Explore 4052 historical events from 1920–1929.
William Overton Smith was an American clarinetist and composer. He worked extensively in modern classical music, third stream and jazz, and was perhaps best known for having played…
Bill Smith, American clarinet player and composer (died 2020)
André Cassagnes was a French inventor, electrical technician, toymaker, and kite designer. Cassagnes is best known as the inventor of the Etch A Sketch, a popular mechanical drawin…
André Cassagnes, French toy maker, created the Etch A Sketch (died 2013)
John William Coltrane was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century mus…
John William Coltrane, American jazz saxophonist and composer (died 1967)
Jack Frasure Hyles was a leading figure in the Independent Fundamental Baptist movement, having pastored the First Baptist Church of Hammond in Hammond, Indiana, from August 1959 u…
Jack Hyles, American pastor and author (died 2001)
Aldo Ray was an American actor of film and television. He began his career as a contract player for Columbia Pictures before achieving stardom through his roles in The Marrying Kin…
Aldo Ray, American actor (died 1991)
Manfred Mayrhofer was an Austrian Indo-Europeanist who specialized in Indo-Iranian languages. Mayrhofer served as professor emeritus at the University of Vienna. He is noted for hi…
Manfred Mayrhofer, Austrian philologist and academic (died 2011)
Steve Atanas Stavro, was a Macedonian-Canadian businessman, grocery store magnate, Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder, sports team owner, and a noted philanthropist.
Steve Stavro, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (died 2006)
Howard Gerald Clower was an American stand-up comedian. Born and raised in the state of Mississippi, Clower was best known for his stories of the rural South and was given the nick…
Jerry Clower, American soldier, comedian, and author (died 1998)
Julie London was an American singer and actress whose career spanned more than 40 years. A torch singer noted for her contralto voice, London recorded over thirty albums of pop and…
Julie London, American singer and actress (died 2000)
Bonnie Lee Hale Leman was the founder of Quilter's Newsletter Magazine, the first quilting-focused magazine in the United States. She was one of the first women magazine publishers…
Bonnie Leman, American art historian, writer, and publisher of Quilter's Newsletter Magazine (died 2010)
Charles Henry Cooper was an American professional basketball player. Cooper played college basketball for the Duquesne Dukes and was named a consensus second-team All-American in 1…
Chuck Cooper, American basketball player (died 1984)
Peter R. Elliott was an American football player and coach. Elliott served as the head football coach at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (1956), the University of California, Be…
Pete Elliott, American football player and coach (died 2013)
Heino Kruus was an Estonian basketball player (186 cm) who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He trained at VSS Kalev in Tallinn
Heino Kruus, Estonian basketball player and coach (died 2012)
Robin Evan Roberts was an American Major League Baseball starting pitcher who pitched primarily for the Philadelphia Phillies (1948–1961). He spent the latter part of his career wi…
Robin Roberts, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2010)
Catharine Jan Morris was a Welsh historian, author and travel writer. She was known particularly for the Pax Britannica trilogy (1968–1978), a history of the British Empire, and fo…
Jan Morris, Welsh historian and author (died 2020)
Gerardo "Gerry" Paulino Cabochan was a Filipino lawyer, soldier, storyteller, and politician who served in the House of Representatives of the Philippines from 1987 to 1992 represe…
Gerardo P. Cabochan, Filipino politician (died 2014)
Raymond "Ray" L. Watson was the former president of the Irvine Company, and served as chief planner during the 1960s and 1970s. He was also chairman of Walt Disney Productions from…
Raymond Watson, American businessman (died 2012)
Alex John Groza was an American professional basketball player from Martins Ferry, Ohio. As a result of the 1951 college basketball point-shaving scandal, Groza was banned from the…
Alex Groza, American basketball player (died 1995)
Raaj Kumar was an Indian actor who worked in Hindi films. In a career that spanned over four decades, he went on to star in 70 films and is regarded as one of the greatest actors o…
Raaj Kumar, Indian police officer and actor (died 1996)
Avraham "Bren" Adan was an Israeli major-general and author. Prior to Israel's independence, he served with the Palmach, an elite formation within the Haganah paramilitary force of…
Avraham Adan, Israeli general (died 2012)
William Francis Unsoeld was an American mountaineer who was a member of the first American expedition to summit Mount Everest. The American Mount Everest Expedition was led by Norm…
Willi Unsoeld, American mountaineer and educator (died 1979)
Gabrielle Danièle Marguerite Andrée Girard, known by her stage name Danièle Delorme, was a French actress and film producer, famous for her roles in films directed by Marc Allégret…
Danièle Delorme, French actress and producer (died 2015)
Oscar Brown Jr. was an American singer, songwriter, playwright, poet, actor, and civil rights activist. Aside from his career, Brown ran unsuccessfully for office in both the Illin…
Oscar Brown, American singer-songwriter, playwright, and actor (died 2005)
Richard Jaeckel was an American actor. A veteran character player whose career spanned six decades, Jaeckel appeared in nearly 200 film and television roles between 1943 and 1994, …
Richard Jaeckel, American actor (died 1997)