Explore 2813 historical events from 1930–1939.
Gustav Holst was an English composer, arranger and teacher. Best known for his orchestral suite The Planets, he composed many other works across a range of genres, although none ac…
Gustav Holst, English trombonist, composer, and educator (born 1874)
Lev Semyonovich Vygotsky was a Russian and Soviet psychologist, best known for his work on psychological development in children and creating the framework known as cultural-histor…
Lev Vygotsky, Belarusian-Russian psychologist and theorist (born 1896)
Louis Charles Bonaventure Alfred Bruneau was a French composer who played a key role in the introduction of realism in French opera.
Alfred Bruneau, French cellist and composer (born 1857)
James Thorne Smith Jr. was an American writer of humorous supernatural fantasy fiction under the byline Thorne Smith. He is best known today for the two Topper novels, comic fantas…
Thorne Smith, American author (born 1892)
Francesco Buhagiar was the second Prime Minister of Malta (1923–1924). He was elected from the Maltese Political Union.
Francesco Buhagiar, Maltese politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Malta (born 1876)
Karl Gustav Ernst was an SA-Gruppenführer who, from March 1933, was the SA commander in Berlin. Prior to joining the Nazi Party, he had been a hotel bellhop and a bouncer at gay ni…
Karl Ernst, German soldier and SA commander (born 1904)
Erich Klausener was a German Catholic politician and Catholic martyr in the "Night of the Long Knives", a purge that took place in Nazi Germany from 30 June to 2 July 1934, when th…
Erich Klausener, German soldier and politician (born 1885)
Gustav Ritter von Kahr was a German jurist and right-wing politician. During his career, he was district president of Upper Bavaria, Bavarian minister president and, from September…
Gustav Ritter von Kahr, German lawyer and politician, Minister-President of Bavaria (born 1862)
Kurt Ferdinand Friedrich Hermann von Schleicher was a German military officer and the penultimate chancellor of Germany during the Weimar Republic. A rival for power with Adolf Hit…
Kurt von Schleicher, German general and politician, 23rd Chancellor of Germany (born 1882)
Édouard Benjamin Baillaud was a French astronomer.
Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer and academic (born 1848)
Ole Evinrude, born Ole Andreassen Aaslundeie was an American entrepreneur, known for the invention of the first outboard motor with practical commercial application.
Ole Evinrude, Norwegian-American inventor and businessman, invented the outboard motor (born 1877)
Gregor Strasser was a German politician and early leader of the Nazi Party. Along with his younger brother Otto, he was a leading member of the party's northern group, which brough…
Gregor Strasser, German lieutenant, politician, and early leader of the Nazi Party (born 1892)
Ernst Julius Günther Röhm was a German military officer, politician, and a leading member of the Nazi Party. A close friend and early ally of Adolf Hitler, Röhm was the co-founder …
Ernst Röhm, German paramilitary commander, co-founder and leader of the Sturmabteilung (SA) (born 1887)
Maria Salomea Skłodowska Curie, better known as Marie Curie, was a Polish and naturalised-French physicist and chemist. She shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with her husband,…
Marie Curie, French-Polish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1867)
Mary Emma Byrd was an American astronomer and educator. She is considered a pioneer astronomy teacher at college level. She was also an astronomer in her own right, determining com…
Mary E. Byrd, American astronomer and academic (born 1849)
John Herbert Dillinger was an American gangster during the Great Depression. He commanded the Dillinger Gang, which was accused of robbing twenty-four banks and four police station…
John Dillinger, American gangster (born 1903)
François Coty was a French perfumer, businessman, newspaper publisher, politician and patron of the arts. He was the founder of the Coty perfume company, today a multinational. He …
François Coty, French businessman, founded Coty (born 1874)
Engelbert Dollfuss was an Austrian politician and dictator who served as chancellor of Austria between 1932 and 1934. Having served as Minister for Forests and Agriculture, he asce…
Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian politician, 14th Chancellor of Austria (born 1892)
Zenas Winsor McCay was an American cartoonist and animator. He is best known for the comic strip Little Nemo and the animated film Gertie the Dinosaur (1914). For contractual reaso…
Winsor McCay, American cartoonist, animator, producer, and screenwriter (born 1871)
Leila Marie Koerber, known professionally as Marie Dressler, was a Canadian-born stage and screen actress, script editor, writer, and comedian. She was popular in Hollywood in earl…
Marie Dressler, Canadian-American actress and singer (born 1868)
Louis Joseph Tancred was a South African cricketer who played in 14 Test matches from 1902 to 1913, including three as captain.
Louis Tancred, South African cricketer and pilot (born 1876)
Nestor Ivanovych Makhno, also known as Bat'ko Makhno, was a Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary and the commander of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine during the Ukrainian …
Nestor Makhno, Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary (born 1888)
Joseph George Didier "Cannonball" Pitre was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Nicknamed "Cannonball," he was renowned for having one of the hardest shots during his playin…
Didier Pitre, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1883)
Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg was a German military officer and statesman who led the Imperial German Army during World War I and later became Preside…
Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal and politician, 2nd president of Germany (born 1847)