Explore 2813 historical events from 1930–1939.
Dame Te Atairangikaahu reigned as Māori Queen from 1966 until her death in 2006. Her reign was the longest of any Māori monarch.
Te Atairangikaahu, Māori queen (died 2006)
Claude Fournier was a Canadian film director, screenwriter, editor and cinematographer. He is one of the forerunners of the Cinema of Quebec. He was the twin brother of Guy Fournie…
Claude Fournier, Canadian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (died 2023)
Guy Fournier, CM is a Quebec author, playwright, and screenwriter. He was the creator of the well-known Quebec sitcom Two's a Crowd. From 8 September 2005 to 19 September 2006 he w…
Guy Fournier, Canadian author and screenwriter
Ermanno Olmi was an Italian film director and screenwriter best known for directing Il Posto (1961) and The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1977), which won the Palme d'Or. Throughout his ca…
Ermanno Olmi, Italian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (died 2018)
James Walter Butler MBE RA was a British sculptor most famous for his 1980 statue of Richard III in Leicester.
James Butler, English sculptor and educator (died 2022)
Robert Louis Colbert is an American retired actor best known for his leading role as Dr. Doug Phillips on the ABC television series The Time Tunnel and his two appearances as Brent…
Robert Colbert, American actor
Telê Santana da Silva, also known as Telê Santana was a Brazilian football manager and former player. He was born in Itabirito, Minas Gerais.
Telê Santana, Brazilian footballer and manager (died 2006)
Jerry McCord Van Dyke was an American actor and comedian. He was the younger brother of Dick Van Dyke.
Jerry Van Dyke, American actor (died 2018)
Éric Marcel Guy Tabarly was a French naval officer and yachtsman, a naval architect and boat designer too. He developed a passion for offshore racing very early on and won several …
Éric Tabarly, French commander (died 1998)
Khieu Samphan is a Cambodian former politician, economist, and revolutionary who was Chairman of the State Presidium of Democratic Kampuchea from 1976 until 1979. As such, he serve…
Khieu Samphan, Cambodian academic and politician, 28th Prime Minister of Cambodia
Alan Charles Brownjohn was an English poet and novelist. He also worked as a teacher, lecturer, critic and broadcaster.
Alan Brownjohn, English poet and author (died 2024)
Darryl Gerard Hickman was an American actor, screenwriter, television executive, and acting coach. He started his career as a child actor in the Golden Age of Hollywood and appeare…
Darryl Hickman, American actor (died 2024)
John Wesley Martin was an Australian cricketer who played in eight Test matches from 1960 to 1967.
Johnny Martin, Australian cricketer (died 1992)
Kjell Oddvar Karlsen was a Norwegian band leader, composer, arranger, jazz pianist and organist, and a Nestor of Norwegian music and show business, with a career spanning more than…
Kjell Karlsen, Norwegian pianist, composer, and bandleader (died 2020)
Dominique Lapierre was a French author.
Dominique Lapierre, French historian and author (died 2022)
Marina Lavrentyevna Zhikhoreva was a Soviet Air Forces colonel, engineer, and decorated Soviet test pilot. In 1964, she became the third woman and the first Soviet woman to break t…
Marina Popovich, Soviet pilot, engineer and military officer (died 2017)
Jerry "Topper" Toppazzini was a Canadian ice hockey forward who played 12 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL), most notably for the Boston Bruins, between 1952 and 1964. A …
Jerry Toppazzini, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2012)
Ramblin' Jack Elliott is an American folk singer, songwriter, and storyteller.
Ramblin' Jack Elliott, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Trevor Leslie Goddard was a South African cricketer. A left-handed all-rounder, he played 41 Test matches for South Africa from 1955 to 1970. He captained the young South African t…
Trevor Goddard, South African cricketer (died 2016)
Roland Pierre DuMaine was an American Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of San José in California from 1981 to 1999. He also served as an auxiliary bishop for the Arc…
Pierre DuMaine, American bishop and academic (died 2019)
Edward Russell Henry Fuller was a South African cricketer who played in seven Test matches between 1953 and 1957. He was born in Worcester, Western Cape and died in Milnerton, Cape…
Eddie Fuller, South African cricketer (died 2008)
Nicholas James Bollettieri was an American tennis coach. He pioneered the concept of a tennis boarding school, and helped develop many leading tennis players during the past decade…
Nick Bollettieri, American tennis player and coach (died 2022)
Kenneth Earl Burrell is an American jazz guitarist, singer and composer known for his work on numerous top jazz labels: Prestige, Blue Note, Verve, CTI, Muse, and Concord. His coll…
Kenny Burrell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Karl Fergus Connor Miller FRSL was a Scottish literary editor, critic and writer.
Karl Miller, English journalist and critic (died 2014)