Explore 2115 historical events from 1920–1929.
Miles Dewey Davis III was an American trumpeter, bandleader and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. In a…
Miles Davis, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (died 1991)
Caterina Irene Elena Maria Boyle, Lady Saunders, usually known as Katie Boyle, was an Italian-born British actress, writer, radio announcer and television personality. She became b…
Katie Boyle, Italian-English actress and television host (died 2018)
Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe was Queen of Tonga from 1965 to 2006, as the wife of King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV. She was the mother of kings George Tupou V and Tupou VI.
Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe, Queen Consort of Tonga (died 2017)
Abdoulaye Wade is a Senegalese politician who served as the third president of Senegal from 2000 to 2012. He is also the Secretary-General of the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS),…
Abdoulaye Wade, Senegalese academic and politician, 3rd President of Senegal
John Paul Gimble was an American country musician associated with Western swing. He was considered one of the most important fiddlers in the genre. He was inducted into the Rock an…
Johnny Gimble, American country/western swing musician (died 2015)
Reginald John Berry, also listed as John James Berry, was an English footballer. Berry joined Manchester United from Birmingham City in 1951. Despite his diminutive stature, he was…
Johnny Berry, English footballer (died 1994)
Marilyn Monroe was an American actress and model. Known for playing comic "blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s…
Marilyn Monroe, American model and actress (died 1962)
George Robb was a footballer who played outside left for Tottenham Hotspur and England. Robb represented Great Britain at the 1952 Olympic Games. He also had a career as a school…
George Robb, English international footballer and teacher (died 2011)
Andy Samuel Griffith was an American actor, comedian, television producer, singer, and writer whose career spanned seven decades in music and television. Known for his Southern dra…
Andy Griffith, American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter (died 2012)
Richard Schultz Schweiker was an American businessman and politician who served as the 14th U.S. secretary of health and human services under President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1…
Richard Schweiker, American soldier and politician, 14th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (died 2015
Chiyonoyama Masanobu was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Fukushima, Hokkaidō. He was the sport's 41st yokozuna, between 1951 until 1959. He is regarded as the first "mo…
Chiyonoyama Masanobu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 41st Yokozuna (died 1977)
Milo Donal O'Shea was an Irish actor. He received nomination for the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer for his breakthrough role of Leopold Bloom in Ulysses (1967), and was t…
Milo O'Shea, Irish-American actor (died 2013)
Irwin Allen Ginsberg was an American poet and writer. As a student at Columbia University in the 1940s, he began friendships with Lucien Carr, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac…
Allen Ginsberg, American poet (died 1997)
Flora Isabel MacDonald was a Canadian politician and humanitarian. Canada's first female foreign minister, she was also one of the first women to vie for leadership of a major Cana…
Flora MacDonald, Canadian banker and politician, 10th Canadian Minister of Communications (died 2015)
Robert Earl Hughes was an American man who was, during his lifetime, the heaviest human being recorded, weighing 1,071 pounds (486 kg). He remains the heaviest human in the world a…
Robert Earl Hughes, American who was the heaviest human being recorded in the history of the world during his lifetime (
Ain Kaalep was an Estonian poet, playwright, literary critic and translator.
Ain Kaalep, Estonian poet, playwright, and critic (died 2020)
Judith Malina was an American actress, director and writer. With her husband Julian Beck, Malina co-founded The Living Theatre, a radical political theatre troupe that rose to prom…
Judith Malina, German-American actress and director, co-founded The Living Theatre (died 2015)
Paul Soros was a Hungarian-born American mechanical engineer, inventor, businessman and philanthropist. Soros founded Soros Associates, which designs and develops bulk handling and…
Paul Soros, Hungarian-American engineer and businessman (died 2013)
Klaus Hermann Wilhelm Tennstedt was a German conductor from Merseburg. Known for his interpretation of the Austro-German repertoire, especially his sympathetic approaches towards G…
Klaus Tennstedt, German conductor (died 1998)
Jean-Noël Tremblay, was a Canadian politician, who made career at both the federal and the provincial levels.
Jean-Noël Tremblay, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2020)
Calvin "Fuzz" Jones was an American electric blues bassist and singer. He worked with many blues musicians, including Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, the Legendary Blues Band, Mississi…
Calvin "Fuzz" Jones, American singer and bass player (died 2010)
Margaretta Large "Happy" Rockefeller was a philanthropist who, as the wife of the 41st vice president of the United States, Nelson Rockefeller, served as second lady of the United …
Happy Rockefeller, American philanthropist, 31st Second Lady of the United States (died 2015)
Bruno Bartoletti was an Italian operatic conductor. His active international career lasted from 1953 to 2007, and he specialized in the Italian repertory and contemporary works. He…
Bruno Bartoletti, Italian conductor (died 2013)
Lionel Charles Jeffries was an English actor, director, and screenwriter. He appeared primarily in films and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his role in The Spy with a C…
Lionel Jeffries, English actor, screenwriter and film director (died 2010)