Explore 3197 historical events from 1920–1929.
Callen Radcliffe Tjader Jr. was an American Latin Jazz musician, often described as the most successful non-Latino Latin musician. He explored other jazz idioms, especially small g…
Cal Tjader, American jazz musician (died 1982)
James Victor Scott, also known as Little Jimmy Scott, was an American jazz vocalist known for his high natural contralto voice and his sensitivity on ballads and love songs.
Jimmy Scott, American singer and actor (died 2014)
Mohammad Hasan Sharq is an Afghan former communist politician who was active in the communist government of Afghanistan. Sharq became Chairman of the Council of Ministers – the gov…
Mohammad Hasan Sharq, Afghan politician
Shirley Barbara de la Hunty AO, MBE, known as Shirley Strickland during her early career, was an Australian athlete. She won more Olympic medals than any other Australian in runnin…
Shirley Strickland, Australian runner and hurdler (died 2004)
Friedrich Zimmermann was a German politician and a member of the Christian Social Union (CSU). From 1982 to 1989, he was the federal minister of interior. From 1989 to 1991 he held…
Friedrich Zimmermann, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of the Interior (died 2012)
Raymond Alfredo Daniel Jones was an Australian Modernist architect. His work includes many building types, including residential, ecclesiastical, educational, commercial, and pre…
Raymond Jones, Australian Modernist architect (died 2022)
John William McCall was an American relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1948 through 1957 for the Boston Red Sox (1948–49), Pittsburgh Pirates (1950) and New Yo…
Windy McCall, American baseball relief pitcher (died 2015)
Sue Thompson was an American pop and country music singer. She is best known for the million selling 1961 hits "Sad Movies " and "Norman", "James " (1962), and "Paper Tiger" (1965)…
Sue Thompson, American singer (died 2021)
Jacques Lucien Jean Delors was a French politician who served as president of the European Commission from 1985 to 1995. Delors played a key role in the creation of the European si…
Jacques Delors, French economist and politician, 8th President of the European Commission (died 2023)
Frantz Omar Fanon was a French West Indian psychiatrist and political philosopher from the French colony of Martinique. His works have become influential in the fields of post-colo…
Frantz Fanon, French–Algerian psychiatrist and philosopher (died 1961)
Walid Khalidi was a Palestinian historian who wrote extensively on the Palestinian exodus. He co-founded the Institute for Palestine Studies (IPS) in Beirut in December 1963 as an …
Walid Khalidi, Palestinian historian and co-founder of the Institute for Palestine Studies (died 2026)
John Frederick Peirson was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who was a winger for 11 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Boston Bruins from 1946 to 1958. A…
Johnny Peirson, Canadian hockey player (died 2021)
Joseph Sargent was an American director, producer, and actor of film and television. His directing career spanned nearly 50 years, between 1959 and 2008, and over 90 productions. H…
Joseph Sargent, American actor, director, and producer (died 2014)
Tajuddin Ahmad was a Bangladeshi politician. He led the first government of Bangladesh as its prime minister during the Bangladesh War of Independence in 1971–1972, and is regarded…
Tajuddin Ahmad, Bangladeshi politician, 1st Prime Minister of Bangladesh (died 1975)
Ketumile Quett Joni Masire GCMG was a Motswana politician and statesman who was the second and longest-serving president of Botswana, in office from 1980 to 1998. He was given an h…
Quett Masire, Botswana politician, the former Vice-President of Botswana (died 2017)
John Harold "Jack" Matthews was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, playwright and former professor. He published 7 novels, 11 story collections, a novella, and 8 v…
Jack Matthews, American author, playwright, and academic (died 2013)
Alain Decaux was a French historian. He was elected to the Académie française on 15 February 1979.
Alain Decaux, French historian and author (died 2016)
Gloria Mildred DeHaven was an American actress and singer who was a contract star for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM).
Gloria DeHaven, American actress and singer (died 2016)
William "Benny" Benjamin, nicknamed Papa Zita, was an American musician, most notable as the primary drummer for the Motown Records studio band The Funk Brothers. He was inducted i…
Benny Benjamin, American R&B drummer (died 1969)
William Gerald Paris was an American actor and director best known for playing Jerry Helper, the dentist and next-door neighbor of Rob and Laura Petrie on The Dick Van Dyke Show, a…
Jerry Paris, American actor and director (died 1986)
Richard Passwater was an American racecar driver who raced in NASCAR and USAC Stock Cars. He won the fifth race of the 1953 NASCAR Grand National Series at Charlotte Speedway.
Dick Passwater, American race car driver (died 2020)
Jutta Armelle Zilliacus was a Finnish-Estonian journalist and author in the Swedish language. She was also a politician, and served as a Member of Parliament for the Swedish People…
Jutta Zilliacus, Finnish journalist and politician (died 2026)
Jerzy Einhorn was a Polish-born Swedish medical doctor, researcher and politician (Kristdemokrat). His Hebrew name was Chil Josef, after his paternal grandfather.
Jerzy Einhorn, Polish-Swedish physician and politician (died 2000)
Joseph Frederick Engelberger was an American physicist, engineer and entrepreneur. Often regarded as the "Father of Robotics". Licensing the original patent awarded to inventor Ge…
Joseph Engelberger, American physicist and engineer (died 2015)