Explore 3197 historical events from 1920–1929.
Melvin James Brooks is an American actor, filmmaker, comedian, songwriter, and playwright. With a career spanning over seven decades, he is known as a writer and director of a vari…
Mel Brooks, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Robert Steven Ledley, professor of physiology and biophysics and professor of radiology at Georgetown University School of Medicine, pioneered the use of electronic digital compute…
Robert Ledley, American academic and inventor (died 2012)
Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, also known as Jaber III, was the Emir of Kuwait from 31 December 1977 until his death in 2006. The 13th ruler in his family's dynasty, Jabe…
Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler, 3rd Emir of Kuwait (died 2006)
Julius Wesley Becton Jr. was a United States Army lieutenant general, director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and education administrator. He served as Commandi…
Julius W
Roger Stuart Bacon was a Canadian politician who served as the 21st premier of Nova Scotia from 1990 to 1991.
Roger Stuart Bacon, Nova Scotia politician (died 2021)
Robert Morris Morgan was an American professional baseball infielder. He played eight seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1950 and 1958 for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Philade…
Bobby Morgan, American professional baseball player (died 2023)
Paul Berg was an American biochemist and professor at Stanford University. He received the 1980 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his fundamental studies of the biochemistry of nucleic…
Paul Berg, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2023)
Robert William Fogel was an American economic historian and winner of the 1993 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. As of his death, he was the Charles R. Walgreen Distinguis…
Robert Fogel, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
Carl Horst Hahn was a German businessman and head of the Volkswagen Group from 1982 to 1993. He served as the chairman of the board of management of the parent company, Volkswagen …
Carl Hahn, German businessman (died 2023)
Mohamed Abshir Muse ; 1 July 1926 – 25 October 2017), also known as Mahamed Abshir Haamaan, was a prominent Somali General and the first Commander of the Somali Police Force.
Mohamed Abshir Muse, Somali general (died 2017)
Hans Werner Henze was a German composer. His large oeuvre is extremely varied in style, having been influenced by serialism, atonality, Neoclassicism, Italian music, Arabic music a…
Hans Werner Henze, German composer and educator (died 2012)
Octavian Paler was a Romanian writer, journalist, politician in Communist Romania, and civil society activist in post-1989 Romania.
Octavian Paler, Romanian journalist and politician (died 2007)
John Coles was an American jazz trumpeter.
Johnny Coles, American trumpet player (died 1997)
Rae Julia Theresa Abruzzo, professionally known as Rae Allen, was an American actress of stage, film and television. Her career spanned some seventy years and eight decades.
Rae Allen, American actress, singer, and director (died 2022)
Sir Laurence Whistler Street, AC, KCMG, KStJ, QC was an Australian judge. He served as the 14th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and Lieutenant-Governor of New…
Laurence Street, Australian jurist and former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales (died 2018)
Lake Carl Underwood was an American entrepreneur who competed as a champion in the racing of prototype automobiles and motorcycles. He was a master mechanic who, although high perf…
Lake Underwood, American race car driver and businessman (died 2008)
Diana Marie Lynn was an American actress. She built her career by starring in Paramount Pictures films and various television series during the 1940s and 1950s. Two stars on the Ho…
Diana Lynn, American actress (died 1971)
Sulev Vahtre was an eminent Estonian historian.
Sulev Vahtre, Estonian historian and academic (died 2007)
Dorothy Edith Smith was a British-born Canadian ethnographer, feminist studies scholar, sociologist, and writer with research interests in a variety of disciplines. These include w…
Dorothy E. Smith, Canadian sociologist (died 2022)
Anand Mohan Zutshi Gulzar Dehlavi was an Indian Urdu poet, scholar, and journalist. Born in Old Delhi's Gali Kashmirian.
Anand Mohan Zutshi Gulzar Dehlvi, Urdu poet (died 2020)
Alfredo Stéfano Di Stéfano Laulhé was an Argentine and naturalised Spanish professional footballer and manager who played as a forward, widely regarded as one of the greatest playe…
Alfredo Di Stéfano, Argentinian-Spanish footballer and coach (died 2014)
Nuon Chea, also known as Long Bunruot or Rungloet Laodi, was a Cambodian politician and revolutionary who was the chief ideologist of the Khmer Rouge. He also briefly served as act…
Nuon Chea, Cambodian politician (died 2019)
David Malet Armstrong, often D. M. Armstrong, was an Australian philosopher. He is well known for his work on metaphysics and the philosophy of mind, and for his defence of a factu…
David Malet Armstrong, Australian philosopher and author (died 2014)
John David Dingell Jr. was an American politician from the state of Michigan who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1955 until 2015. A member of …
John Dingell, American lieutenant and politician (died 2019)