Explore 3358 historical events from 1930–1939.
Thomas Robert Laughlin Jr. was an American actor, filmmaker, educator, activist, and perennial candidate. He was best known as the star and director of the Billy Jack tetralogy of …
Tom Laughlin, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2013)
William Goldman was an American novelist, screenwriter and playwright who wrote 16 novels and numerous screenplays in a career spanning seven decades. He received the Academy Award…
William Goldman, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (died 2018)
Frederic Michael Raphael is an American-born British novelist, biographer, journalist and Oscar-winning screenwriter, known for writing the screenplays for Darling, Far from the Ma…
Frederic Raphael, American journalist, author, and screenwriter
Ernest Cary Brace was the longest-held civilian prisoner of war (POW) during the Vietnam War. A decorated Marine Corps fighter pilot and mustang, Brace was court-martialed in 1961 …
Ernest C. Brace, American captain and pilot (died 2014)
Richard Frederick Heck was an American chemist noted for the discovery and development of the Heck reaction, which uses palladium to catalyze organic chemical reactions that couple…
Richard F. Heck, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2015)
Sir Edward Anthony Wrigley was a British historical demographer. Wrigley and Peter Laslett co-founded the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure in 1964…
Tony Wrigley, English historian, demographer, and academic (died 2022)
Bramwell Harold Tillsley was a Canadian salvationist and writer, who was the 14th General of The Salvation Army (1993–1994). General Tillsley died on Saturday, November 2, 2019, in…
Bramwell Tillsley, Canadian 14th General of The Salvation Army (died 2019)
Henricus Antonius Franciscus Maria Oliva "Hans" van Mierlo was a Dutch politician and journalist who co-founded Democrats 66 (D66).
Hans van Mierlo, Dutch journalist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 2010)
Grant Williams was an American film, theater, and television actor. He is best remembered for his portrayal of Scott Carey in the science fiction film The Incredible Shrinking Man …
Grant Williams, American film, theater and television actor (died 1985)
William Lee Shoemaker, known as Bill Shoemaker, Willie Shoemaker, and The Shoe, was an American jockey and trainer. He won 8,833 races, a world record at the time of his retirement…
Bill Shoemaker, American jockey and author (died 2003)
Donald King is an American boxing promoter, known for his flamboyant and charismatic style, who was involved in some of the most famous boxing matches in history.
Don King, American boxing promoter
Barbara Eden is an American actress and singer, who starred as the title character in the sitcom I Dream of Jeannie (1965–1970). Her other roles included Roslyn Pierce opposite Elv…
Barbara Eden, American actress and singer
Hamilton Othanel Smith was an American microbiologist and Nobel laureate.
Hamilton O. Smith, American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2025)
Regis Francis Xavier Philbin was an American television presenter, comedian, actor, and singer. Once called "the hardest-working man in show business", he held the Guinness World R…
Regis Philbin, American actor and television host (died 2020)
Kálmán Markovits was a Hungarian water polo player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics, 1956 Summer Olympics, and 1960 Summer Olympics.
Kálmán Markovits, Hungarian water polo player (died 2009)
Chinmoy Kumar Ghose, better known as Sri Chinmoy, was an Indian spiritual leader who taught meditation in the United States after moving to New York City in 1964. Chinmoy establish…
Sri Chinmoy, Indian-American guru and poet (died 2007)
Joseph Robert Cunningham Jr. was an American baseball first baseman and outfielder who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White S…
Joe Cunningham, American baseball player and coach (died 2021)
Tito Capobianco was an Argentine American stage director and general manager of several opera companies.
Tito Capobianco, Argentinian director and producer (died 2018)
Cristina Deutekom was a Dutch operatic dramatic coloratura soprano.
Cristina Deutekom, Dutch soprano and actress (died 2014)
Ola Lee Mize was a United States Army officer and a recipient of the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Korean War.
Ola L. Mize, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2014)
John Stanton Shirley-Quirk CBE was an English bass-baritone. A member of the English Opera Group from 1964 to 1976, he gave premiere performances of several operatic and vocal wo…
John Shirley-Quirk, English actor, singer, and educator (died 2014)
Roger Stanley Williams was a British professor of hepatology. He was Director of the Institute of Hepatology, London and Professor of Hepatology, King's College London. He was also…
Roger Williams, English hepatologist and academic (died 2020)
Stelios Kazantzidis was one of the most prominent Greek singers. His roots were from Pontus and Asia Minor. A top artist of Greek music, or Laïkó, he collaborated with many of Gree…
Stelios Kazantzidis, Greek singer and guitarist (died 2001)
Lise Payette was a Canadian politician, journalist, writer, and businesswoman. She was a Parti Québécois (PQ) minister under the leadership of Premier René Lévesque and National As…
Lise Payette, Canadian journalist and politician (died 2018)