Explore 2115 historical events from 1920–1929.
William John Clifton Haley was an American rock and roll musician. He is credited by many with first popularizing this form of music in the early 1950s with his group Bill Haley & …
Bill Haley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1981)
Geliy Mikhailovich Korzhev-Chuvelyov was a Soviet and Russian painter.
Geliy Korzhev, Russian painter (died 2012)
Walter Phillips was an American radio personality best known for hosting WGN's morning radio show from Chicago for 21 years from January 1965 until July 1986, and was number one in…
Wally Phillips, American radio host (died 2008)
Marco Cé was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the Patriarch of Venice from 1978 to 2002 and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1979.
Marco Cé, Italian cardinal (died 2014)
William Mackrides was an American professional football quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He helped the Eagles win the 1948 and 1949 NF…
Bill Mackrides, American football quarterback (died 2019)
Mervyn Edward Griffin Jr. was an American television show host and media mogul. He began his career as a radio and big band singer, later appearing in film and on Broadway. From 19…
Merv Griffin, American actor, singer, and producer, created Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! (died 2007)
Mahmut Gazi Yaşargil was a Turkish-Swiss medical scientist and neurosurgeon. He collaborated with Raymond M. P. Donaghy M.D at the University of Vermont in developing microneurosur…
Gazi Yaşargil, Turkish neurosurgeon and academic (died 2025)
Arthur Edward Imperatore Sr. was an American businessman and sports owner from New Jersey. He was best known as being the founder and president of the NY Waterway, a ferry service.…
Arthur Imperatore Sr., Italian-American businessman (died 2020)
Dominique Nohain was a French actor, dramatist, screenwriter and theatre director. He was the son of Jean Nohain and thus cousin with Jean-Claude Dauphin.
Dominique Nohain, French actor, screenwriter and director (died 2017)
Guru Dutt was an Indian film actor, director, producer, choreographer, and writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of Indian cinema. He was heavily influenced by A…
Guru Dutt, Indian actor, director, and producer (died 1964)
Charles Edward Wicks was an American chemical engineer. He was a professor in the Chemical Engineering Department at Oregon State University. His focus was mass transfer, which was…
Charles E. Wicks, American engineer, author, and academic (died 2010)
Ronald Ian "Ron" Spiers was an American diplomat who served as an Ambassador to several countries during the 1970s and 1980s.
Ronald I. Spiers, American ambassador (died 2021)
Mahathir bin Mohamad is a Malaysian politician, physician and author who served as the fourth and seventh prime minister of Malaysia from 1981 to 2003 and again from 2018 to 2020. …
Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysian physician and politician, 4th and 7th Prime Minister of Malaysia
Ernest Bertrand Boland OP was an American Roman Catholic bishop.
Ernest Bertrand Boland, American Roman Catholic bishop (died 2023)
Charles Augustin Chaynes was a French composer.
Charles Chaynes, French composer (died 2016)
Peter Nicholas Kyros was an American attorney, politician, and lobbyist who served as a Democratic U.S. representative from Maine from 1967 to 1975.
Peter Kyros, American lawyer and politician (died 2012)
Sidney James Smith was a National Hockey League left winger who played with the Toronto Maple Leafs for 12 seasons. He was the Leafs team captain from 1955 to 1956.
Sid Smith, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2004)
Albert Lance was an Australian tenor, also holding French citizenship. He was Australia's principal tenor during the 1950s and later enjoyed a highly successful career in France.
Albert Lance, Australian-French tenor (died 2013)
Harry Gustaf Nikolai Gädda, better known as Nicolai Gedda, was a Swedish operatic tenor. Debuting in 1951, Gedda had a long and successful career in opera until the age of 77 in Ju…
Nicolai Gedda, Swedish operatic tenor (died 2017)
Roger Bonham Smith was the chairman and CEO of General Motors Corporation from 1981 to 1990, and is widely known as the main subject of Michael Moore's 1989 documentary film Roger …
Roger Smith, American businessman (died 2007)
Suzanne Winona Zimmerman, also known by her married name Suzanne Edwards, was an American competition swimmer for the Multnomah Athletic Club under Hall of Fame Coach Jack Cody, an…
Suzanne Zimmerman, American competition swimmer and Olympic medalist (died 2021)
Huang Zongying was a Chinese actress and writer. She starred in many black-and-white films such as Rhapsody of Happiness (1947), Crows and Sparrows (1949), Women Side by Side (1949…
Huang Zongying, Chinese actress and writer (died 2020)
Bruce Lee Douglas was an American politician in the state of Illinois.
Bruce L. Douglas, American politician (died 2025)
Philip Carey was an American actor, well-known for playing the role of Asa Buchanan on the soap opera One Life to Live for nearly three decades.
Philip Carey, American actor (died 2009)