Prime Minister of Greece during the political crisis of 1989. He also served as a submarine commander in the H…
Tzannis Tzannetakis, Greek soldier and politician, 175th Prime Minister of Greece (died 2010)
Jay Cameron was an American jazz reed musician who played the baritone saxophone, bass clarinet, flute, and B-flat clarinet.
Jay Cameron, American reed player and saxophonist (died 2001)
Alberto Díaz Gutiérrez, better known as Alberto Korda or simply Korda, was a Cuban photographer, remembered for his famous image Guerrillero Heroico of Argentine Marxist revolution…
Alberto Korda, Cuban photographer (died 2001)
Sir Angus James Bruce Ogilvy was a British businessman, courtier, and philanthropist. He is best known as the husband of Princess Alexandra of Kent. Ogilvy is also remembered for h…
Angus Ogilvy, English businessman (died 2004)
Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley was an American jazz alto saxophonist of the hard bop era of the 1950s and 1960s.
Cannonball Adderley, American saxophonist and bandleader (died 1975)
Rex Trailer was an American regional television personality, broadcast pioneer, cowboy and Country and Western recording artist. He is best known as the host of the children's tele…
Rex Trailer, American television host, actor, and singer (died 2013)
Lady Gwen Thompson was the pseudonym of Phyllis Thompson, author and teacher of traditionalist initiatory witchcraft through her own organisation, the New England Covens of Traditi…
Lady Gwen Thompson, English author and educator (died 1986)
Patricia Ann McGowan Wald was an American lawyer and jurist who served as the chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1986 until…
Patricia Wald, American judge (died 2019)
Leonard Hobart Park Honan was an American academic and author who spent most of his career in the UK. He wrote widely on the lives of authors and poets and published important biog…
Park Honan, American author and academic (died 2014)
Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall was a British-born American actor, whose career spanned over 270 screen and stage roles across more than 60 years.
Roddy McDowall, English-American actor (died 1998)
Carlos Alberto Portugal Correia de Lacerda was a Portuguese poet and BBC Radio Presenter.
Alberto de Lacerda, Mozambican-Portuguese poet and radio host (died 2007)
Olga Ferri was an Argentine choreographer and ballet dancer. For decades she was the leading figure of the ballet at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, along with Esmeralda Agoglia,…
Olga Ferri, Argentinian dancer and choreographer (died 2012)
Donald Andrew Hall Jr. was an American poet, writer, editor, and literary critic. He was the author of more than 50 books across multiple genres including children's literature, bi…
Donald Hall, American poet, editor, and critic (died 2018)
Juarez Teixeira was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward.
Juarez Teixeira, Brazilian footballer (died 2026)
Henry Birks was a Canadian businessman and founder of Henry Birks and Sons, a chain of high-end Canadian jewellery stores.
Henry Birks, Canadian businessman, founded Henry Birks and Sons (born 1840)
Roman Steinberg, was an Estonian Greco-Roman wrestling bronze medal winner in middleweight class at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Steinberg was also three times Estoni…
Roman Steinberg, Estonian wrestler (born 1900)
Baron Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel was a Russian military officer of Baltic German descent. He served as a general in the anti-Bolshevik Volunteer Army during the Russian Civil War, …
Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel, Russian general (born 1878)
Mary Emma Jordan McConnel was an Australian trade unionist and suffragist. She was the first paid female trade union organiser in Queensland.
May Jordan McConnel, Australian trade unionist and suffragist (born 1860)
Umegatani Tōtarō I was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from the town of Haki, Chikuzen Province, now Shiwa, Fukuoka Prefecture. He was the sport's 15th yokozuna. He was gene…
Umegatani Tōtarō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (born 1845)
Li Yuanhong (Chinese: 黎元洪; pinyin: Lí Yuánhóng; Wade–Giles: Li2 Yüan2-hung2; courtesy name 宋卿; Sòngqīng; Sung4-ch'ing1; October 19, 1864 – June 3, 1928) was a prominent Chinese mil…
Li Yuanhong, Chinese general and politician, 2nd President of the Republic of China (born 1864)