Explore 2115 historical events from 1920–1929.
Carlisle Sessions Floyd was an American composer primarily known for his operas. These stage works, for which he wrote not only the music but also the librettos, typically engage w…
Carlisle Floyd, American composer and educator (died 2021)
Amadeo Raúl Carrizo Larretape, popularly known by his first name "Amadeo", was an Argentine football goalkeeper and manager. Carrizo is considered a pioneer of the position, helpin…
Amadeo Carrizo, Argentine footballer (died 2020)
Jérôme Jean Louis Marie Lejeune was a French pediatrician and geneticist. He is best known for his work on the links between chromosome abnormalities like Down syndrome (trisomy-21…
Jérôme Lejeune, French pediatrician and geneticist (died 1994)
Donald Newcombe, nicknamed "Newk", was an American professional baseball pitcher who played ten non-consecutive seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He began his career in the N…
Don Newcombe, American baseball player (died 2019)
Alfred Thangarajah Duraiappah was a Sri Lankan lawyer who served as Mayor of Jaffna from 1970 until his assassination. He was also a Member of Parliament for Jaffna from 1960 to 19…
Alfred Duraiappah, Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician (died 1975)
Paul Edward Lynde was an American comedian, actor, and game-show panelist. A character actor with a distinctively campy and snarky persona that often poked fun at his closeted homo…
Paul Lynde, American actor and comedian (died 1982)
José Efraín Ríos Montt was a Guatemalan military officer who served as de facto President of Guatemala from 1982 to 1983. His brief tenure as chief executive was one of the bloodie…
Efraín Ríos Montt, Guatemalan general and politician, 26th President of Guatemala (died 2018)
Philip Bayard "Phil" Crosby was an American businessman and author who contributed to management theory and quality management practices.
Philip B
Allan Rex Sandage was an American astronomer. He was Staff Member Emeritus with the Carnegie Observatories in Pasadena, California. He determined the first reasonably accurate valu…
Allan Sandage, American astronomer and cosmologist (died 2010)
Thomas Grey Wicker was an American journalist. He was best known as a political reporter and columnist for The New York Times for nearly three decades.
Tom Wicker, American journalist and author (died 2011)
Erna Schneider Hoover is an American mathematician who invented a computerized telephone switching method which "revolutionized modern communication". It prevented system overloads…
Erna Schneider Hoover, American mathematician and inventor
Rehavam Ze'evi was an Israeli general and politician who founded the far-right nationalist Moledet party. He mainly advocated for complete cleansing of the Palestinian population t…
Rehavam Ze'evi, Israeli general and politician, 9th Israeli Minister of Tourism (died 2001)
Fred Cone was an American professional football player who was a fullback and placekicker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys. He pla…
Fred Cone, American football player (died 2021)
Conrad Lafcadio Hall, ASC was a French Polynesian-born American cinematographer. Named after writers Joseph Conrad and Lafcadio Hearn, he became widely prominent as a cinematograph…
Conrad Hall, French-American cinematographer (died 2003)
George Englund was an American film editor, director, producer, and actor.
George Englund, American film editor, director, producer and actor (died 2017)
Rachid Solh was a Lebanese politician and Prime Minister, kin of one of the most eminent Sunni Muslim families in the country several of whose members became prime ministers, and t…
Rachid Solh, Lebanese politician, 48th Prime Minister of Lebanon (died 2014)
Ernest Jackson Lawson Soulsby, Baron Soulsby of Swaffham Prior was a British microbiologist and parasitologist. In 1990 he was made a Conservative life peer and sat in the House of…
Lawson Soulsby, Baron Soulsby of Swaffham Prior, English microbiologist and parasitologist (died 2017)
Magda Herzberger, was a Romanian-born author, poet, lecturer, and composer. Herzberger was a survivor of the Auschwitz, Bremen, and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps. Her book Surv…
Magda Herzberger, Romanian author, poet and composer, survivor of the Holocaust (died 2021)
Annette Mbaye d’Erneville is a Senegalese writer. She is the mother of filmmaker Ousmane William Mbaye, and was the subject of his 2008 documentary film, Mère-Bi.
Annette Mbaye d'Erneville, Senegalese writer
Arnaldo Pomodoro was an Italian sculptor based in Milan. His signature works are Sphere Within Sphere, bronze spheres with smooth exterior and broken interiors. They are displayed …
Arnaldo Pomodoro, Italian sculptor (died 2025)
Ingeborg Bachmann was an Austrian poet and author. She is regarded as one of the major voices of German-language literature in the 20th century. In 1963, she was nominated for the …
Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian author and poet (died 1973)
Keppel Earl Enderby was an Australian politician and judge. Enderby was a member of the House of Representatives, representing the Australian Labor Party between 1970 and 1975 and …
Kep Enderby, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician, 23rd Attorney-General for Australia (died 2015)
Stig Oskar Sollander was a Swedish alpine skier who competed in the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Winter Olympics. He had his best results in the slalom, finishing fifth in 1952 and winning …
Stig Sollander, Swedish Alpine skier (died 2019)
Kenneth Clayton Baker was an American fiddle player best known for his 25-year tenure with Bill Monroe and his group The Blue Grass Boys.
Kenny Baker, American fiddler (died 2011)