Explore 2813 historical events from 1930–1939.
Peter John Randall, was a British Army soldier and a recipient of the George Medal, and the RSPCA's Margaret Wheatley Cross, for his actions on 8 October 1954 where he saved the li…
Peter Randall, English sergeant and recipient of the Victoria Cross (died 2007)
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, was the younger daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, and the only sibling of Queen Elizabeth II. Born when her p…
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (died 2002)
Gylmar dos Santos Neves, known simply as Gilmar, was a Brazilian footballer who played goalkeeper for Corinthians and Santos and was a member of the Brazil national team in three W…
Gylmar dos Santos Neves, Brazilian footballer (died 2013)
Vera June Miles is an American former actress. She is known for appearing in John Ford's Western films The Searchers (1956) and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), and for pla…
Vera Miles, American actress
Jackie Brenston was an American singer and saxophonist who, with Ike Turner's band, recorded the first version of "Rocket 88" in 1951. It was noted in a subsequent interview that B…
Jackie Brenston, American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (died 1979)
Roger McCluskey was an American IndyCar driver. He was raised in Tucson, Arizona.
Roger McCluskey, American race car driver (died 1993)
György Enyedi was an economist and geographer who has played a major role in the long-term development of regional science. Enyedi was a decisive figure in the rapid development of…
György Enyedi, Hungarian economist and geographer (died 2012)
Frank Joseph Perry Jr. was an American stage director and filmmaker. His 1962 independent film David and Lisa earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Director and Best Adapted …
Frank Perry, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1995)
Michel Rocard was a French politician and a member of the Socialist Party (PS). He served as Prime Minister under François Mitterrand from 1988 to 1991 during which he created the …
Michel Rocard, French civil servant and politician, 160th Prime Minister of France (died 2016)
Sir Thomas Sean Connery was a Scottish actor and film producer. Connery was the first actor to portray the fictional British secret agent James Bond in motion pictures, starring in…
Sean Connery, Scottish actor and producer (died 2020)
Graham Powley Jarvis was a Canadian character actor in American films and television from the 1960s to the early 2000s.
Graham Jarvis, Canadian actor (died 2003)
Sir Crispin Charles Cervantes Tickell was a British diplomat, environmentalist, and academic.
Crispin Tickell, English academic and diplomat, British Permanent Representative to the United Nations (died 2022)
Joseph Stanislaus Solomon, AA was a Guyanese cricketer who played 27 Test matches for the West Indies from 1958 to 1965, scoring 1,326 runs, mainly from number six and seven in the…
Joe Solomon, Guyanese cricketer and coach (died 2023)
Aase Foss Abrahamsen was a Norwegian writer. She primarily wrote for children and young adults, but also books for adults.
Aase Foss Abrahamsen, Norwegian writer (died 2023)
Gholamreza Takhti was an Iranian freestyle wrestler and a practitioner of varzesh-e bastani. He was a gold medalist at the 1956 Summer Olympics, 1958 Asian Games, 1959 World Champi…
Gholamreza Takhti, Iranian wrestler and politician (died 1968)
Windsor Davies was a Welsh actor. He is best remembered for playing Battery Sergeant Major Williams in the sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974–1981) over its entire run. The show's …
Windsor Davies, British actor (died 2019)
Biagio Anthony "Ben" Gazzara was an American actor and director of film, stage, and television. He received numerous accolades including a Primetime Emmy Award and a Drama Desk Awa…
Ben Gazzara, American actor (died 2012)
José Carlos Mariátegui La Chira, sometimes referred to in Peru as El Amauta, was a Peruvian writer, sociologist, historian, journalist, politician, and Marxist philosopher. A proli…
José Carlos Mariátegui, Peruvian journalist, philosopher, and activist (born 1894)
Aleksandr Yakovlevich Golovin was a Russian and Soviet decorator, painter, and stage designer. He designed productions for Sergei Diaghilev, Constantin Stanislavski, and Vsevolod M…
Alexander Golovin, Russian painter and stage designer (born 1863)
Georges-Casimir Dessaulles, was a Canadian businessman, statesman and senator. Dessaulles was one of the oldest serving politicians ever, only surpassed by Giovanni Battista Borea …
Georges-Casimir Dessaulles, Canadian businessman and politician (born 1827)
Robert Seymour Bridges was a British poet who was Poet Laureate from 1913 to 1930. A doctor by training, he achieved literary fame only late in life. His poems reflect a deep Chris…
Robert Bridges, English poet and author (born 1844)
Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen was a Norwegian polymath and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. He gained prominence at various points in his life as an explorer, a scientist, a diplomat,…
Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian scientist, explorer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1861)
Randall Thomas Davidson, 1st Baron Davidson of Lambeth, was an Anglican bishop who was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1903 to 1928. He was the longest-serving holder of the office s…
Randall Davidson, Scottish-English archbishop (born 1848)
Frank Cowper was an English single-handed yachtsman, explorer, author, illustrator, artist, and journalist who was influential in popularizing single-handed cruising. He has been c…
Frank Cowper, English yachtsman, author and illustrator (born 1849)