Explore 3197 historical events from 1920–1929.
Soshana Afroyim was an Austrian painter of the Modernism period. Soshana was a full-time artist and traveled frequently, exhibiting her work internationally. During her journeys, s…
Soshana Afroyim, Austrian painter (died 2015)
Leland Milo Hamilton was an American sportscaster, best known for calling play-by-play for seven different Major League Baseball teams from 1953 to 2012. He received the Ford C. Fr…
Milo Hamilton, American sportscaster (died 2015)
Francis Matthews was an English actor, best known for playing Paul Temple in the BBC television series of the same name and for voicing Captain Scarlet in Captain Scarlet and the M…
Francis Matthews, English actor (died 2014)
Alice Geisler Raftary was an American educator, based in Detroit, who specialized in education and rehabilitation for newly blind adults.
Alice Raftary, American educator of blind adults (died 2014)
John McCarthy was an American computer scientist and cognitive scientist. He was one of the founders of the discipline of artificial intelligence, and part of just a small group of…
John McCarthy, American computer scientist and academic (died 2011)
Ferenc Sánta was a Hungarian novelist and film screenwriter. He was awarded the József Attila Prize in 1956 and 1964, and the prestigious Kossuth Prize in 1973. He was born in Braṣ…
Ferenc Sánta, Hungarian author and screenwriter (died 2008)
Paul Adolph Volcker Jr. was an American economist who served as the 12th chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1979 to 1987. During his tenure as chairman, Volcker was widely credit…
Paul Volcker, American economist and academic (died 2019)
Eric Hill was an English author and illustrator of children's picture books. He was best known for his puppy character named Spot. His works have been widely praised for their cont…
Eric Hill, English-American author and illustrator (died 2014)
Claire L'Heureux-Dubé is a retired Canadian judge who served as a puisne justice on the Supreme Court of Canada from 1987 to 2002. She was the first woman from Quebec and the secon…
Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, Canadian lawyer and jurist
Harlan Perry Howard was an American songwriter, principally in country music. In a career spanning six decades, Howard is credited with writing more than 4,000 songs, over 100 of w…
Harlan Howard, American songwriter (died 2002)
Robert Lee Rock was an American politician who served as the Lieutenant Governor of Indiana from 1965 to 1969 and as the Mayor of Anderson, Indiana, from 1972 to 1980. He was the D…
Robert L. Rock, American politician, 42nd Lieutenant Governor of Indiana (died 2013)
Marguerite Straus Frank was a French-American mathematician who was a pioneer in convex optimization theory and mathematical programming.
Marguerite Frank, American-French mathematician (died 2024)
Elvin Ray Jones was an American jazz drummer of the post-bop era. Most famously a member of John Coltrane's quartet, with whom he recorded from late 1960 to late 1965, Jones appear…
Elvin Jones, American drummer and bandleader (died 2004)
John Keating was a Scottish musician, songwriter, arranger and trombonist.
Johnny Keating, Scottish trombonist, composer, and producer (died 2015)
Keith Victor Holman, MBE was an Australian Rugby League footballer, a national and state representative Halfback whose club career was played with Western Suburbs between 1949 and …
Keith Holman, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 2011)
Gerard David Schine, better known as G. David Schine or David Schine, was the wealthy heir to a hotel chain fortune who became a central figure in the Army–McCarthy hearings of 195…
G. David Schine, American soldier and businessman (died 1996)
Tatyana Ivanovna Zaslavskaya was a Russian economic sociologist and a theoretician of perestroika. She was the prime author of the Novosibirsk Report and several books on the econo…
Tatyana Zaslavskaya, Russian sociologist and economist (died 2013)
Mathé Altéry is a French soprano prominent in the 1950s and 1960s. Mathé Altéry is the daughter of French tenor Mario Altéry. In 1956, both Altéry and Dany Dauberson individually r…
Mathé Altéry, French soprano and actress
Laurinda de Jesus Balleroni, known professionally as Laura Cardoso, was a Brazilian actress. Regarded as a grande dame of Brazilian drama, she was a pioneer of television, working …
Laura Cardoso, Brazilian actress
Martin Caidin was an American author, screenwriter, and an authority on aeronautics and aviation.
Martin Caidin, American author and screenwriter (died 1997)
Janet Kathleen Davies was an English actress best known for her recurring role as Mrs. Pike in the long-running sitcom Dad's Army.
Janet Davies, English actress (died 1986)
Gardner Edward Dickinson, Jr. was an American professional golfer.
Gardner Dickinson, American golfer (died 1998)
William James Fanning was an American-Canadian catcher, manager and front office executive in Major League Baseball. Often called "Gentleman Jim", Fanning was the first general man…
Jim Fanning, American-Canadian baseball player and manager (died 2015)
Edmund Casimir Szoka was an American Catholic prelate who served as president of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and as president of the Governorate of Vatican Cit…
Edmund Szoka, American cardinal (died 2014)