Explore 2813 historical events from 1930–1939.
Anthony Peter Musante Jr. was an American actor, best known for the TV series Toma as Detective David Toma, Nino Schibetta in Oz (1997), and Joe D'Angelo in As the World Turns (200…
Tony Musante, American actor and screenwriter (died 2013)
David Kenneth Ritz Van Ronk was an American folk singer. An important figure in the American folk music revival and New York City's Greenwich Village scene in the 1960s, he was nic…
Dave Van Ronk, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2002)
Wallace Amos Jr. was an American writer and businessman. He was the founder of the Famous Amos chocolate chip cookie, the Cookie Kahuna, and Aunt Della's Cookies gourmet cookie bra…
Wally Amos, American entrepreneur, founder of Famous Amos (died 2024)
Edward Koiki Mabo was a Torres Strait Islander man, known for his role in campaigning for Indigenous land rights in Australia, in particular the landmark decision of the High Court…
Eddie Mabo, Australian land rights activist (died 1992)
Fatima-Zohra Imalayen, known by her pen name Assia Djebar, was an Algerian novelist, translator and filmmaker. Most of her works deal with obstacles faced by women, and she is note…
Assia Djebar, Algerian-French author and translator (died 2015)
Omar Mahmoud Suleiman was an Egyptian army general, politician, diplomat, and intelligence officer. A leading figure in Egypt's intelligence system beginning in 1986, Suleiman was …
Omar Suleiman, Egyptian general and politician, 16th Vice President of Egypt (died 2012)
Anthony Paul Lester, Baron Lester of Herne Hill, QC was a British barrister and member of the House of Lords. He was at different times a member of the Labour Party, Social Democra…
Anthony Lester, Baron Lester of Herne Hill, English lawyer and politician (died 2020)
Baard Arne Owe, sometimes credited Bård Owe, was a Norwegian-born Danish actor who appeared in many Scandinavian films and television series.
Baard Owe, Norwegian-Danish actor (died 2017)
Zdzisława Donat-Pajda is a Polish coloratura soprano. She studied in Warsaw and Siena, where she was a pupil of Gino Bechi.
Zdzisława Donat, Polish soprano and actress
Shirley Enola Knight Hopkins was an American actress, active in theatre, film, and television from the 1960s through the 2010s. She was a two-time Oscar nominee, a three-time Prime…
Shirley Knight, American actress (died 2020)
Sir James Alexander Mirrlees was a British economist and winner of the 1996 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He was knighted in the 1997 Birthday Honours.
James Mirrlees, Scottish economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2018)
David Tynan O'Mahony, known professionally as Dave Allen, was an Irish comedian, satirist, and actor. He was best known for his observational comedy. Allen regularly provoked indig…
Dave Allen, Irish comedian, actor, and screenwriter (died 2005)
Egbert Valentin Brieskorn was a German mathematician who introduced Brieskorn spheres and the Brieskorn–Grothendieck resolution.
Egbert Brieskorn, German mathematician and academic (died 2013)
Joseph "Jo" Siffert was a Swiss racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1962 to 1971. Siffert won two Formula One Grands Prix across 10 seasons.
Jo Siffert, Swiss race car driver (died 1971)
Nikos Xylouris, also known as Psaronikos (Ψαρονίκος), was a Greek singer, Cretan lyra player, and songwriter who performed both Cretan rural traditional and urban orchestral music …
Nikos Xilouris, Greek singer-songwriter (died 1980)
June Millicent Jordan was an American poet, essayist, teacher, and activist. In her writing she explored issues of gender, race, immigration, and representation.
June Jordan, American poet and educator (died 2002)
David Zinman is an American conductor.
David Zinman, American violinist and conductor
Herbert Wayne "Herb" Boyer is an American biotechnologist, researcher and entrepreneur in biotechnology. Along with Stanley N. Cohen and Paul Berg, he discovered recombinant DNA, a…
Herbert Boyer, American businessman, co-founded Genentech
Tunne-Väldo Kelam is an Estonian politician and former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Estonia. He is a member of the Pro Patria and Res Publica Union, part of the Eur…
Tunne Kelam, Estonian journalist and politician
Richard John Hyde, sometimes credited as Slyde Hyde, was an American trombonist who played several brass and woodwind instruments. He was a member of the National Academy of Record…
Dick Hyde, American trombonist and session musician (died 2019)
Tommy LiPuma was an American music producer. His productions received 33 Grammy nominations and sold over 75 million albums. His six individual nominations resulted in five Grammy …
Tommy LiPuma, American Grammy Award-winning jazz record producer and record label executive(died 2017)
Jan Němec was a Czech filmmaker whose most important work dates from the 1960s. Film historian Peter Hames has described him as the "enfant terrible of the Czech New Wave."
Jan Němec, Czech director and screenwriter (died 2016)
Francis Beall Ryan was an American professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Los Angeles Rams (1958–1961), Cleveland Browns (…
Frank Ryan, American football player and mathematician (died 2024)
Albert Ayler was an American avant-garde jazz saxophonist and composer.
Albert Ayler, American saxophonist and composer (died 1970)