Explore 4338 historical events from 1930–1939.
Enrique Omar Sívori was an Argentine-Italian football player and manager who played as a forward. At club level, he is known for his successful time with Italian side Juventus duri…
Omar Sívori, Italian-Argentine footballer and manager (died 2005)
Charles Moss Duke Jr. is an American former astronaut, United States Air Force (USAF) officer and test pilot who, as Lunar Module pilot of Apollo 16 in 1972, became the 10th and yo…
Charles Duke, American general, pilot, and astronaut
Armen Borisovich Dzhigarkhanyan was a Soviet, Armenian, and Russian actor.
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Soviet Russian-Armenian actor (died 2020)
James Edward Orr Jr. was an American professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons, running from 1958 to 1970.
Jimmy Orr, American football player (died 2020)
Bruno Leopoldo Francesco Sammartino was an Italian-American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time with the World Wide Wrestling Federation. Sammartino's first reign …
Bruno Sammartino, Italian-American wrestler and trainer (died 2018)
Albert Henri Roux was a French restaurateur and chef. He and his brother Michel operated Le Gavroche in London's Mayfair, the first restaurant in the UK to gain three Michelin star…
Albert Roux, French-English chef (died 2021)
Thomas Michael Keneally is an Australian novelist, playwright, essayist, and actor. He is best known for his historical fiction novel Schindler's Ark, the story of Oskar Schindler'…
Thomas Keneally, Australian novelist, playwright, and essayist
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, is a member of the British royal family. The elder son of Prince George, Duke of Kent, and Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark, he is a grandson of G…
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent
Sir Donald McCullin is a British photojournalist, particularly recognised for his war photography and images of urban strife. His career, which began in 1959, has specialised in ex…
Don McCullin, English photographer and journalist
Khalil Ibrahim al-Wazir, also known by his kunya Abu Jihad, was a Palestinian leader and co-founder of the nationalist party Fatah. As a top aide of Palestine Liberation Organizati…
Khalil al-Wazir, Palestinian commander, founded Fatah (died 1988)
André Bureau, was a Canadian lawyer and communications executive.
André Bureau, Canadian lawyer and businessman (died 2019)
Judith Rosemary Locke Chalmers was a British television and radio presenter. She began broadcasting for the BBC as a teenager and went on to present a wide range of programmes, inc…
Judith Chalmers, English television host and actress
Danny Wood Evins was an American entrepreneur and founder of Cracker Barrel, a Southern-themed restaurant chain.
Dan Evins, American businessman, founded Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (died 2012)
Samuel David Moore was an American singer who was best known as a member of the soul and R&B duo Sam & Dave from 1961 to 1981. He was a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the …
Sam Moore, American soul singer-songwriter (died 2025)
Luciano Pavarotti was an Italian operatic tenor who during the late part of his career crossed over into popular music, eventually becoming one of the most acclaimed tenors of all …
Luciano Pavarotti, Italian tenor and actor (died 2007)
Etterlene Louise Rodriguez was an American gospel singer, songwriter, and the matriarch of the American R&B/soul vocal group DeBarge. She was the author of Other Side of the Pain, …
Etterlene DeBarge, American singer-songwriter (died 2024)
Bruce Morrow is an American radio performer, publicly known as Cousin Brucie or Cousin Bruce Morrow. In an October 2020 interview, Morrow said he received the moniker "Cousin" whil…
Bruce Morrow, American radio host and actor
Daniel Clarence Quinn was an American author, cultural critic, and publisher of educational texts, best known for his novel Ishmael, which won the Turner Tomorrow Fellowship Award …
Daniel Quinn, American author and environmentalist (died 2018)
Donald Howe was an English football player, coach, manager and pundit. As a right back Howe featured for clubs West Bromwich Albion and Arsenal together with the England national f…
Don Howe, English footballer and manager (died 2015)
Anthony Christopher Kubek is an American former professional baseball player and television broadcaster. During his nine-year playing career with the New York Yankees, Kubek played…
Tony Kubek, American baseball player and sportscaster
Shivraj Vishwanath Patil was an Indian politician. He was the Minister of Home Affairs (India), from 2004 to 2008 and 10th Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 1991 to 1996. Patil was Gov…
Shivraj Patil, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Defence
Barry McGuire is an American singer-songwriter primarily known for his 1965 hit "Eve of Destruction". He was later a singer and songwriter of contemporary Christian music.
Barry McGuire, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Richard McTaggart, MBE was a Scottish amateur boxer who was Olympic lightweight champion in 1956. In 1960, he won bronze in the same category. In 1956, he received the Val Barker T…
Dick McTaggart, Scottish boxer (died 2025)
Bobby Joe Morrow was an American sprinter who won three gold medals at the 1956 Olympics. He has been called "the dominant sprinter of the 1950s" and "the most relaxed sprinter of …
Bobby Morrow, American sprinter (died 2020)