Explore 1255 historical events from 1930–1939.
Gene Wilder was an American actor, author, comedian, writer and filmmaker. He was mainly known for his comedic roles, including his collaborations with Mel Brooks on the films The …
Gene Wilder, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2016)
Vladislav Stepanovich Rastorotsky was a Soviet and Russian female artistic gymnastics coach, Honoured Trainer of the USSR, who worked at the Dynamo sports society. Sportswomen trai…
Vladislav Rastorotsky, Russian gymnast and coach (died 2017)
Mohammad-Ali Rajai was an Iranian politician who served as the second president of Iran from 2 August 1981 until his assassination four weeks later. Before his presidency, Rajai ha…
Mohammad-Ali Rajai, Iranian politician, 2nd President of Iran (died 1981)
Predrag Koraksić Corax was a Serbian political cartoonist.
Predrag Koraksić Corax, Serbian political caricaturist
Harry Edson Browne was an American writer, libertarian political activist, and investment advisor. He was the Libertarian Party's presidential nominee in the U.S. elections of 1996…
Harry Browne, American soldier and politician (died 2006)
Christian Ferras was a French violinist.
Christian Ferras, French violinist (died 1982)
Maurice Stokes was an American professional basketball player. He played for the Cincinnati/Rochester Royals of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1955 to 1958. Stokes …
Maurice Stokes, American basketball player (died 1970)
Colin James Brumby was an Australian composer and conductor.
Colin Brumby, Australian composer and conductor (died 2018)
Charles James Hunt was an American soul and northern soul singer, and a 2001 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee as a member of famed R&B group the Flamingos.
Tommy Hunt, American singer (died 2025)
Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 11 mission and was part of the third space crew to die during a space flight. On board the space station Saly…
Viktor Patsayev, Kazakh engineer and astronaut (died 1971)
Claire Tomalin is an English journalist and biographer known for her biographies of Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Samuel Pepys, Jane Austen and Mary Wollstonecraft.
Claire Tomalin, English journalist and author
Konstantine "Kote" Marjanishvili, also known by the Russified name Konstantin Aleksandrovich Mardzhanov, was a Georgian theater director regarded as an important contributor to the…
Kote Marjanishvili, Georgian director and playwright (born 1872)
Daniel Louis Aiello Jr. was an American actor. He appeared in numerous motion pictures, including The Godfather Part II (1974), The Front (1976), Once Upon a Time in America (1984)…
Danny Aiello, American actor (died 2019)
Sir Frederick Henry Royce, 1st Baronet was an English engineer famous for his designs of car and aeroplane engines that had a reputation for reliability and longevity. He and his t…
Henry Royce, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (born 1863)
Clay Stone Briggs was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1919 through his death in 1933.
Clay Stone Briggs, American politician (born 1876)
Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis, known, especially in English, as Constantine P. Cavafy and often published as C. P. Cavafy, was a Greek poet, journalist, and civil servant from Alexan…
Constantine P
John Arthur Jarvis was an English competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain in three Olympic Games, and was a well-known amateur athlete of the late 19th century and early …
John Arthur Jarvis, English swimmer (born 1872)
Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav was prime minister of Mongolia from 1930 to 1932.
Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav, Mongolian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Mongolia (born 1894)
Horatio William Bottomley was an English financier, journalist, editor, newspaper proprietor, swindler, and Member of Parliament. He is best known for his editorship of the popular…
Horatio Bottomley, English financier, journalist, and politician (born 1860)
James Charles Rodgers was an American singer, songwriter, and musician who rose to popularity in the late 1920s. Known as Jimmie Rodgers and widely regarded as the "Father of Count…
Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1897)
Nicolas Achille Paroche was a French sport shooter who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics and 1920 Summer Olympics.
Achille Paroche, French target shooter (born 1868)
Frank Washington Jarvis was an American sprinter, the 1900 Olympic 100 m champion, and a triple jumper.
Frank Jarvis, American runner and triple jumper (born 1878)
William Muldoon was an American Greco-Roman Wrestling champion, a physical culturist, and the first chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission. He once wrestled a match tha…
William Muldoon, American wrestler (born 1852)
Ahmet Haşim was an influential Turkish poet of the early 20th century.
Ahmet Haşim, Turkish poet and author (born 1884)