Explore 2813 historical events from 1930–1939.
Patrick Francis McManus was an American educator and humor writer, who primarily wrote about the outdoors. A humor columnist and editor for Outdoor Life from 1983 to 2009, and Fiel…
Patrick F. McManus, American journalist and author (died 2018)
Wayne Shorter was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and bandleader, widely regarded as one of the most important and influential figures in the history of modern jazz. Over a…
Wayne Shorter, American saxophonist and composer (died 2023)
Thomas Roy Skerritt is an American actor and director, who has appeared in over 170 film and television productions since 1962. The beginning of his film career coincided with the …
Tom Skerritt, American actor
Philip Neville French was an English film critic and radio producer. French began his career in journalism in the late 1950s, before eventually becoming a BBC Radio producer, and l…
Philip French, English journalist, critic, and producer (died 2015)
Patrick Augustine Kalilombe was a Roman Catholic theologian who was the Bishop of Lilongwe from 1972 to 1979.
Patrick Kalilombe, Malawian bishop and theologian (died 2012)
Konstantine "Kote" Marjanishvili, also known by the Russified name Konstantin Aleksandrovich Mardzhanov, was a Georgian theater director regarded as an important contributor to the…
Kote Marjanishvili, Georgian director and playwright (born 1872)
Sir Frederick Henry Royce, 1st Baronet was an English engineer famous for his designs of car and aeroplane engines that had a reputation for reliability and longevity. He and his t…
Henry Royce, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (born 1863)
Clay Stone Briggs was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1919 through his death in 1933.
Clay Stone Briggs, American politician (born 1876)
Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis, known, especially in English, as Constantine P. Cavafy and often published as C. P. Cavafy, was a Greek poet, journalist, and civil servant from Alexan…
Constantine P
John Arthur Jarvis was an English competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain in three Olympic Games, and was a well-known amateur athlete of the late 19th century and early …
John Arthur Jarvis, English swimmer (born 1872)
Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav was prime minister of Mongolia from 1930 to 1932.
Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav, Mongolian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Mongolia (born 1894)
Horatio William Bottomley was an English financier, journalist, editor, newspaper proprietor, swindler, and Member of Parliament. He is best known for his editorship of the popular…
Horatio Bottomley, English financier, journalist, and politician (born 1860)
James Charles Rodgers was an American singer, songwriter, and musician who rose to popularity in the late 1920s. Known as Jimmie Rodgers and widely regarded as the "Father of Count…
Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1897)
Nicolas Achille Paroche was a French sport shooter who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics and 1920 Summer Olympics.
Achille Paroche, French target shooter (born 1868)
Frank Washington Jarvis was an American sprinter, the 1900 Olympic 100 m champion, and a triple jumper.
Frank Jarvis, American runner and triple jumper (born 1878)
William Muldoon was an American Greco-Roman Wrestling champion, a physical culturist, and the first chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission. He once wrestled a match tha…
William Muldoon, American wrestler (born 1852)
Ahmet Haşim was an influential Turkish poet of the early 20th century.
Ahmet Haşim, Turkish poet and author (born 1884)
Dragutin Milivoj Domjanić was a Croatian poet. He is well known for his work of Domjanic and the poems Fala and Popevke sam slagal.
Dragutin Domjanić, Croatian lawyer, judge, and poet (born 1875)
Count Clary was a French sport shooter who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century in trap shooting. He participated in Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Par…
Justinien de Clary, French target shooter (born 1860)
Sir Henry Ralph Stanley Birkin, 3rd Baronet, known as Tim Birkin, was a British racing driver, one of the "Bentley Boys" of the 1920s.
Tim Birkin, English racing driver and lieutenant (born 1896)
Roscoe Conkling "Fatty" Arbuckle was an American silent film actor, director, and screenwriter. He started at the Selig Polyscope Company and eventually moved to Keystone Studios, …
Roscoe Arbuckle, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1887)
Juan Hipólito del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Yrigoyen was an Argentine politician of the Radical Civic Union who served as President of Argentina from 1916 to 1922 and again from 192…
Hipólito Yrigoyen, Argentinian educator and politician, 19th President of Argentina (born 1852)
Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope, was a British novelist and playwright. He was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels but he is remembered predomi…
Anthony Hope, English author and playwright (born 1863)
Freddie Keppard was an American jazz cornetist who once held the title of "King" in the New Orleans jazz scene. This title was previously held by Buddy Bolden and succeeded by Joe …
Freddie Keppard, American cornet player (born 1890)