Explore 2115 historical events from 1920–1929.
Walter Joseph "Pete" Candoli was an American jazz trumpeter. He played with the big bands of Woody Herman and Stan Kenton and worked in the studios of the recording and television …
Pete Candoli, American trumpet player (died 2008)
Adolfo Carlos Julio Schwelm-Cruz was a racing driver from Argentina. He participated in one Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, on 18 January 1953. He scored no championship…
Adolfo Schwelm Cruz, Argentinian racing driver (died 2012)
James Gaye Stewart was a professional ice hockey forward. He played nine seasons as a left winger in the National Hockey League.
Gaye Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2010)
Chou Wen-chung was a Chinese American composer of contemporary classical music. He emigrated in 1946 to the United States and received his music training at the New England Conserv…
Chou Wen-chung, Chinese-American composer and educator (died 2019)
George Albert "Scotty" Bowers, active from 1945 to 1980, was best known for procuring prostitutes for Hollywood industry insiders, many closeted about bisexual or homosexual liaiso…
Scotty Bowers, American marine, author and pimp (died 2019)
Cyril M. Kornbluth was an American science fiction author and a member of the Futurians. He used a variety of pen-names, including Cecil Corwin, S. D. Gottesman, Edward J. Bellin, …
Cyril M. Kornbluth, American soldier and author (died 1958)
Maria Wisława Anna Szymborska was a Polish poet, essayist, translator, and recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in Prowent, she resided in Kraków until the end of …
Wisława Szymborska, Polish poet and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2012)
Rudolf Heinrich Friedrich was a Swiss attorney and politician. He served as a member of the Federal Council (Switzerland) for the Free Democratic Party from 1982 to 1984, where he …
Rudolf Friedrich, Swiss lawyer and politician (died 2013)
George Thomas Donald Moore OBE was an Australian jockey and Thoroughbred horse trainer. He began his career in racing in 1939 in Brisbane where he quickly became one of the top app…
George Moore, Australian jockey (died 2008)
Mitsuye Yamada is a Japanese American poet, essayist, and feminist and human rights activist. She is one of the first and most vocal Asian American women writers to write about the…
Mitsuye Yamada, Japanese American activist
Liviu Ciulei was a Romanian theater and film director, film writer, actor, architect, educator, costume and set designer. During a career spanning over 50 years, he was described b…
Liviu Ciulei, Romanian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2011)
Whitney North Seymour Jr., known to friends as Mike Seymour, was an American politician and attorney from New York City. Born to a prominent family, Seymour graduated from Princeto…
Whitney North Seymour Jr., American politician (died 2019)
Eduardo Falú was an Argentine folk music guitarist and composer.
Eduardo Falú, Argentinian guitarist and composer (died 2013)
William Harrison "Bones" Dillard was an American track and field athlete, who is the only male in the history of the Olympic Games to win gold in both the 100 meter (sprints) and t…
Harrison Dillard, American sprinter and hurdler (died 2019)
Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski was a Polish military general, politician and de facto leader of the Polish People's Republic from 1981 until 1989, serving as a military dictator from 1…
Wojciech Jaruzelski, Polish general and politician, 1st President of Poland (died 2014)
Valentine John Bettin was an American actor, known for using an English accent in all of his roles. He is perhaps best known for voicing Dr. David Q. Dawson in the 1986 Disney anim…
Val Bettin, American actor (died 2021)
Amalia Mendoza García, nicknamed as La Tariácuri, was a Mexican singer and actress. "Échame a mi la culpa" and "Amarga navidad" were some of her greatest hits. Her best friend sinc…
Amalia Mendoza, Mexican singer and actress (died 2001)
John Henry "Jack" "Doc" Bradley was a United States Navy Hospital corpsman who was awarded the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism while serving with the Marines during the Battle…
John Bradley, American soldier (died 1994)
Suzanne Cloutier was a Canadian film actress.
Suzanne Cloutier, Canadian actress and producer (died 2003)
G. A. Kulkarni, or known simply as "GA", was an Indian Sahitya Akademi Award winner Marathi writer of short stories.
G. A. Kulkarni, Indian author and academic (died 1987)
Richard Edgar Pipes was an American historian who specialized in Russian and Soviet history. Pipes was a frequent interviewee in the press on the matters of Soviet history and fore…
Richard Pipes, Polish-American historian and academic (died 2018)
Uma Devi Khatri, popularly known by her screen name Tun Tun, was an Indian playback singer and actress-comedian. She is often referred to as "Hindi cinema's first-ever comedienne".
Tun Tun, Indian actress and comedian (died 2003)
James Edwin Gunn was an American science fiction writer, editor, scholar, and anthologist. His work as an editor of anthologies includes the six-volume Road to Science Fiction seri…
James E. Gunn, American science fiction author (died 2020)
Ashley Frederick Bryan was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. Most of his subjects are from the African-American experience. He was a U.S. nominee for the Hans…
Ashley Bryan, American children's book author and illustrator (died 2022)