Explore 2813 historical events from 1930–1939.
Milton Joseph Bolling was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball who played from 1952 through 1958 for the Boston Red Sox (1952–1957), Washington Senators (1957) and Detroi…
Milt Bolling, American baseball player and scout (died 2013)
Jacques Parizeau was a Canadian politician and economist who served as the 26th premier of Quebec from September 26, 1994, to January 29, 1996.
Jacques Parizeau, Canadian economist and politician, 26th Premier of Quebec (died 2015)
Barry Unsworth FRSL was an English writer known for his historical fiction. He published 17 novels, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times, winning once for the 1992…
Barry Unsworth, English-Italian author and academic (died 2012)
Harry Lewis Babcock was an American professional football end in the National Football League (NFL). He was the first overall selection in the 1953 NFL draft.
Harry Babcock, American football player and first overall draft pick (died 1996)
Kanagaratnam Sriskandan was a Sri Lankan born British engineer and civil servant. He was the former Chief Highway Engineer, of Under Secretary Grade at the British Department for…
Kanagaratnam Sriskandan, Sri Lankan engineer and civil servant (died 2010)
Jacques Tits was a Belgian-born French mathematician who worked on group theory and incidence geometry. He introduced Tits buildings, the Tits alternative, the Tits group, and the …
Jacques Tits, Belgian-French mathematician and academic (died 2021)
George Soros is a Hungarian and American investor and philanthropist. As of May 2025, he has a net worth of US$7.2 billion, having donated more than $32 billion to the Open Society…
George Soros, Hungarian-American businessman and investor, founded the Soros Fund Management
Wilfried Hilker is a former football referee from Germany.
Wilfried Hilker, German footballer and referee
Donald Tai Loy Ho was an American traditional pop musician, singer, and entertainer. He is best known for the song "Tiny Bubbles" from the 1966 album of the same name.
Don Ho, American singer and ukulele player (died 2007)
Bernard John Manning was an English comedian and nightclub owner. He gained a high profile on British television during the 1970s, appearing on shows such as The Comedians and The …
Bernard Manning, English comedian (died 2007)
Wilmer David "Vinegar Bend" Mizell Sr. was an American baseball player and politician. From 1952 to 1962, he was a left-handed pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirat…
Wilmer Mizell, American baseball player and politician (died 1999)
Robert George Wiesler was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Yankees and Washington Senators in parts of five seasons spanning 1951–1958. List…
Bob Wiesler, American baseball player (died 2014)
Arthur Charles Latham was a British Labour Party politician, who was the MP for Paddington North from 1969 to 1974, and its successor seat, Paddington, from that year until 1979.
Arthur Latham, British politician and Member of Parliament (died 2016)
Earl Sidney Weaver was an American professional baseball manager, author, and television color commentator. Weaver played in minor league baseball as a second baseman from 1948 to …
Earl Weaver, American baseball player and manager (died 2013)
Francis Newton Gifford was an American professional football player, actor, and television sports commentator. After a 12-year playing career as a halfback, flanker and safety for …
Frank Gifford, American football player, sportscaster, and actor (died 2015)
Leslie François Saint Roc Manigat was a Haitian politician who was elected as President of Haiti in a tightly controlled military held election in January 1988. He served as Presid…
Leslie Manigat, Haitian educator and politician, 43rd President of Haiti (died 2014)
Guillermina Jiménez Chabolla known professionally as Flor Silvestre, was a Mexican singer and actress, specialized in the genres of ranchera, bolero, huapango and bolero ranchero.
Flor Silvestre, Mexican singer and actress (died 2020)
Harve Bennett was an American television and film producer and screenwriter.
Harve Bennett, American screenwriter and producer (died 2015)
Robert Martin Culp was an American actor and screenwriter widely known for his work in television. Culp earned an international reputation for his role as Kelly Robinson on I Spy (…
Robert Culp, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2010)
Edward James Hughes was an English poet, translator, and children's writer. Critics frequently rank him as one of the best poets of his generation and one of the twentieth century'…
Ted Hughes, English poet and playwright (died 1998)
Liviu Librescu was a Romanian–Israeli-American scientist and engineer. A prominent academic in addition to being a survivor of the Holocaust, his major research fields were aeroela…
Liviu Librescu, Romanian-American engineer and academic (died 2007)
Rafael Pineda Ponce was a Honduran professor and politician in the Liberal Party of Honduras and President of the National Congress of Honduras from 1998 to 2002.
Rafael Pineda Ponce, Honduran academic and politician (died 2014)
Francis McCourt was an Irish-American teacher and writer. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his book Angela's Ashes, a tragicomic memoir of the misery and squalor of his childhood.
Frank McCourt, American author and educator (died 2009)
Mario Bernardi, was a Canadian conductor and pianist. He conducted 75 different operas and over 450 other works with the National Arts Centre Orchestra.
Mario Bernardi, Canadian pianist and conductor (died 2013)