Explore 3358 historical events from 1930–1939.
Rolf Just Nilsen was a Norwegian singer, impressionist and actor. He was particularly known for his imitations of famous comedians at the time. He worked for the theatres Studiotea…
Rolf Just Nilsen, Norwegian singer and actor (died 1981)
Noble Henry Willingham, Jr. was an American actor who appeared in more than thirty films and in many television shows, including a stint opposite Chuck Norris in Walker, Texas Rang…
Noble Willingham, American actor (died 2004)
Lecil Travis Martin, whose stage name was Boxcar Willie, was an American country music singer-songwriter, who sang in the "old-time hobo" music style, complete with overalls and a …
Boxcar Willie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1999)
John Leonard Swigert Jr. was an American NASA astronaut, test pilot, mechanical engineer, aerospace engineer, United States Air Force pilot, and politician. In April 1970, as comma…
Jack Swigert, American pilot and astronaut (died 1982)
Joseph Arthur Jean Béliveau was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played parts of 20 seasons with the National Hockey League's (NHL) Montreal Canadiens from 1950 to 197…
Jean Béliveau, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2014)
Muhammad Abdul Haq Ansari was an Islamic scholar from India. He was the Amir (president) of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) from 2003 to 2007. He was the member of Central Advisory Coun…
Abdul Haq Ansari, Indian theologian and scholar (died 2012)
Cecil Edward Parkinson, Baron Parkinson, was a British Conservative Party politician and cabinet minister. A chartered accountant by training, he entered Parliament in November 197…
Cecil Parkinson, English accountant and politician, Secretary of State for Transport (died 2016)
Clifford Laconia Jordan was an American jazz tenor saxophone player and composer. Originally from Chicago, Jordan later moved to New York City, where he recorded extensively in add…
Clifford Jordan, American saxophonist (died 1993)
Alan Kooi Simpson was an American politician from Wyoming who served as a member of the Wyoming House of Representatives representing Park County, Wyoming from 1965 to 1977 and as …
Alan Simpson, American politician, US Senator from Wyoming (died 2025)
Guy Gustave Arthur Ghislain Spitaels was a Belgian politician of the Socialist Party. He was the 7th Minister-President of Wallonia from 1992 to 1994 and president of his party for…
Guy Spitaels, Belgian academic and politician, 7th Minister-President of Wallonia (died 2012)
Francesca Marlene de Czanyi von Gerber, known professionally as Mitzi Gaynor, was an American actress, dancer and singer. Her notable films included We're Not Married! (1952), Ther…
Mitzi Gaynor, American actress, singer, and dancer (died 2024)
Antonios Trakatellis is a Greek Member of the European Parliament (MEP), and an academic biochemist. He was elected on the New Democracy ticket and sits with the European People's …
Antonios Trakatellis, Greek biochemist and politician
Charles Camilleri was a Maltese composer.
Charles Camilleri, Maltese composer and conductor (died 2009)
Albert Henry DeSalvo, also known as the Green Man or the Measuring Man, was an American murderer and rapist who was active in Boston, Massachusetts, in the early 1960s. He is known…
Albert DeSalvo, American serial killer known as the Boston Strangler (died 1973)
John Richard Motta is an American former basketball coach whose career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) spanned 25 years. Motta coached the Washington Bullets to the 19…
Dick Motta, American basketball player and coach
Edwin A. "Bud" Shrake Jr. was an American journalist, sportswriter, novelist, biographer and screenwriter. He co-wrote a series of golfing advice books with golf coach Harvey Penic…
Bud Shrake, American journalist, author, and screenwriter (died 2009)
Marion Brown was an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, writer, visual artist, and ethnomusicologist. He was a member of the avant-garde jazz scene in New York City during th…
Marion Brown, American saxophonist and composer (died 2010)
John Laurence Garrett was a British management consultant and Labour Party politician. He was Member of Parliament for Norwich South for 19 years in two non-consecutive terms, from…
John Garrett, English politician (died 2007)
Robin Philip Hyman was a British publisher who was the chairman of Laurence King Publishing from 1991 to 2004.
Robin Hyman, English author and publisher (died 2017)
Zoltán Latinovits was a Hungarian actor.
Zoltán Latinovits, Hungarian actor and author (died 1976)
Ida Mae Martinez Selenkow was an American professional wrestler in the 1950s, known as Ida Mae Martinez. After her retirement in 1960, she appeared in the 2004 documentary Lipstick…
Ida Mae Martinez, American wrestler (died 2010)
Shirley Catherine Wynne Summerskill is a British Labour Party politician and former government minister, who served as the Member of Parliament for Halifax from 1964 to 1983.
Shirley Summerskill, English physician and politician
Isabel Diana Colegate was a British author and literary agent.
Isabel Colegate, English author and agent (died 2023)
Hans-Ulrich Wehler was a German left-liberal historian known for his role in promoting social history through the "Bielefeld School", and for his critical studies of 19th-century G…
Hans-Ulrich Wehler, German historian and academic (died 2014)