Explore 4337 historical events from 1930–1939.
Maria Salomea Skłodowska Curie, better known as Marie Curie, was a Polish and naturalised-French physicist and chemist. She shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with her husband,…
Marie Curie, French-Polish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1867)
John Herbert Dillinger was an American gangster during the Great Depression. He commanded the Dillinger Gang, which was accused of robbing twenty-four banks and four police station…
John Dillinger, American gangster (born 1903)
Engelbert Dollfuss was an Austrian politician and dictator who served as chancellor of Austria between 1932 and 1934. Having served as Minister for Forests and Agriculture, he asce…
Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian politician, 14th Chancellor of Austria (born 1892)
Nestor Ivanovych Makhno, also known as Bat'ko Makhno, was a Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary and the commander of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine during the Ukrainian …
Nestor Makhno, Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary (born 1888)
Leila Marie Koerber, known professionally as Marie Dressler, was a Canadian-born stage and screen actress, script editor, writer, and comedian. She was popular in Hollywood in earl…
Marie Dressler, Canadian-American actress and singer (born 1868)
Louis Joseph Tancred was a South African cricketer who played in 14 Test matches from 1902 to 1913, including three as captain.
Louis Tancred, South African cricketer and pilot (born 1876)
Joseph George Didier "Cannonball" Pitre was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Nicknamed "Cannonball," he was renowned for having one of the hardest shots during his playin…
Didier Pitre, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1883)
Wilbert Robinson, nicknamed "Uncle Robbie", was an American catcher, coach and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB for the Philadelphia Athletics, Baltimore Or…
Wilbert Robinson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1863)
Hendrik Petrus Berlage was a Dutch architect and designer. He is considered one of the fathers of the architecture of the Amsterdam School.
Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Dutch architect, designed the Beurs van Berlage (born 1856)
Mary Hunter Austin was an American writer. One of the early nature writers of the American Southwest, her classic The Land of Little Rain (1903) describes the fauna, flora, and peo…
Mary Hunter Austin, American author and playwright (born 1868)
Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg was a German military officer and statesman who led the Imperial German Army during World War I and later became Preside…
Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal and politician, 2nd president of Germany (born 1847)
Sir Tannatt William Edgeworth David, was a Welsh Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer, and military veteran. He was knighted for his role in the First World War.
Edgeworth David, Welsh-Australian geologist and explorer (born 1858)
James Allan ) was a New Zealand rugby union player who played eight games for the New Zealand national rugby union team, and was nicknamed the Taieri Giant. Allan played in the fir…
James Allan, New Zealand rugby player (born 1860)
Ruggiero Eugenio di Rodolfo Colombo, known as Russ Columbo, was an American baritone, songwriter, violinist, and actor. He is famous for romantic ballads such as his signature tune…
Russ Columbo, American singer, violinist, and actor (born 1908)
Alcide Patrick Nunez, also known as Yellow Nunez and Al Nunez, was an American jazz clarinetist. He was one of the first musicians of New Orleans to make audio recordings.
Alcide Nunez, American clarinet player (Original Dixieland Jass Band) (born 1884)
Sidney Myer was a Belarusian-born Australian businessman and philanthropist, best known for founding Myer, Australia's largest chain of department stores.
Sidney Myer, Russian-Australian businessman, founded Myer Stores (born 1878)
Roger Eliot Fry was an English painter and critic, and a member of the Bloomsbury Group. Establishing his reputation as a scholar of the Old Masters, he became an advocate of more …
Roger Fry, English painter and critic (born 1866)
Sir Isidor George Henschel was a German-born British baritone, pianist, conductor, composer and academic teacher. First trained as a pianist, he was a concert singer who sometimes …
George Henschel, German-English pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1850)
Sir Cecil Herbert Edward Chubb, 1st Baronet, was the last private owner of Stonehenge prehistoric monument, Wiltshire, which he donated to the British government in 1918.
Cecil Chubb, English barrister and last private owner of Stonehenge (born 1876)
Jean Louis Barthou was a French politician of the Third Republic who served as Prime Minister of France for eight months in 1913. In social policy, his time as prime minister saw t…
Louis Barthou, French union leader and politician, 78th Prime Minister of France (born 1862)
Raymond Nicolas Landry Poincaré was a French statesman who served as President of France from 1913 to 1920, and three times as Prime Minister of France. He was a conservative leade…
Raymond Poincaré, French lawyer and politician, 10th President of France (born 1860)
Charles Arthur Floyd, nicknamed Pretty Boy Floyd, was an American bank robber whose crimes across the Midwestern and South Central United States received widespread press coverage …
Pretty Boy Floyd, American gangster (born 1904)
Ellen Ann Willmott was an English horticulturist. She was an influential member of the Royal Horticultural Society, and a recipient of the first Victoria Medal of Honour, awarded t…
Ellen Willmott, English horticulturalist (born 1858)
Alexander I Karađorđević was King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes from 16 August 1921 to 3 October 1929 and King of Yugoslavia from 3 October 1929 until his assassination. His th…
Alexander I of Yugoslavia, King of Yugoslavia also known as Alexander the Unifier (born 1888)