Explore 1255 historical events from 1930–1939.
Thomas Hall, known professionally as Tom T. Hall and informally nicknamed "the Storyteller", was an American country music singer-songwriter and short-story author. He wrote 12 num…
Tom T
Rusi Framroze Surti was an Indian cricketer who played in 26 Tests from 1960 to 1969. He was a left-arm medium pace and left-arm spin bowler and a lower-order batsman. Surti was al…
Rusi Surti, Indian cricketer (died 2013)
Natalya Yevgenyevna Gorbanevskaya was a Russian poet, a translator of Polish literature and a civil-rights activist. She was one of the founders and the first editor of A Chronicle…
Natalya Gorbanevskaya, Russian-Polish poet and activist (died 2013)
Admiral of the Fleet Sir David Benjamin Bathurst, was a British Royal Navy officer. After training as a pilot and qualifying as a helicopter instructor, Bathurst commanded a naval …
Benjamin Bathurst, English admiral (died 2025)
Marcel Masse was a Canadian politician. He served as a Quebec MLA, federal MP and federal cabinet minister.
Marcel Masse, Canadian educator and politician, 29th Canadian Minister of National Defence (died 2014)
Claude E. Forget, is a Canadian economist and former politician.
Claude Forget, Canadian academic and politician
Betty Shabazz, also known as Betty X, was an American educator and civil rights advocate who was married to Malcolm X.
Betty Shabazz, American educator and activist (died 1997)
Keir Atwood Dullea is an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of astronaut David Bowman in the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey and its 1984 sequel, 2010: The Year We Make …
Keir Dullea, American actor
Anatoly Mikhaylovich Albul was a Russian wrestler. He was born in Leningrad. He was Olympic bronze medalist in Freestyle wrestling in 1960, competing for the Soviet Union. He won a…
Anatoly Albul, Soviet and Russian wrestler (died 2013)
Louis Cameron Gossett Jr. was an American actor. He made his stage debut at age 17. Shortly thereafter, Gossett successfully auditioned for the Broadway play Take a Giant Step. He …
Louis Gossett Jr
André Bourbeau, was a Canadian politician. A member of the Quebec Liberal Party, Bourbeau served as member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Laporte serving from 1981 until 20…
André Bourbeau, Canadian politician (died 2018)
Bekim Fehmiu was a Yugoslav theater and film actor. He was the first Eastern European actor to star in Hollywood during the Cold War, and one of the internationally best-known ethn…
Bekim Fehmiu, Bosnian actor (died 2010)
Gerald Anthony Scarfe is an English satirical cartoonist and illustrator. He has worked as editorial cartoonist for The Sunday Times and illustrator for The New Yorker.
Gerald Scarfe, English illustrator and animator
Volodymyr Stepanovych Holubnychy was a Ukrainian race walker, who competed for the Soviet Union. He dominated the 20 kilometre race walk in the 1960s and 1970s, winning four Olympi…
Volodymyr Holubnychy, Ukrainian race walker (died 2021)
Larry Jeff McMurtry was an American novelist, essayist, and screenwriter whose work was predominantly set in either the Old West or contemporary Texas. During a career spanning six…
Larry McMurtry, American novelist and screenwriter (died 2021)
Sir Colin Earl Meads was a New Zealand rugby union player. He played 55 test matches, most frequently in the lock forward position, for New Zealand's national team, the All Blacks,…
Colin Meads, New Zealand rugby player and coach (died 2017)
John Vincent "Vince" Camuto was an American women's footwear designer and shoe industry executive, best known for co-founding the women's fashion brand Nine West. Following the 199…
Vince Camuto, American fashion designer and businessman, co-founded Nine West (died 2015)
Bruce MacLeish Dern is an American actor. He has received several accolades, including the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for Nebraska (2013), which also earned him a no…
Bruce Dern, American actor
Daggubati Ramanaidu was an Indian film producer known for his work in Telugu cinema. He founded Suresh Productions in 1964 which became of one of the largest film production compan…
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Levi Stubbs was an American baritone singer, widely known as the lead vocalist of the R&B group the Four Tops, that released a variety of Motown hit records during the 1960s and 19…
Levi Stubbs, American soul singer; lead vocalist of the Four Tops (died 2008)
Herbert Randolph Sugar was an American sportswriter known for his work covering boxing and baseball. As the author of over 80 books, The New York Times called Sugar an "accomplishe…
Bert Sugar, American author and boxing historian (died 2012)
Giuseppe Raimondo Vittorio "Pippo" Baudo was an Italian television presenter. One of the most notable in his native country, he had a career spanning six decades, which included 13…
Pippo Baudo, Italian television presenter (died 2025)
James William Ercolani, known by his stage name James Darren, was an American actor, singer, and television director. During the late 1950s and early 1960s, he had notable starring…
James Darren, American actor (died 2024)