Explore 2813 historical events from 1930–1939.
Gustavo José Joaquín Noboa Bejarano was an Ecuadorian politician who served as the 42nd president of Ecuador from 22 January 2000 to 15 January 2003. Previously he served as the 42…
Gustavo Noboa, Ecuadorian academic and politician, 51st President of Ecuador (died 2021)
Robert Anthony Stone was an American novelist, journalist, and college professor.
Robert Stone, American novelist and short story writer (died 2015)
Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, also known as M. K. O. Abiola, was a Nigerian business magnate, publisher and politician. He was the honorary supreme military commander of …
Moshood Abiola, Nigerian businessman and politician (died 1998)
Susanna Maria Sheehan was an American writer.
Susan Sheehan, Austrian-American journalist and author (died 2026)
Virginia Euwer Wolff is an American author of children's literature. Her award-winning series Make Lemonade features a 14-year-old girl named LaVaughn, who babysits for the childre…
Virginia Euwer Wolff, American author
Thomas Adrian Sands is an American country and pop music singer and actor. Working in show business as a child, Sands became an overnight sensation and instant teen idol when he ap…
Tommy Sands, American pop singer and actor
Jimmy Hannan was an Australian radio and television personality, variety show host, singer, entertainer and game show host of the 1960s and 1970s. One of the pioneers of television…
Jimmy Hannan, Australian television host and singer (died 2019)
Rubel Don Bowman was an American country music singer, songwriter, comedian, and radio host. He recorded for RCA Victor between 1964 and 1970, charting in the Top 40 with the novel…
Don Bowman, American singer-songwriter (died 2013)
Alice Lucille Coltrane, also known as Swamini Turiyasangitananda or simply Turiya, was an American jazz musician, composer, bandleader, and Hindu spiritual leader. An accomplished …
Alice Coltrane, American pianist and composer (died 2007)
Jay Johnson Morrow was an American military engineer who was Chief Engineer of the United States First Army and Deputy Chief Engineer of the American Expeditionary Force during Wor…
Jay Johnson Morrow, American military engineer and politician, third Governor of the Panama Canal Zone (born 1870)
William Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington,, known between 1895 and 1931 as Sir Martin Conway, was an English art critic, politician, cartographer and mountaineer, who ma…
Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington, English cartographer and politician (born 1856)
William Morton Wheeler was an American entomologist, myrmecologist and professor at Harvard University.
William Morton Wheeler, American entomologist and zoologist (born 1865)
Antonio Francesco Gramsci was an Italian Marxist philosopher, linguist and politician. He was a founding member and one-time leader of the Italian Communist Party. A vocal critic o…
Antonio Gramsci, Italian sociologist, linguist, and politician (born 1891)
William Hooker Gillette was an American actor-manager, playwright, and stage manager in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is best remembered for portraying Sherlock Holmes…
William Gillette, American actor and playwright (born 1853)
Gina Oselio was a Norwegian operatic mezzo-soprano. Her signature role was the title heroine in Georges Bizet's Carmen. Oselio was sponsored by Oscar II who he gave her the title o…
Gina Oselio, Norwegian opera singer (born 1858)
Captain Ernst August Lehmann was a German Zeppelin captain. He was one of the most famous and experienced figures in German airship travel. The Pittsburgh Press called Lehmann the …
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Henry Ossawa Tanner was an American artist who spent much of his career in France. He became the first African-American painter to gain international acclaim. Tanner moved to Paris…
Henry Ossawa Tanner, American-French painter and illustrator (born 1859)
Louis Victor Jules Vierne was a French organist and composer. He was the organist of Notre-Dame de Paris from 1900 until his death. As a composer, much of his output was organ musi…
Louis Vierne, French organist and composer (born 1870)
Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, PC was a British politician. A strong speaker, he became popular in trade union circles for his denunciation of capitalism as unethical and hi…
Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1864)
John Davison Rockefeller Sr. was an American businessman and philanthropist. He was one of the wealthiest Americans of all time and one of the richest people in modern history. Roc…
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Alfred Adler was an Austrian medical doctor, psychotherapist, and founder of the school of individual psychology. His emphasis on the importance of feelings of belonging, relations…
Alfred Adler, Austrian-Scottish ophthalmologist and psychologist (born 1870)
Jean Harlow was an American actress. Known for her portrayal of "bad girl" characters, she was the leading sex symbol of the early 1930s and one of the defining figures of the pre-…
Jean Harlow, American actress and singer (born 1911)
Sir Robert Laird Borden was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the eighth prime minister of Canada from 1911 to 1920. He is best known for his leadership of Canada duri…
Robert Borden, Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1854)
Reginald Joseph Mitchell was a British aircraft designer who worked for the Southampton aviation company Supermarine from 1916 until 1936. He is best known for designing racing sea…
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