Explore 1255 historical events from 1930–1939.
Roger Moens is a Belgian former middle-distance runner. In 1955 he broke Rudolf Harbig's long-standing world record over 800 meters. At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome he won a si…
Roger Moens, Belgian runner and sportscaster
James Addison Baker III is an American statesman, attorney, diplomat, and former Marine Corps officer. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 10th White House chief of …
James Baker, American lawyer and politician, 61st United States Secretary of State
Jean Raoul Robert Rochefort was a French actor. He received many accolades during his career, including an Honorary César in 1999.
Jean Rochefort, French actor and director (died 2017)
Pierre-Félix Guattari was a French psychoanalyst, political philosopher, semiotician, social activist, and screenwriter. He co-founded schizoanalysis with Gilles Deleuze, and creat…
Félix Guattari, French psychotherapist and philosopher (died 1992)
Carolyn Sue Jones was an American actress of television and film. She began her film career in the early 1950s and by the end of the decade, in 1958, had achieved recognition with …
Carolyn Jones, American actress (died 1983)
Ollie Genoa Matson II was an American Olympic medal winning sprinter and professional football player. He played as a halfback and return specialist in the National Football League…
Ollie Matson, American sprinter and football player (died 2011)
Richard Joseph Riordan was an American businessman, investor, military commander, philanthropist, and politician. A decorated Korean War veteran and a member of the Republican Part…
Richard Riordan, American lieutenant and politician, 39th Mayor of Los Angeles and publisher (died 2023)
Marion Walter Jacobs, known as Little Walter, was an American blues musician, singer, and songwriter. His revolutionary approach to the harmonica had a strong impact on the succeed…
Little Walter Jacobs, American blues harp player and singer (died 1968)
Yoram Kaniuk was an Israeli writer, painter, journalist, and theatre critic.
Yoram Kaniuk, Israeli painter and critic (died 2013)
Marco Pannella was an Italian politician, journalist and activist. He was well known in his country for his nonviolence and civil rights' campaigns, like the right to divorce, the …
Marco Pannella, Italian journalist and politician (died 2016)
Juan Gelman was an Argentine poet. He published more than twenty books of poetry between 1956 and his death in early 2014. He was a naturalized citizen of Mexico, where he arrived …
Juan Gelman, Argentinian poet and author (died 2014)
Katherine Esther Jackson is the matriarch of the Jackson family of entertainers that includes her children Michael and Janet Jackson. Michael dedicated his sixth studio album Thril…
Katherine Jackson, matriarch of the Jackson family
David Joseph Carpenter, also called the Trailside Killer, is an American serial killer and sex offender who raped, tortured, and murdered various victims in the San Francisco Bay A…
David Carpenter, American serial killer
Vito "Babe" Parilli was an American professional football quarterback and coach who played for 18 seasons. Parilli played five seasons in the National Football League (NFL), 10 in …
Babe Parilli, American football player and coach (died 2017)
Heather Mary Harper was a Northern Irish operatic soprano. She was active internationally in both opera and concert. She performed roles such as Helena in Benjamin Britten's A Mids…
Heather Harper, Northern Irish soprano (died 2019)
Douglas Leon Atkins was an American professional football defensive end who played for the Cleveland Browns, Chicago Bears, and New Orleans Saints in the National Football League (…
Doug Atkins, American football player (died 2015)
Gary Sherman Snyder is an American poet, essayist, lecturer, and environmental activist. His early poetry has been associated with the Beat Generation and the San Francisco Renaiss…
Gary Snyder, American poet, essayist, and translator
Irene Joan Marion Sims was an English actress and comedienne, best remembered for her roles in the Carry On franchise, appearing in 24 of the films.
Joan Sims, English actress (died 2001)
Edsger Wybe Dijkstra was a Dutch computer scientist, programmer, mathematician, and science essayist.
Edsger W
Basil Harry Losten was a bishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in the USA. He was until his death Bishop Emeritus of the Ukrainian Catholic Diocese of Stamford, Connecticut…
Basil H
George Elwood Smith was an American applied physicist and a co-inventor of the charge-coupled device (CCD). Smith shared one half of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics with Willard Bo…
George E
Jesús Franco Manera, also commonly known as Jess Franco, was a Spanish filmmaker, composer, and actor, known as a highly prolific director of low-budget exploitation and B-movies. …
Jesús Franco, Spanish director and screenwriter (died 2013)
Maurice Robert "Mike" Gravel was an American politician and writer who represented Alaska in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1981 as a member of the Democratic Party. He ran …
Mike Gravel, American politician (died 2021)
William Brian "Digger" James was an Australian soldier and military physician who served in the Australian Army during the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
William James, Australian general and physician (died 2015)