Explore 2813 historical events from 1930–1939.
Henry John Kaiser was an American industrialist who became known for his shipbuilding and construction projects, then later for his involvement in fostering modern American health …
Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam).
Montevideo, is the capital and largest city of Uruguay. As of the 2023 census, the city proper has a population of 1,287,452, making up about 36.8% of the country's total populatio…
In Montevideo, Uruguay wins the first FIFA World Cup by beating Argentina.
A cartoon is a type of visual art that is typically drawn, frequently animated, in an unrealistic or semi-realistic style. The specific meaning has evolved, but the modern usage us…
The first color sound cartoon, Fiddlesticks, is released by Ub Iwerks.
Douglas Edward Beasy was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Doug Beasy, Australian footballer and educator (died 2013)
The Lapua Movement was a radical Finnish nationalist, fascist, pro-Nazi and anti-communist political movement founded in and named after the town of Lapua. Led by Vihtori Kosola, i…
The Finnish far-right Lapua Movement organises the Peasant March demonstration in Helsinki to put pressure on the…
The 1930 FIFA World Cup was the first FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national football teams. It took place in Uruguay from 13 to 30 July 1930. FIFA, football's i…
The inaugural FIFA World Cup begins in Uruguay.
Lynching is an extrajudicial killing by a group. It is most often used to characterize informal public executions by a mob in order to punish an alleged or convicted transgressor o…
The last confirmed lynching of black people in the Northern United States occurs in Marion, Indiana; two men, Thomas…
The Commonwealth Games is a quadrennial international multi-sport event that brings together athletes from across the Commonwealth of Nations, a political association comprising th…
The first British Empire Games are opened in Hamilton, Ontario, by the Governor General of Canada, the Viscount…
Herbert Jay Solomon, known by his stage name Herbie Mann, was an American jazz flute player and important early practitioner of world music. Early in his career, he also played ten…
Herbie Mann, American flute player and composer (died 2003)
Clive Selsby Revill was a New Zealand actor and singer, best known for his performances in musical theatre and the London stage. A veteran of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he also…
Clive Revill, New Zealand actor and singer (died 2025)
Jean Victor Arthur Guillou was a French composer, organist, pianist, and pedagogue. Principal Organist at Saint Eustache in Paris, from 1963 to 2015, he was widely known as a compo…
Jean Guillou, French organist (died 2019)
Dwight Leonard Gustafson was an American composer, conductor, and dean of the School of Fine Arts at Bob Jones University.
Dwight Gustafson, American composer and conductor (died 2014)
Sir Antony Rupert Jay was an English writer and broadcaster. With Jonathan Lynn, he co-wrote the British political-satirical comedies Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister (1980–88)…
Antony Jay, English director and screenwriter (died 2016)
Hilda de Almeida Prado Hilst was a Brazilian poet, novelist, and playwright. Her work touches on the themes of mysticism, insanity, the body, eroticism, and female sexual liberatio…
Hilda Hilst, Brazilian author, poet, and playwright (died 2004)
Donald Christopher Barber was an English jazz musician, best known as a bandleader and trombonist. He helped many musicians with their careers and had a UK top twenty trad jazz hit…
Chris Barber, English trombonist and bandleader (died 2021)
Silvana Mangano was an Italian film actress. She was one of a generation of thespians who arose from the neorealist movement, and went on to become a major female star, regarded as…
Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (died 1989)
Dieter Roth was a Swiss artist known for his artist's books, editioned prints, sculptures, and works made of found materials, including rotting food stuffs. He was also known as Di…
Dieter Roth, German-Swiss illustrator and sculptor (died 1998)
John Keith Taylor was an English football referee. Later described by the Football League as "perhaps the finest English referee of all time", Taylor was famous for officiating in …
Jack Taylor, English footballer and referee (died 2012)
Enno Penno was an Estonian politician, who was acting as Acting Prime Minister of Estonia in exile from 1 March 1990 to 20 June 1992.
Enno Penno, Estonian politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (died 2016)
Jerome Callet was a brass embouchure clinician, and designer of brass instruments and mouthpieces.
Jerome Callet, American instrument designer, educator, and author (died 2019)
Richard Donner was an American filmmaker. Described as "one of Hollywood's most reliable makers of action blockbusters", Donner directed some of the most financially successful fil…
Richard Donner, American actor, director, and producer (died 2021)
José Sarney de Araújo Costa is a Brazilian politician, lawyer, and writer who served as the 31st president of Brazil from 1985 to 1990. He briefly served as the 20th vice president…
José Sarney, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 31st President of Brazil
Irwin Lawrence "Paul" Mazursky was an American film director, screenwriter, and actor. Known for his dramatic comedies that often dealt with modern social issues, he was nominated …
Paul Mazursky, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2014)
Surgeon Vice Admiral Sir Godfrey James Milton-Thompson was a senior Royal Navy officer. From 1988 to 1990, he was Surgeon-General, senior medical officer of the British Armed Force…
Godfrey Milton-Thompson, English admiral and surgeon (died 2012)