Explore 3197 historical events from 1920–1929.
Arlene Carol Dahl was an American actress active in films from the late 1940s. Born in Minnesota to parents of Norwegian descent, Dahl started her acting career in musicals before …
Arlene Dahl, American actress, businesswoman and writer (died 2021)
Dale Leon Bumpers was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 38th governor of Arkansas (1971–1975) and in the United States Senate (1975–1999). He was a member of the …
Dale Bumpers, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 38th Governor of Arkansas (died 2016)
Guillermo Cano Isaza was a Colombian journalist. The editor of El Espectador from 1952 until 1986, he was assassinated in Bogotá in what was widely seen as an attack related to his…
Guillermo Cano Isaza, Colombian journalist (died 1986)
Donald Rodney Justice was an American poet and teacher of creative writing who won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1980.
Donald Justice, American poet and writing teacher (died 2004)
Alan Ross McWhirter was, with his twin brother, Norris, the cofounder of the 1955 Guinness Book of Records and a contributor to the television programme Record Breakers. He was ass…
Ross McWhirter, Scottish publisher and activist, co-founded the Guinness World Records (died 1975)
George Wetherill was an American physicist and geologist. He was the director emeritus of the department of terrestrial magnetism at the Carnegie Institution of Washington.
George Wetherill, American physicist and academic (died 2006)
Ernest Harold "Benny" Bailey was an American jazz trumpeter.
Benny Bailey, American trumpet player, songwriter, and producer (died 2005)
José Alfredo Martínez de Hoz was an Argentine lawyer, businessman, and economist. He was the Minister of Economy of Argentina during the country's last military dictatorship (1976—…
José Alfredo Martínez de Hoz, Argentine executive and policy maker (died 2013)
Norris Dewar McWhirter was a British writer, right-wing political activist, co-founder of The Freedom Association, and a television presenter. He and his twin brother Ross were kno…
Norris McWhirter, Scottish publisher and activist co-founded the Guinness World Records (died 2004)
Russell Wayne Baker was an American journalist, narrator, writer of Pulitzer Prize-winning satirical commentary and self-critical prose, and author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning au…
Russell Baker, American critic and essayist (died 2019)
Krekor Ohanian, known professionally as Mike Connors, was an American actor and film producer. He was best known for playing private detective Joe Mannix on the CBS television seri…
Mike Connors, American actor and producer (died 2017)
Roselea Arbana "Rose" Maddox was an American country singer-songwriter and fiddle player, who was the lead singer with the Maddox Brothers and Rose before a successful solo career.…
Rose Maddox, American singer-songwriter and fiddle player (died 1998)
Oscar Emmanuel Peterson was a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. As a virtuoso who is considered to be one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time, Peterson released more than 2…
Oscar Peterson, Canadian pianist and composer (died 2007)
Willie "Bill" Pinkney was an American performer and singer. Pinkney was the last surviving original member of The Drifters, who achieved international fame with numerous hit record…
Bill Pinkney, American singer (died 2007)
Erik Schmidt was a painter and writer.
Erik Schmidt, Swedish-Estonian painter and author (died 2014)
Willie Edward Jones, nicknamed "Puddin' Head", was an American professional baseball third baseman who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies (1947–195…
Willie Jones, American baseball player (died 1983)
Brian Wilson Aldiss was an English writer, artist and anthology editor, best known for science-fiction novels and short stories. His byline reads either Brian W. Aldiss or simply B…
Brian Aldiss, English author and critic (died 2017)
Anis Mansour, also transliterated as Anīs Manṣūr was an Egyptian writer.
Anis Mansour, Egyptian journalist and author (died 2011)
Claude Gauvreau was a playwright, poet, sound poet, and polemicist. He was a member of the radical Automatist movement and a contributor to the revolutionary Refus Global Manifesto…
Claude Gauvreau, Canadian poet and playwright (died 1971)
Honor Blackman was an English actress and singer, known for the roles of Cathy Gale in The Avengers (1962–1964), "Bond girl" Pussy Galore in Goldfinger (1964), Julia Daggett in Sha…
Honor Blackman, English actress and republican (died 2020)
Malcolm Earl "Mal" Waldron was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. He started playing professionally in New York in 1950, after graduating from college. In the follow…
Mal Waldron, American pianist and composer (died 2002)
Pierre Grondin, was a Canadian cardiac surgeon known for his contributions to heart transplantation and cardiac surgery. After completing postgraduate training with Michael DeBakey…
Pierre Grondin, Canadian surgeon and academic (died 2006)
Robert Patrick Mulligan was an American director and producer. His dramas include To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), Summer of '42 (1971), The Other (1972), Same Time, Next Year (1978),…
Robert Mulligan, American director and producer (died 2008)
Thea Beatrice May Astley was an Australian novelist and short story writer. She was a prolific writer who was published for over 40 years from 1958. At the time of her death, she h…
Thea Astley, Australian journalist and author (died 2004)