Explore 2813 historical events from 1930–1939.
Steny Hamilton Hoyer is an American politician and retired attorney who has served as the U.S. representative for Maryland's 5th congressional district since 1981. From 2003 to 202…
Steny Hoyer, American lawyer and politician
Peter Mayle was a British businessman turned author who moved to France in the 1980s. He wrote a series of bestselling memoirs of his life there, beginning with A Year in Provence …
Peter Mayle, English author and screenwriter (died 2018)
Louis Clark Brock was an American professional baseball left fielder. He began his 19-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the 1961 Chicago Cubs but spent most of it as a l…
Lou Brock, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2020)
Jean-Claude Germain was a Canadian playwright, author, journalist and historian.
Jean-Claude Germain, Canadian historian, author, and journalist
Anthony Brooks Firestone is an American businessman and politician.
Brooks Firestone, American businessman and politician
Bernd Hoss was a German football manager.
Bernd Hoss, German footballer and manager (died 2016)
John Fullerton MacArthur Jr. was an American Calvinistic Baptist pastor, theologian, author, and broadcaster. He was the founder of Grace to You, a nationally syndicated radio and …
John MacArthur, American minister and theologian (died 2025)
Colin Gerald Dryden Thubron is a British travel writer and novelist. In 2008, The Times ranked him among the 50 greatest postwar British writers. He is a contributor to The New Yor…
Colin Thubron, English journalist and author
Wardell Anthony "Ward" Connerly is an American political and anti-affirmative action activist, businessman, and former University of California Regent (1993–2005). He is also the f…
Ward Connerly, American activist and businessman, founded the American Civil Rights Institute
Billy Wayne "Crash" Craddock is an American country and rockabilly singer. He first gained popularity in Australia in the 1950s with a string of rockabilly hits, including the Aust…
Billy "Crash" Craddock, American singer-songwriter
Ramakant Bhikaji Desai was an Indian cricketer who represented India in Test cricket as a fast bowler from 1959 to 1968.
Ramakant Desai, Indian cricketer (died 1998)
Derek Prior "Budge" Rogers OBE, born in Bedford on 20 June 1939 and educated at Bedford School, is a former rugby union player who captained Bedford and played at international l…
Budge Rogers, English rugby player and manager
Donald J. Matthews, a.k.a. "the Don", was a head coach of several professional football teams, mostly in the Canadian Football League (CFL). He won 231 games in the CFL, the second…
Don Matthews, American-Canadian football player and coach (died 2017)
Edward Francis Paschke was an American painter. His childhood interest in animation and cartoons, as well as his father's creativity in wood carving and construction, led him towar…
Ed Paschke, Polish-American painter and academic (died 2004)
Walter Scott Burton III was an American artist and writer who primarily worked in sculpture and performance art. He was best known for his large-scale furniture sculptures in mater…
Scott Burton, American sculptor (died 1989)
Brigitte Fontaine is a French singer of avant-garde music. She has employed numerous unusual musical styles, melding rock and roll, folk, jazz, electronica, spoken word poetry, and…
Brigitte Fontaine, French singer
Judy Olson Duhamel is an American politician and educator. She served in the South Dakota State Senate representing Pennington County from 1988 to 1992 and later served as chair of…
Judy Olson Duhamel, American politician and educator
Allen E. Fox is an American former tennis player in the 1960s and 1970s who went on to be a college coach and author. He was ranked as high as U.S. No. 4 in 1962, and was in the to…
Allen Fox, American tennis player and coach
Charles Spittal Robb is an American former U.S. Marine Corps officer and politician who served as the 64th governor of Virginia from 1982 to 1986 and a United States senator repres…
Chuck Robb, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 64th Governor of Virginia
Zainuddin bin Maidin was a Malaysian politician and the former Information Minister in the Malaysian cabinet representing United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) in the Barisan …
Zainuddin Maidin, Malaysian politician (died 2018)
Rahul Dev Burman was an Indian music director and singer, who is considered to be one of the greatest and most successful music directors of the Hindi film music industry. From the…
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Neil James Napier Hawke was an Australian Test cricketer and leading Australian rules footballer.
Neil Hawke, Australian cricketer and footballer (died 2000)
Brereton Chandler Jones was an American politician from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. From 1991 to 1995, he was the state's 58th governor, and had served from 1987 to 1991 as the 5…
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Klaus Schmiegel, is a German chemist best known for his work in organic chemistry, which led to the invention of Prozac, a widely used antidepressant.
Klaus Schmiegel, German chemist