Explore 3197 historical events from 1920–1929.
Edward Warren Miney and Lorraine Rita Warren were American paranormal investigators and authors associated with prominent cases of alleged hauntings. Edward was a self-taught and s…
Ed Warren, American paranormal investigator and author (died 2006)
Bhupendra Kumar Hazarika, widely known as Bhupen Hazarika, was an Indian singer, songwriter, writer, filmmaker and politician from Assam. He wrote songs mainly in the Assamese lang…
Bhupen Hazarika, Indian singer-songwriter, poet, and director (died 2011)
Louise Abeita Chewiwi was a Pueblo writer, poet and educator who was an enrolled member of Isleta Pueblo.
Louise Abeita, Isleta Pueblo (Native American) writer, poet, and educator (died 2014)
Beryl Cook, OBE was a British painter best known for her original and instantly recognisable paintings. Often comical, her works pictured people whom she encountered in everyday li…
Beryl Cook, English painter and illustrator (died 2008)
Edward Thomas Miksis was an American professional baseball infielder and outfielder. He played fourteen seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1944 and 1958 for the Brookly…
Eddie Miksis, American baseball player (died 2005)
Yusuf al-Qaradawi was an Egyptian Islamic scholar based in Doha, Qatar, and chairman of the International Union of Muslim Scholars. His influences included Ibn Taymiyya, Ibn Qayyim…
Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Egyptian theologian and author (died 2022)
Andrew Felton Brimmer was an American economist and business leader who served as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors from 1966 to 1974. A member of the Democratic P…
Andrew Brimmer, American economist and academic (died 2012)
Emile Percival Francis, nicknamed "The Cat", was a Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and general manager in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Chicago Black Hawks…
Emile Francis, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2022)
John Frank Raley Jr. was a Maryland politician and an advocate for education, economic development and protection and restoration of the Chesapeake Bay.
J. Frank Raley Jr., American soldier and politician (died 2012)
Michel Butor was a French poet, novelist, teacher, essayist, art critic and translator.
Michel Butor, French author and critic (died 2016)
Richard Ellsasser was an American concert organist, composer, and conductor who was primarily active during the 1940s to 1960s.
Richard Ellsasser, American organist, composer, and conductor (died 1972)
María del Carmen Franco y Polo, 1st Duchess of Franco, Grandee of Spain, Marchioness of Villaverde was the only child of Spain's caudillo, General Francisco Franco and Carmen Polo …
Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco, Spanish noblewoman (died 2017)
Shōhei Imamura was a Japanese film director. His main interest as a filmmaker lay in the depiction of the lower strata of Japanese society. A key figure in the Japanese New Wave, …
Shohei Imamura, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2006)
Jean-Pierre Serre is a French mathematician who has made contributions to algebraic topology, algebraic geometry and algebraic number theory. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 195…
Jean-Pierre Serre, French mathematician and academic
Henry Silva was an American actor, with a film and television career which spanned fifty years. A prolific character actor in over 140 productions, he was known for his "dark, sepu…
Henry Silva, American actor (died 2022)
Eric Gross AM was an Austrian–Australian pianist, composer and teacher.
Eric Gross, Austrian-Australian pianist and composer (died 2011)
John Knowles was an American novelist best known for A Separate Peace (1959).
John Knowles, American novelist (died 2001)
Roger Hornsby McKee was an American Major League Baseball pitcher who played from 1943–44 for the Philadelphia Phillies while still a teenager.
Roger McKee, American baseball player (died 2014)
William Patton Black Jr. was an American musician and bandleader who is noted as one of the pioneers of rock and roll. He played in Elvis Presley's early trio, the Blue Moon Boys. …
Bill Black, American bass player and bandleader (died 1965)
Robert Harold Schuller was an American Christian televangelist, pastor, motivational speaker, and author. Over five decades, Schuller pastored his church in Garden Grove, Californi…
Robert H. Schuller, American pastor and author (died 2015)
Gene Curtis Harrington was an American film and television director, screenwriter, producer, and occasional actor. He emerged in the experimental film scene of the 1940s and ‘50s, …
Curtis Harrington, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2007)
Hovie Franklin Lister was an American gospel musician, Baptist Minister, and politician. Lister was best known for his time as the front man of the Statesmen Quartet, perhaps the m…
Hovie Lister, American minister and pianist (died 2001)
Jean-Marie Aron Lustiger was a French cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Paris from 1981 until his resignation in 2005. He was made a cardinal in 1983 by P…
Jean-Marie Lustiger, French cardinal (died 2007)
Eugene McDuffy, known professionally as "Brother" Jack McDuff or "Captain" Jack McDuff, was an American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader. He was most prominent during the ha…
Jack McDuff, American singer and organist (died 2001)