Explore 2813 historical events from 1930–1939.
Frederick Samuel Duesenberg was a German-born American automobile and engine designer, manufacturer and sportsman who was internationally known as a designer of racecars and racing…
Fred Duesenberg, German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Company (born 1876)
Rin Tin Tin or Rin-Tin-Tin was a male German Shepherd born in Flirey, France, that became an international star in motion pictures. He was rescued from a World War I battlefield by…
Rin Tin Tin, American acting dog (born 1918)
Louis Émile Anquetin was a French painter.
Louis Anquetin, French painter (born 1861)
Kate M. Gordon was an American suffragist, civic leader, and one of the leading advocates of women's voting rights in the Southern United States. Gordon was the organizer of the So…
Kate M. Gordon, American activist (born 1861)
Walking is one of the main gaits of terrestrial locomotion among legged animals. Walking is typically slower than running and other gaits. Walking is defined as an "inverted pendul…
An estimated 400 ramblers committed a wilful mass trespass of Kinder Scout (pictured) in the Peak District to highlight
Gladys Elinor Watkins was a New Zealand music teacher, singer, and pianist. However, she is most notable for being the first official carillonneur of the National War Memorial Cari…
Gladys Elinor Watkins consecrated the carillon of the National War Memorial in Wellington, New Zealand (dedication pictu
The Röhm scandal resulted from the public disclosure of Nazi politician Ernst Röhm's homosexuality by anti-Nazis in 1931 and 1932. As a result of the scandal, Röhm became the first…
Nazi deputies assaulted journalist Helmuth Klotz in the German parliament building after he publicized the homosexuality
Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] AC 562 was a landmark court decision in Scots delict law and English tort law by the House of Lords. It laid the foundation of the modern law of neglige…
Donoghue v Stevenson is decided, ultimately establishing the foundation for negligence in common law jurisdictions world
The Siamese revolution of 1932 or Siamese coup d'état of 1932 was a coup d'état by the Khana Ratsadon which occurred in Siam on 24 June 1932. It ended Siam's centuries-long absolut…
A group of military officers and civilians engineered a bloodless coup in Siam, ending the absolute rule of the Chakri d
The California Institute of Technology (branded as Caltech) is a private research university in Pasadena, California, United States. The university is responsible for many modern s…
At the California Institute of Technology, American physicist Carl David Anderson proved the existence of antimatter…
The Ådalen shootings was a series of events in and around the sawmill district of Ådalen, Kramfors Municipality, Ångermanland, Sweden, in May 1931. During a protest on 14 May, five…
Five unarmed civilians are killed in the Ådalen shootings, as the Swedish military is called in to deal with protesting
Italian Fascist leader Benito Mussolini survived several assassination attempts while head of government of Italy in the 1920s and 1930s.
Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by a Royal Italian Army firing squad for intent to kill Ben
On the evening of June 14, 1931, a deadly F3 tornado moved through the southern and eastern suburbs of Birmingham, England, killing 1 person and injuring at least 10 others. The to…
A deadly tornado strikes Birmingham, England, damaging 2,221 homes and businesses
The Catalan Republic was a state proclaimed in 1931 by Francesc Macià as the "Catalan Republic within the Iberian Federation", in the context of the proclamation of the Second Span…
After negotiations between Catalan and Spanish provisional governments, the Catalan Republic proclaimed in April 14 beco
The Empire State Building is a 102-story, supertall skyscraper in the Midtown South neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States. The building was designed in the Art De…
The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City
The second MacDonald ministry was formed by Ramsay MacDonald on his reappointment as prime minister of the United Kingdom by King George V on 5 June 1929. It was the second time th…
Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.
John Edward Barrett, is a British retired tennis player, television commentator and author.
John Barrett, English tennis player and sportscaster
Malcolm Wilde Browne was an American journalist and photographer, best known for his award-winning photograph of the self-immolation of Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức in 1963.
Malcolm Browne, American journalist and photographer (died 2012)
William Miles was an American filmmaker. Born in Harlem, New York, he used his deep knowledge and experience of that iconic neighborhood to produce films that tell unique and ofte…
Bill Miles, American director and producer (died 2013)
Walter Douglas Stewart was an outspoken Canadian writer, editor and journalism educator, a veteran of newspapers and magazines and author of more than twenty books, several of them…
Walter Stewart, Canadian journalist and author (died 2004)
Francis Crowley was an American murderer. His crime spree lasted nearly three months, ending in a two-hour shootout with the New York City Police Department on May 7, 1931, that wa…
The stand-off between criminal Francis Crowley and 300 members of the New York Police Department takes place in his fift
Wiley Hardeman Post was an American aviator during the interwar period and the first pilot to fly solo around the world. Known for his work in high-altitude flying, he helped devel…
Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to circumnavigate the world in a si
United Airlines, Inc. is a major airline in the United States headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. It operates an extensive domestic and international route network across the Unite…
United Airlines begins service (as Boeing Air Transport).
Wiley Hardeman Post was an American aviator during the interwar period and the first pilot to fly solo around the world. Known for his work in high-altitude flying, he helped devel…
Wiley Post and Harold Gatty become the first people to circumnavigate the globe in a single-engined monoplane aircraft.