Explore 2813 historical events from 1930–1939.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. He is the longest-serving US president and the…
Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired.
William Penn Adair Rogers was an American vaudeville performer, actor, and humorous social commentator. He was born as a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, in the Indian Territory, no…
Will Rogers and Wiley Post are killed after their aircraft develops engine problems during takeoff in Barrow, Alaska.
Costas Ferris is a Greek film director, writer, actor, and producer. He wrote the lyrics of Aphrodite's Child's album 666. His 1983 film Rembetiko won the Silver Bear at the 34th B…
Costas Ferris, Egyptian-Greek actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Dudley Stuart John Moore was an English actor, comedian, musician and composer. He first came to prominence in the UK as a leading figure in the British satire boom of the 1960s. H…
Dudley Moore, English actor, comedian, and pianist (died 2002)
Justin Francis Rigali is an American prelate of the Catholic Church. After a diplomatic and academic career in Rome, he served as Archbishop of St. Louis from 1994 to 2003. He then…
Justin Francis Rigali, American cardinal
Charles Sidney Grodin was an American actor, comedian, author, and television talk show host. Known for his deadpan delivery and often cast as a put-upon straight man, Grodin becam…
Charles Grodin, American actor and talk show host (died 2021)
Thomas Howard Kean is an American statesman and academic administrator who served as the 48th governor of New Jersey from 1982 to 1990. A member of the Republican Party, he served …
Thomas Kean, American academic and politician, 48th Governor of New Jersey
Sir Christopher John Elinger Ball is a British academic, who served as Warden of Keble College, Oxford, from 1980 to 1988, and as the first Chancellor of the University of Derby, …
Christopher Ball, English linguist and academic
Paul Laurence Dunbar Chambers Jr. was an American jazz double bassist. A fixture of rhythm sections during the 1950s and 1960s, he has become one of the most widely-known jazz bass…
Paul Chambers, African-American bassist and composer (died 1969)
Bhama Srinivasan was a mathematician known for her work in the representation theory of finite groups. Her contributions were honored with the 1990 Noether Lecture. She served as p…
Bhama Srinivasan, Indian-American mathematician and academic
Robert Allen Gutowski was an American athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault. He competed for the United States in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia in t…
Bob Gutowski, American pole vaulter (died 1960)
Reinier Kreijermaat was a Dutch footballer who was active as a midfielder in the 1960s.
Reinier Kreijermaat, Dutch footballer (died 2018)
Theodoros "Theo" Angelopoulos was a Greek filmmaker, screenwriter and film producer. He dominated the Greek art film industry from 1975 on, and Angelopoulos was one of the most inf…
Theodoros Angelopoulos, Greek director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2012)
Ronald Hugh Morris was an American track and field athlete who won the national title in pole vault in 1958, 1961 and 1962. He placed fourth at the 1959 Pan American Games and seco…
Ron Morris, American pole vaulter and coach (died 2024)
Pedro ("Pete") Ramos Guerra is a Cuban former professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Washington Senators / Minnesota Twins, Cleveland Indi…
Pedro Ramos, Cuban baseball player
Otis Rush Jr. was an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter. His distinctive guitar style featured a slow-burning sound and long bent notes. With qualities similar to the s…
Otis Rush, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2018)
Faisal II was the last King of Iraq. He reigned from 4 April 1939 until July 1958, when he was killed during the 14 July Revolution. This regicide marked the end of the thirty-seve…
Faisal II of Iraq, the last King of Iraq (died 1958)
Ronald Martin Popeil was an American inventor and marketing personality, and founder of the direct response marketing company Ronco. He made appearances in infomercials for the Sho…
Ron Popeil, American businessman, founded the Ronco Company (died 2021)
Edward Sean Linden was a Scottish-Irish poet, literary magazine editor, and political activist. From 1969 to 2002, he published and edited the poetry magazine Aquarius, which The I…
Eddie Linden, Scottish poet and magazine editor (died 2023)
Bernard Pivot was a French journalist, interviewer and host of cultural television programmes. He was chairman of the Académie Goncourt from 2014 to 2020.
Bernard Pivot, French journalist, talk show host, and producer (died 2024)
Luis Suárez Miramontes was a Spanish professional footballer and manager. He played as a midfielder for Deportivo de La Coruña, España Industrial, Barcelona, Inter Milan, Sampdoria…
Luis Suárez Miramontes, Spanish footballer and manager (died 2023)
Sir Michael John Hopkins was an English architect.
Michael Hopkins, English architect (died 2023)
John Charlton was an English professional footballer and manager who played as a centre-back for Leeds United. He was part of the England national team that won the 1966 World Cup …
Jack Charlton, English footballer and manager (died 2020)
Nole Floyd "Nokie" Edwards was an American musician and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was primarily a guitarist, best known for his work with The Ventures, and was k…
Nokie Edwards, American guitarist (died 2018)