Explore 3358 historical events from 1930–1939.
Ronald Allan Kelley Poe, known professionally as Fernando Poe Jr., was a Filipino actor, director and screenwriter. Nicknamed "Da King" and often referred to by his initials FPJ, h…
Fernando Poe Jr., Filipino actor and politician (died 2004)
Mariano Zuniega "Bro. Mike" Velarde is a Filipino televangelist and founder of El Shaddai, a Catholic charismatic movement in the Philippines. The movement reportedly has a followi…
Mike Velarde, Filipino televangelist and religious leader
James Edward Burton is an American guitarist. A member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since 2001, Burton has also been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame and the Musician…
James Burton, American Hall of Fame guitarist
Festus Gontebanye Mogae was a Motswana politician and economist who served as the third President of Botswana from 1998 to 2008. He was re-elected in October 2004. After ten years …
Festus Mogae, Botswana economist and politician, third President of Botswana (died 2026)
Clarence Williams III was an American actor. He was best known for his starring role as Linc Hayes on the television series The Mod Squad (1968–73). He also appeared in films such …
Clarence Williams III, American actor (died 2021)
Valerie Kathryn Harper was an American actress. She began her career as a dancer on Broadway, making her debut as a replacement in the musical Li'l Abner. She played Rhoda Morgenst…
Valerie Harper, American actress (died 2019)
Carl Michael Yastrzemski Sr., nicknamed "Yaz", is an American former professional baseball player who played his entire 23-year career with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseb…
Carl Yastrzemski, American baseball player
John Badham is an American film and television director, best known for directing the films Saturday Night Fever (1977), Dracula (1979), Blue Thunder (1983), WarGames (1983), Short…
John Badham, English-American actor, director, and producer
Pinchas Goldstein was an Israeli politician, who served as a member of the Knesset for Likud and the New Liberal Party between 1981 and 1992, and as Deputy Minister of Communicatio…
Pinchas Goldstein, Israeli businessman and politician (died 2007)
Jorge Paulo Lemann is a Brazilian billionaire investment banker, businessman, and former tennis player with dual Brazilian and Swiss citizenship.
Jorge Paulo Lemann, Brazilian banker and financier
William Earl White was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach. He played in the National Hockey League with the Los Angeles Kings and Chicago Black Hawks from 1967 to …
Bill White, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2017)
William Least Heat-Moon is an American travel writer and historian. He describes his heritage as English, Irish, and Osage. He is the author of several books which chronicle unusua…
William Least Heat-Moon, American travel writer and historian
Marshall Jacob Brickman was an American screenwriter and director, best known for his collaborations with Woody Allen, with whom he shared the 1977 Academy Award for Best Original …
Marshall Brickman, Brazilian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2024)
Edward Roy Patten was an American R&B/soul singer, best known as a member of Gladys Knight & the Pips. He was a cousin of Gladys Knight. Patten was a member of the group from 1959 …
Edward Patten, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2005)
Nikola Pilić was a Croatian professional tennis player who competed for SFR Yugoslavia. He was the coach of the Croatian, West German and Serbian national tennis teams, with whom h…
Nikola Pilić, Yugoslav tennis player and coach (died 2025)
Sir John Frank Charles Kingman is a British mathematician. He served as N. M. Rothschild and Sons Professor of Mathematical Sciences and Director of the Isaac Newton Institute at t…
John Kingman, English mathematician and academic
Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek was a Hungarian athlete who mainly competed in the discus throw event during her career.
Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek, Hungarian discus thrower and shot putter (died 2022)
Joel T. Schumacher was an American filmmaker. During a four-decade career, he directed more than 20 feature-length films spanning various genres. His films were commercially succes…
Joel Schumacher, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2020)
Elizabeth Ann Cole, known professionally as Elizabeth Ashley, is an American actress of theatre, film, and television. She has been nominated for three Tony Awards, winning once in…
Elizabeth Ashley, American actress
John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, better known as John Peel, was an English radio presenter and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original disc jockeys on BBC Radio 1, br…
John Peel, English radio host and producer (died 2004)
Jerry Ivan Allison was an American musician. He was best known as the drummer and only constant member of the Crickets and co-writer of their hits "That'll Be the Day" and "Peggy S…
Jerry Allison, American drummer and songwriter (died 2022)
Denis Thomson Lindsay was a South African cricketer who played 19 Test matches for South Africa between 1963 and 1970. His outstanding series was against Australia in 1966–67, when…
Denis Lindsay, South African cricketer and referee (died 2005)
Claudette Colvin was an American pioneer of the 1950s civil rights movement and nurse aide. On March 2, 1955, she was arrested at the age of 15 in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing…
Claudette Colvin, American nurse and activist (died 2026)
Ricardo Adolfo Jacobo Carty was a Dominican professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as an outfielder from 1963 to 1979, most prominently as a member …
Rico Carty, Dominican baseball player (died 2024)