The 1930s

1936 90 years ago

Spanish Civil War: Santander falls to the Nationalists and the Republican Interprovincial Council is dissolved.

The Spanish Civil War was fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republicans and the Nationalist rebels. Republicans loyal to the left-leaning Popular Front government of the Second …

Spanish Civil War: Santander falls to the Nationalists and the Republican Interprovincial Council is dissolved.

1936 90 years ago

Nazi Germany begins its mass arrests of Jehovah's Witnesses, who are interned in concentration camps.

Nazi Germany, officially the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the countr…

Nazi Germany begins its mass arrests of Jehovah's Witnesses, who are interned in concentration camps.

1936 90 years ago

James Dobson, American evangelist, psychologist, and author, founded Focus on the Family (died 2025)

James Clayton Dobson Jr. was an American evangelical Christian author, psychologist and founder of Focus on the Family (FotF), which he led from 1977 until 2010. In the 1980s, he w…

James Dobson, American evangelist, psychologist, and author, founded Focus on the Family (died 2025)

1936 90 years ago

Glen Campbell, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 2017)

Glen Travis Campbell was an American country musician and actor. He was best known for a series of hit songs in the 1960s and 1970s, and for hosting The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour…

Glen Campbell, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 2017)

1936 90 years ago

David Crombie, Canadian educator and politician, 56th Mayor of Toronto

David Edward Crombie is a former Canadian academic and politician who served as the 56th mayor of Toronto from 1972 to 1978. Crombie was elected to Parliament following his tenure …

David Crombie, Canadian educator and politician, 56th Mayor of Toronto

1936 90 years ago

Jill Ireland, English actress (died 1990)

Jill Dorothy Ireland was an English actress and singer.

Jill Ireland, English actress (died 1990)

1936 90 years ago

Geoffrey Shovelton, English singer and illustrator (died 2016)

Geoffrey Richard Shovelton was an English singer, actor and illustrator best known for his performances in leading tenor roles with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in the 1970s.

Geoffrey Shovelton, English singer and illustrator (died 2016)

1936 90 years ago

Tariq Aziz, Iraqi journalist and politician, Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 2015)

Tariq Aziz was an Iraqi politician and journalist who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq from 1979 to 2003 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1983 to 1991. He was a clos…

Tariq Aziz, Iraqi journalist and politician, Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 2015)

1936 90 years ago

Henck Arron, Surinamese banker and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Suriname (died 2000)

Henck Alphonsus Eugène Arron was a Surinamese politician who served as the first Prime Minister of Suriname after it gained independence in 1975. A member of the National Party of …

Henck Arron, Surinamese banker and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Suriname (died 2000)

1936 90 years ago

Zubin Mehta, Indian conductor

Zubin Mehta is an Indian conductor of Western classical music. He is music director emeritus of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) and conductor emeritus of the Los Angeles Ph…

Zubin Mehta, Indian conductor

1936 90 years ago

Adolfo Nicolás, Spanish priest, 13th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (died 2020)

Adolfo Nicolás Pachón was a Spanish Catholic priest who served as the 30th superior general of the Society of Jesus from 2008 to 2016. He previously taught at Sophia University in …

Adolfo Nicolás, Spanish priest, 13th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (died 2020)

1936 90 years ago

Alejandra Pizarnik, Argentine poet (died 1972)

Flora Alejandra Pizarnik was an Argentine poet. Her idiosyncratic and thematically introspective poetry has been considered "one of the most unusual bodies of work in Latin America…

Alejandra Pizarnik, Argentine poet (died 1972)

1936 90 years ago

Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, English banker and philanthropist (died 2024)

Nathaniel Charles Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, was a British hereditary peer, investment banker and member of the Rothschild banking family. Rothschild held important ro…

Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, English banker and philanthropist (died 2024)

1936 90 years ago

Norma Aleandro, Argentinian actress, director, and screenwriter

Norma Aleandro is an Argentine actress. She is considered one of the most celebrated and prolific Argentine actresses of all time and is recognized as a cultural icon in her home c…

Norma Aleandro, Argentinian actress, director, and screenwriter

1936 90 years ago

Engelbert Humperdinck, English singer and pianist

Arnold George Dorsey, MBE, known professionally as Engelbert Humperdinck, is a British singer described by AllMusic as "one of the finest middle-of-the-road balladeers around". He …

Engelbert Humperdinck, English singer and pianist

1936 90 years ago

Sandy Baron, American actor and comedian (died 2001)

Sandy Baron was an American actor and comedian who performed on stage, in films, and on television. He is best known for his recurring role of Jack Klompus on the NBC sitcom Seinfe…

Sandy Baron, American actor and comedian (died 2001)

1936 90 years ago

Tony O'Reilly, Irish rugby player and businessman (died 2024)

Sir Anthony John Francis O'Reilly was an Irish businessman and international rugby union player. He was known for his try scoring in rugby, his involvement in the Independent News …

Tony O'Reilly, Irish rugby player and businessman (died 2024)

1936 90 years ago

Albert Finney, English actor (died 2019)

Albert Finney was an English actor. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked in the theatre before attaining fame for film acting during the early 1960s, debuting w…

Albert Finney, English actor (died 2019)

1936 90 years ago

Guillermo Endara, Panamanian lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Panama (died 2009)

Guillermo David Endara Galimany was a Panamanian politician who served as the president of Panama from 1989 to 1994.

Guillermo Endara, Panamanian lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Panama (died 2009)

1936 90 years ago

Tom Snyder, American journalist and talk show host (died 2007)

Thomas James Snyder was an American television personality, news anchor, and radio personality best known for his late night talk shows Tomorrow, on NBC in the 1970s and 1980s, and…

Tom Snyder, American journalist and talk show host (died 2007)

1936 90 years ago

Glenda Jackson, English actress and politician (died 2023)

Glenda May Jackson was an English actress and politician. Over the course of her distinguished career she received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, three Emmy Award…

Glenda Jackson, English actress and politician (died 2023)

1936 90 years ago

Frank Stella, American painter and sculptor (died 2024)

Frank Philip Stella was an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker, noted for his work in the areas of minimalism and post-painterly abstraction. He lived and worked in New York…

Frank Stella, American painter and sculptor (died 2024)

1936 90 years ago

Bobby Darin, American singer-songwriter and actor (died 1973)

Walden Robert Cassotto, known by the stage name Bobby Darin, was an American singer, songwriter, and actor who performed pop, swing, folk, rock and roll and country music.

Bobby Darin, American singer-songwriter and actor (died 1973)

1936 90 years ago

Dick Howser, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1987)

Richard Dalton Howser was an American Major League Baseball shortstop, coach, and manager who was best known as the manager of the Kansas City Royals during the 1980s and for guidi…

Dick Howser, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1987)