Explore 2813 historical events from 1930–1939.
Nandini Satpathy was an Indian politician and author. She was the Chief Minister of Odisha from June 1972 to December 1976.
Nandini Satpathy, Indian author and politician, 8th Chief Minister of Odisha (died 2006)
Dana Wynter was a German-born British actress who was raised in the United Kingdom and southern Africa. She appeared in film and television for more than 40 years, beginning in the…
Dana Wynter, British actress (died 2011)
William Charles Virdon was an American professional baseball outfielder, manager, and coach in Major League Baseball (MLB). Virdon played in MLB for the St. Louis Cardinals and Pit…
Bill Virdon, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2021)
Sir Bryan Cartledge, is a former British diplomat and academic.
Bryan Cartledge, English academic and diplomat, British Ambassador to Russia
João Gilberto do Prado Pereira de Oliveira, known as João Gilberto, was a Brazilian guitarist, singer, and composer who was a pioneer of the musical genre of bossa nova in the late…
João Gilberto, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2019)
Rodney William Whitaker was an American film scholar and writer who wrote several novels under the pen name Trevanian. Whitaker wrote in a wide variety of genres, achieved bestsell…
Trevanian, American author and scholar (died 2005)
Rona Jaffe was an American novelist who published numerous works from 1958 to 2003. During the 1960s, she also wrote cultural pieces for Cosmopolitan.
Rona Jaffe, American novelist (died 2005)
Nora Kovach was a Hungarian ballerina who defected in 1953 together with her husband and fellow ballet dancer Istvan Rabovsky, the first highly publicized defection of individuals …
Nora Kovach, Hungarian-American ballerina (died 2009)
Philip Reed Scowen was a Canadian business executive, author and politician, living in Quebec.
Reed Scowen, Canadian politician (died 2020)
Irvin David Yalom is an American existential psychiatrist who is an emeritus professor of psychiatry at Stanford University, as well as author of both fiction and nonfiction.
Irvin D
Marla Gibbs is an American actress, singer, comedian, writer, and television producer whose career spans seven decades. She is known for her role as George Jefferson's maid, Floren…
Marla Gibbs, American actress and comedian
Ross Higgins was an Australian vaudevillian, character actor, television host, comedian, singer and voice actor. He was best known for his role as Ted Bullpitt in the 1980s televis…
Ross Higgins, Australian actor (died 2016)
Autry DeWalt Mixon Jr., known professionally as Junior Walker, was an American multi-instrumentalist and vocalist who recorded for Motown during the 1960s. He also performed as a s…
Junior Walker, American saxophonist (died 1995)
Air Chief Marshal Sir Joseph Alfred Gilbert, is a former Royal Air Force officer who served as Deputy Commander of Strike Command from 1984 to 1986.
Joseph Gilbert, English air marshal
John Anthony Baldessari was an American conceptual artist known for his work featuring found photography and appropriated images. He lived and worked in Santa Monica and Venice, Ca…
John Baldessari, American painter and illustrator (died 2020)
Fernando Henrique Cardoso, also known by his initials FHC, is a Brazilian sociologist, professor, and politician who served as the 34th president of Brazil from 1 January 1995 to 1…
Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Brazilian sociologist, academic, and politician, 34th President of Brazil
Olympia Dukakis was an American actress. She performed in more than 130 stage productions, in some 60 films, and in approximately 50 television series. Best known as a screen actre…
Olympia Dukakis, American actress (died 2021)
James Stewart Tolkan was an American character actor. He was best known for portraying the strict high school vice‑principal Mr. Strickland in Back to the Future (1985) and Back to…
James Tolkan, American actor and director (died 2026)
Zlatko Grgić was a Croatian animator who emigrated to Canada in the late 1960s.
Zlatko Grgić, Croatian-Canadian animator, director, and screenwriter (died 1988)
Margaret Mary Heckler was an American politician and diplomat who represented Massachusetts's 10th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1967 un…
Margaret Heckler, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
David Kushnir was an Israeli Olympic long-jumper and track and field coach.
David Kushnir, Israeli Olympic long-jumper (died 2020)
Ruby Garrard Woodson was an educator and chemistry teacher who founded Cromwell Academy in Washington, D. C. and Florida Academy of African American Culture in Sarasota, Florida.
Ruby Garrard Woodson, American educator and cultural historian (died 2008)
Gunnar Uusi was an Estonian chess player who won the Estonian Chess Championship six times.
Gunnar Uusi, Estonian chess player (died 1981)
Stig Kjell Olof "Ola" Ullsten was a Swedish politician and diplomat who was Prime Minister of Sweden from 1978 to 1979 and leader of the Liberal People's Party from 1978 to 1983. H…
Ola Ullsten, Swedish politician and diplomat (died 2018)