* 1841 – Karl Binding, German jurist ( d. 1920 )

* 1898 – Jeanne Hébuterne, French artist, the wife of Amedeo Modigliani ( d. 1920 )

* 1920 – Jack Cover, American inventor of the Taser gun ( d. 2009 )

* 1920 – Edmond H. Fischer, Swiss-American biochemist, Nobel laureate

* 1893 – Robert Harron, American actor ( d. 1920 )

* 1920 – Two security guards are murdered during a robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts.

* 1920 – Peru becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

* 1920 – Duncan Hamilton, English racing driver ( d. 1994 )

* 1920 – Ella Raines, American actress ( d. 1988 )

* 1867 – Evelina Haverfield English activist ( d. 1920 )

* 1920 – Enzo Biagi, Italian journalist and writer ( d. 2007 )

* 1920 – Francis Lynch, American politician ( d. 1993 )

* 1920 – Polish – Soviet War: the Battle of Warsaw begins and will last till August 25.

* 1920 – Neville Brand, American actor ( d. 1992 )

They won the first eight matches in succession including a 5 – 0 whitewash in 1920 – 1921 at the hands of Warwick Armstrong's team.

The Ashes resumed after the war when England toured in 1946 – 47, and as in 1920 – 21, found that Australia had made the best post-war recovery.

* 1920 – Louis Pauwels, French journalist and writer ( d. 1997 )

* 1908 – The Territorial Force ( renamed Territorial Army in 1920 ) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.

* 1985 – Douglass Wallop, American novelist and playwright ( b. 1920 )

* 1893 – Alexander of Greece ( d. 1920 )

* 1920 – P. D. James, English novelist

* 1920 – Charlie Shavers, American trumpet player ( d. 1971 )

* 1920 – Gene Nelson, American actor ( d. 1996 )

* 1920 – Gene Tierney, American actress ( d. 1991 )

* November 15 – Gene Levitt, American television writer, producer, and director ( b. 1920 )

* June 26 – Gene Stack, first American major league baseball player to be drafted during WWII and also the first to die in service ( b. 1920 )

* September 16 – Gene Nelson, American dance and actor ( b. 1920 )

** Gene Evans, American actor ( b. 1920 )

* November 6 – Gene Tierney, American actress ( b. 1920 )

* Gene Olaff ( born 1920 ), early professional soccer goalie .< font color =" blue ">( B )</ font >

The Tunneys had seven children ; one son was killed in a homicide around 1920, another was a NYPD Detective from 1924 to 1951, dying in 1971, while Gene would become famous as a World Heavyweight Boxing Champion.

* 1920 in art-Birth of Wayne Thiebaud, Gene Davis, Patrick Heron, Helmut Newton, Elaine Hamilton-O ' Neal, Death of Amedeo Modigliani

* Gene Tierney ( 1920 – 1991 ), American stage and film actress

In 1977, Samuel Gene McNeeley inherited the house from his parents who had lived in it since 1920.

* Gene Davis ( painter ) ( 1920 – 1985 ), US painter, from Washington, DC

William Charles Anderson ( better known as William C. Anderson ) ( May 7, 1920, La Junta, Colorado – May 16, 2003, in Fairfield, California ) was the author of more than twenty novels, historical and true life stories, and author or coauthor of several screenplays for film and television, including the adaptation of his own Bat * 21, which was made into a film, starring Gene Hackman and Danny Glover, and Hurricane Hunters, was made into a TV-movie for ABC, starring Martin Milner.

* 1920 – Jimmy Witherspoon, American singer ( d. 1997 )

* 1920 – Charles Bukowski, American poet ( d. 1994 )

* 1920 – Jack Webb, American actor, director, and producer ( d. 1982 )

* 1920 – Charlie Parker, American saxophonist and composer ( d. 1955 )

In addition to Triumphant Democracy ( 1886 ), and The Gospel of Wealth ( 1889 ), he also wrote An American Four-in-hand in Britain ( 1883 ), Round the World ( 1884 ), The Empire of Business ( 1902 ), The Secret of Business is the Management of Men ( 1903 ), James Watt ( 1905 ) in the Famous Scots Series, Problems of Today ( 1907 ), and his posthumously published autobiography Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie ( 1920 ).

* 2012 – George Cowan, American chemist, businessman, and philanthropist ( b. 1920 )

* 1920 – Red Holzman, American basketball player and coach ( d. 1998 )

* 2007 – James E. Faust, American religious leader and lawyer ( b. 1920 )

* 1996 – William Colby, American director of the Central Intelligence Agency ( b. 1920 )

* 1920 – Helen Thomas, American journalist

* 2012 – Fred Bradley, American baseball player ( b. 1920 )

* 2005 – Bob Kennedy, American baseball player and manager ( b. 1920 )

* Isaac Asimov ( 1920 – 1992 ), American essayist, scientist, novelist, written commentator, science fiction writer

In 1920 the Advertiser was merged with The Boston Record, initially the combined newspaper was called the Boston Advertiser however when the combined newspaper became an illustrated tabloid in 1921 it was renamed The Boston American.

* Colonial ( 1920 automobile ), the first American automobile with four-wheel brakes

* 1920 – Kurt Schaffenberger, American comics artist ( d. 2002 )

David Warren " Dave " Brubeck ( born December 6, 1920 ) is an American jazz pianist.