Explore 2813 historical events from 1930–1939.
Firoza Begum was a Bangladeshi Bengali Nazrul Geeti singer. She was awarded the Independence Day Award in 1979 by the government of Bangladesh.
Firoza Begum, Bangladeshi singer (died 2014)
David Malone "Junior" Kimbrough Jr. was an American blues musician. His best-known works are "Keep Your Hands off Her" and "All Night Long". In 2023, he was inducted in the Blues H…
Junior Kimbrough, American singer and guitarist (died 1998)
Jean Roba was a Belgian comics author from the Marcinelle school. His best-known work is Boule et Bill.
Jean Roba, Belgian author and illustrator (died 2006)
General Ramsey Muir Withers, CMM, CD was a Canadian Army Officer and Chief of the Defence Staff, the highest ranking position in the Canadian Forces, from 1980 to 1983. He died of …
Ramsey Muir Withers, Canadian general (died 2014)
Paul Belville Taylor Jr. was an American dancer and choreographer. He was one of the last living members of the third generation of America's modern dance artists. He founded the P…
Paul Taylor, American dancer and choreographer (died 2018)
Shirley Vivian Teresa Brittain Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby was a British politician and academic. Originally a Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP), she served in the L…
Shirley Williams, English academic and politician, Secretary of State for Education (died 2021)
Lionel Bart was an English writer and composer of pop music and musicals. He wrote Tommy Steele's "Rock with the Caveman" and was the sole creator of the musical Oliver! (1960). Wi…
Lionel Bart, English composer (died 1999)
Pierre Bourdieu was a French sociologist and public intellectual. Bourdieu's contributions to the sociology of education, the theory of sociology, and sociology of aesthetics have …
Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher (died 2002)
Julia Anne Bovasso was an American actress of stage, screen, and television.
Julie Bovasso, American actress and writer (died 1991)
Lawrence Sidney Eagleburger was an American statesman and career diplomat who served briefly as the secretary of state under President George H. W. Bush from December 1992 to Janua…
Lawrence Eagleburger, American lieutenant and politician, 62nd United States Secretary of State (died 2011)
Károly Grósz was a Hungarian communist politician, who served as the General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party from 1988 to 1989.
Károly Grósz, Hungarian politician, 51st Prime Minister of Hungary (died 1996)
Geoffrey Lamont Holder was a Trinidadian-American actor, dancer, musician, director, choreographer, and artist. He was a principal dancer for the Metropolitan Opera Ballet, before …
Geoffrey Holder, Trinidadian-American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer (died 2014)
Vali Myers was an Australian artist, dancer, bohemian and muse whose coverage by the media was mostly in the 1950s and 1960s in Europe and the United States.
Vali Myers, Australian painter and dancer (died 2003)
James Arenson Komack was an American television producer, director, screenwriter, and actor. He is best known for producing several hit television series, including The Courtship o…
James Komack, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1997)
Neil Alden Armstrong was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who, as the commander of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, became the first person to walk on the Moon. He was al…
Neil Armstrong, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut, first man to walk on the Moon (died 2012)
Damita Jo DeBlanc, known professionally as Damita Jo, was an American singer and comedian. Her second marriage was to her manager James "Biddy" Wood in 1961.
Damita Jo DeBlanc, American comedian, actress, and singer (died 1998)
Paul Richard "Richie" Ginther was an American racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1960 to 1967. He recorded the first Formula One win for both Honda and Goodyear at the…
Richie Ginther, American race car driver (died 1989)
Michal Kováč was the first president of Slovakia, having served from 1993 through 1998.
Michal Kováč, Slovak lawyer and politician, 1st President of Slovakia (died 2016)
Ali Husayni Sistani is an Islamic scholar and the dean of the Hawza in Najaf, Iraq. A Grand Ayatollah, Sistani is considered one of the leading religious leaders of Twelver Shia Mu…
Ali al-Sistani, Iranian-Iraqi cleric and scholar
Anna Marie Wooldridge, known professionally as Abbey Lincoln, was an American jazz vocalist, songwriter, and actress. She was a civil rights activist beginning in the 1960s. Lincol…
Abbey Lincoln, American singer-songwriter and actress (died 2010)
Togrul Farman oglu Narimanbekov was one of the prominent modern Azerbaijani artists, laureate of the State Prizes of the USSR and the Azerbaijan SSR, the People's Artist of the USS…
Togrul Narimanbekov, Azerbaijani-French painter and academic (died 2013)
Veljo Tormis was an Estonian composer, regarded as one of the great contemporary choral composers and one of the most important composers of the 20th century in Estonia. Internatio…
Veljo Tormis, Estonian composer and educator (died 2017)
Terence Joseph Nation was a Welsh screenwriter and novelist. Especially known for his work in British television science fiction, he created the Daleks and Davros for Doctor Who, a…
Terry Nation, Welsh-American author and screenwriter (died 1997)
Jerry Tarkanian was an American basketball coach. He coached college basketball for 31 seasons over five decades at three schools. He spent the majority of his career coaching with…
Jerry Tarkanian, American basketball player and coach (died 2015)