* 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 )

His mother, Joan McKay ( née Dickson ), born 1920, was a housewife, and his father, Arthur Keith Paxman, worked in industry.

* Keith Douglas ( 1920 – 1944 ), English poet of World War II

* June 9 – Keith Douglas, war poet ( born 1920 ; killed in action )

* Arthur Berriedale Keith, Rigveda Brahmanas ( 1920 ); reprint: Motilal Banarsidass ( 1998 ) ISBN 978-81-208-1359-5.

Keith Castellain Douglas ( 24 January 1920 – 9 June 1944 ) was an English poet noted for his war poetry during World War II and his wry memoir of the Western Desert Campaign, Alamein to Zem Zem.

* Keith Douglas, 1920 – 1944 by Desmond Graham ( OUP, 1974 ) ISBN 0-19-211716-5

Gerald Keith Bouey, ( April 2, 1920 – February 6, 2004 ) was the fourth Governor of the Bank of Canada from 1973 to 1987, succeeding Louis Rasminsky.

Keith Douglas, 1920 – 1944, wrote his poem " Vergissmeinnicht " ( Forget-me-not ) about a dead German soldier in World War II whose body is found by the poet with a photograph of his girl with her words written " Steffi.

Keith Andrews ( 15 June 1920 Denver, Colorado – 15 May 1957 Indianapolis, Indiana ) was an American racecar driver.

Sir Ronald Keith Davison, GBE, CMG, QC ( born 16 November 1920 ) was the tenth Chief Justice of New Zealand from 1978 to 1989.

George Keith Batchelor FRS ( 8 March 1920 – 30 March 2000 ) was an Australian applied mathematician and fluid dynamicist.

Reverend Sir Keith Douglas Seaman, KCVO, OBE ( born 11 June 1920 ) was Governor of South Australia from 1 September 1977 until 28 March 1982.

Board of Trustees of the Heye Foundation in 1920, from left to right are: Minor Cooper Keith, James Bishop Ford, George Gustav Heye, Frederick Kimber Seward, F. Kingsbury Curtis, Samuel Riber, Jr., Archer Milton Huntington, and Harmon Washington Hendricks.

Ronald Keith McNeil ( January 15, 1920 — March 18, 2003 ) was a politician in Ontario, Canada.

* Saint Teresa of the Andes ( 1900 – 1920 ), Carmelite nun, born Juana Fernández del Solar

Villarrica was hidden behind the Andes mountain range and a thick forest, and the indigenous population was to a great extent undisturbed until 1920, when Don Francisco Pineda López founded an estate called Villarica.

* 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 – Gene Leis, American guitarist, educator, bandleader, composer, and producer ( d. 1993 )

* 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.