Explore 2115 historical events from 1920–1929.
The Communist Party of China (CPC), commonly known as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Founded in 1921, …
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is established at the founding National Congress.
The University of Toronto is a public research university with three main campuses in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada. Based on the grounds that surround Queen's Park i…
Researchers at the University of Toronto, led by biochemist Frederick Banting, prove that the hormone insulin…
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Germany in the Nazi era from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Part…
Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers' Party.
Elinor Isabel "Judy" Agnew was the second lady of the United States from 1969 to 1973. She was the wife of the 39th vice president of the United States, Spiro Agnew, who had previo…
Judy Agnew, Second Lady of the United States (died 2012)
Cleto Bellucci was an Italian Prelate of Roman Catholic Church.
Cleto Bellucci, Italian archbishop (died 2013)
Janet Blair was an American big-band singer who later became a popular film and television actress.
Janet Blair, American actress and singer (died 2007)
Warren Edward Spahn was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). A left-handed pitcher, Spahn played in 1942 and then from 19…
Warren Spahn, American baseball player and coach (died 2003)
Christiaan Karel Appel was a Dutch painter, sculptor, and poet. He started painting at the age of fourteen and studied at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam in the 1940s. He was one of…
Karel Appel, Dutch painter and sculptor (died 2006)
Wolfgang Leonhard was a German political author and historian of the Soviet Union, the German Democratic Republic and Communism. A German Communist whose family had fled Hitler's G…
Wolfgang Leonhard, German historian and author (died 2014)
Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov was a British actor and humanitarian. An internationally known raconteur, he was a fixture on television talk shows and lecture circuits for much of his…
Peter Ustinov, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2004)
Leon Albert Henkin was an American logician, whose works played a strong role in the development of logic, particularly in the theory of types. He was an active scholar at the Univ…
Leon Henkin, American logician (died 2006)
James Peter Giuffre, Italian pronunciation: [d͡ʒufˈfrɛ]; April 26, 1921 – April 24, 2008) was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, composer, and arranger. He is known for dev…
Jimmy Giuffre, American clarinet player, saxophonist, and composer (died 2008)
Robert Dhéry was a French comedian, actor, director and screenwriter.
Robert Dhéry, French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2004)
Rowland Evans Jr. was an American journalist. He was known best for his decades-long syndicated column and television partnership with Robert Novak, a partnership that endured, if …
Rowland Evans, American soldier, journalist, and author (died 2001)
Simin Dāneshvar was an Iranian academic, novelist, fiction writer, and translator.
Simin Daneshvar, Iranian author and academic (died 2012)
Roger Lee Easton Sr. was an American physicist and state representative who was the principal inventor and designer of the Global Positioning System, along with Ivan A. Getting and…
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Braj Basi Lal was an Indian writer and archaeologist. He was the Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) from 1968 to 1972 and has served as Director of the In…
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Walker Smith Jr., better known as Sugar Ray Robinson, was an American professional boxer who competed from 1940 to 1965. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame …
Sugar Ray Robinson, American boxer (died 1989)
Daniel Joseph Berrigan was an American Jesuit priest, anti-war activist, Christian pacifist, playwright, poet, and author.
Daniel Berrigan, American priest, poet, and activist (died 2016)
Sophia Magdalena Scholl was a German student and anti-Nazi political activist, active in the White Rose non-violent resistance group in Nazi Germany.
Sophie Scholl, German activist (died 1943)
Vladimir Colin was a Romanian short story writer and novelist. One of the most important fantasy and science fiction authors in Romanian literature, whose main works are known on s…
Vladimir Colin, Romanian journalist and author (died 1991)
Satyajit Ray was an Indian film director, screenwriter, author, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligrapher, and composer. He is widely considered to be one of the greates…
Satyajit Ray, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1992)
Edo Murtić was a Croatian painter, best known for his lyrical abstraction and abstract expressionism style. He worked in a variety of media, including oil painting, gouache, graphi…
Edo Murtić, Croatian painter, sculptor, and illustrator (died 2005)
Arthur Leonard Schawlow was an American physicist who, along with Charles Townes, developed the theoretical basis for laser science. His central insight was the use of two mirrors …
Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1999)