Explore 3358 historical events from 1930–1939.
Roone Pinckney Arledge Jr. was an American sports and news broadcasting executive who was president of ABC Sports from 1968 until 1986 and ABC News from 1977 until 1998, and a key …
Roone Arledge, American sports and news broadcasting executive (died 2002)
Tab Hunter was an American actor, singer, film producer, and author. Known for his blond hair and clean-cut good looks, Hunter starred in more than forty films. During the 1950s an…
Tab Hunter, American actor and singer (died 2018)
Frank Vernon Ramsey Jr. was an American professional basketball player and coach. A 6-3 swingman, he played his entire nine-year (1954–1964) National Basketball Association (NBA) c…
Frank Ramsey, American basketball player and coach (died 2018)
Clive Eric Cussler was an American adventure novelist and underwater explorer. His thriller novels, many featuring the character Dirk Pitt, have been listed on The New York Times f…
Clive Cussler, American archaeologist and author (died 2020)
Joanna Merlin was an American actress and casting director who worked with Stephen Sondheim and starred in the original Broadway production of Fiddler on the Roof. She wrote two ac…
Joanna Merlin, American actress and casting director (died 2023)
Jacques-Yvan Morin was a Canadian law professor and politician in Quebec. Morin graduated from the McGill University Faculty of Law with a BCL in 1953, where he was the founder of …
Jacques-Yvan Morin, Canadian lawyer and politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec (died 2023)
Fergus Gordon Thomson Kerr was a Scottish Catholic priest of the English Dominican province. He published significantly on a wide range of subjects, but was famous particularly for…
Fergus Gordon Kerr, Scottish Roman Catholic priest of the English Dominican Province
Norman Burt Sherry was an American professional baseball catcher, manager, and coach who played five seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Los Angeles Dodgers a…
Norm Sherry, American baseball player, manager, and coach (died 2021)
Shakuntala Bhupendra Karandikar was an Indian biographer and philanthropist, best remembered for writing Vishwasta (1992), a biography of her father in Marathi, and for her advocac…
Shakuntala Karandikar, Indian biographer, essayist and philanthropist (died 2018)
Anthony Ernest Marsh was a British racing driver from England. His Formula One career was short and unsuccessful, but he enjoyed great success in hillclimbing, winning the British …
Tony Marsh, English race car driver (died 2009)
Conrad Yeatis "Sonny" Clark was an American jazz pianist and composer who mainly worked in the hard bop idiom.
Sonny Clark, American pianist and composer (died 1963)
Plas John Johnson Jr. was an American soul-jazz and hard bop tenor saxophonist, probably most widely known as the tenor saxophone soloist on Henry Mancini’s "The Pink Panther Theme…
Plas Johnson, American saxophonist (died 2026)
Jorge León Schidlowsky Gaete was a Chilean and Israeli composer and painter. He wrote music for orchestra, chamber ensemble, choir, and instruments including the piano, violin, cel…
Leon Schidlowsky, Chilean-Israeli painter and composer (died 2022)
Leonard Gerald "Leo The Lion" Labine was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. A native of Haileybury, Ontario, Labine played for teams in the NHL, WHL, EPHL, and the AHL. At …
Leo Labine, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2005)
Dame Te Atairangikaahu reigned as Māori Queen from 1966 until her death in 2006. Her reign was the longest of any Māori monarch.
Te Atairangikaahu, Māori queen (died 2006)
Claude Fournier was a Canadian film director, screenwriter, editor and cinematographer. He is one of the forerunners of the Cinema of Quebec. He was the twin brother of Guy Fournie…
Claude Fournier, Canadian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (died 2023)
Guy Fournier, CM is a Quebec author, playwright, and screenwriter. He was the creator of the well-known Quebec sitcom Two's a Crowd. From 8 September 2005 to 19 September 2006 he w…
Guy Fournier, Canadian author and screenwriter
Ermanno Olmi was an Italian film director and screenwriter best known for directing Il Posto (1961) and The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1977), which won the Palme d'Or. Throughout his ca…
Ermanno Olmi, Italian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (died 2018)
Éric Marcel Guy Tabarly was a French naval officer and yachtsman, a naval architect and boat designer too. He developed a passion for offshore racing very early on and won several …
Éric Tabarly, French commander (died 1998)
James Walter Butler MBE RA was a British sculptor most famous for his 1980 statue of Richard III in Leicester.
James Butler, English sculptor and educator (died 2022)
Robert Louis Colbert is an American retired actor best known for his leading role as Dr. Doug Phillips on the ABC television series The Time Tunnel and his two appearances as Brent…
Robert Colbert, American actor
Telê Santana da Silva, also known as Telê Santana was a Brazilian football manager and former player. He was born in Itabirito, Minas Gerais.
Telê Santana, Brazilian footballer and manager (died 2006)
Jerry McCord Van Dyke was an American actor and comedian. He was the younger brother of Dick Van Dyke.
Jerry Van Dyke, American actor (died 2018)
Alan Charles Brownjohn was an English poet and novelist. He also worked as a teacher, lecturer, critic and broadcaster.
Alan Brownjohn, English poet and author (died 2024)