Explore 3358 historical events from 1930–1939.
George Mathew Fernandes was an Indian politician, trade unionist, statesman, and journalist, who served as the Defence Minister of India from 1998 until 2004. A veteran socialist, …
George Fernandes, Indian journalist and politician, Minister of Defence for India (died 2019)
Joseph Hardin Coulombe was an American entrepreneur who founded the grocery store chain Trader Joe's in 1967 and served as its CEO until his retirement in 1988.
Joe Coulombe, founder of Trader Joe's (died 2020)
Air Vice Marshal George Arthur Chesworth was a senior Royal Air Force officer and Lord Lieutenant of Moray.
George Chesworth, English air marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Moray (died 2017)
Maria Grazia Morgana Messina, better known as Morgana King, was an American jazz singer and actress. She began a professional singing career at sixteen years old. In her twenties, …
Morgana King, American singer and actress (died 2018)
Viktor Vasilyevich Tikhonov was a Russian ice hockey player and coach. Tikhonov was a defenceman with VVS Moscow and Dynamo Moscow from 1949 to 1963, winning four national champion…
Viktor Tikhonov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (died 2014)
Frank Holmes Tyson was an England international cricketer of the 1950s, who also worked as a schoolmaster, journalist, cricket coach and cricket commentator after emigrating to Aus…
Frank Tyson, English-Australian cricketer, coach and journalist (died 2015)
Marcel Léger was a Canadian politician, and a supporter of Quebec sovereignty. He also founded the Canadian polling firm that became Léger Marketing.
Marcel Léger, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 1993)
Fatimah Rifaat, better known by her pen name Alifa Rifaat, was an Egyptian author whose controversial short stories are renowned for their depictions of the dynamics of female sexu…
Alifa Rifaat, Egyptian author (died 1996)
Robert John Aumann is an Israeli-American mathematician, and a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences. He is a professor at the Center for the Study of Rationalit…
Robert Aumann, German-American mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate
Monique Andrée Serf, known as Barbara, was a French singer. She took her stage name from her grandmother, Varvara Brodsky, a native of Odesa, Ukraine. Barbara became a famous cabar…
Barbara, French singer (died 1997)
Jordi Pujol i Soley is a retired Catalan politician who was the leader of the party Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya (CDC) from 1974 to 2003, and President of the Generalitat …
Jordi Pujol, Spanish physician and politician, 126th President of the Generalitat de Catalunya
Aranka Siegal is a writer, Holocaust survivor, and recipient of the Newbery Honor and Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, both awarded to her in 1982. She is the author of three books, t…
Aranka Siegal, Czech-American author and Holocaust survivor
Carmen Louis Cozza was an American football and baseball player and coach of football. He served as the head football coach at Yale University from 1965 to 1996, winning ten Ivy Le…
Carmen Cozza, American baseball and football player (died 2018)
Theo Sommer was a German newspaper editor and intellectual. He began working for Die Zeit in 1958, rising to an editor-in-chief and publisher. His editorials for Die Zeit shaped th…
Theo Sommer, German journalist (died 2022)
Chen Xitong was a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party and the Mayor of Beijing until he was removed from office on charges of corruption in 1995.
Chen Xitong, Chinese politician, 8th Mayor of Beijing (died 2013)
James Wallace Burke was an Australian cricketer who played in 24 Test matches from 1951 to 1959. Burke holds the record for the most innings in a complete career without scoring a …
Jim Burke, Australian cricketer (died 1979)
Donald Byrne was an American university professor and chess player. He held the title International Master, and competed for his country in the Chess Olympiad on several occasions.
Donald Byrne, American chess player (died 1976)
Robert McGregor Innes Ireland was a British racing driver and journalist, who competed in Formula One from 1959 to 1966. Ireland won the 1961 United States Grand Prix with Lotus.
Innes Ireland, Scottish racing driver and engineer (died 1993)
James Thurston Nabors was an American actor, singer, and comedian, widely known for his signature character, Gomer Pyle.
Jim Nabors, American actor and singer (died 2017)
Gotthard Graubner was a German painter, born in Erlbach, in Saxony, Germany.
Gotthard Graubner, German painter and educator (died 2013)
Charles Bernard Rangel was an American politician who served as U.S. representative for districts in New York City for 46 years. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the second…
Charles Rangel, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (died 2025)
Ryszard Jerzy Kukliński was a Polish Army colonel and Cold War spy for NATO. He was posthumously promoted to brigadier general by Polish President Andrzej Duda.
Ryszard Kukliński, Polish colonel and spy (died 2004)
Paul Veyne was a French historian and a specialist of Ancient Rome. A student of the prestigious École Normale Supérieure in Paris and member of the École française de Rome in the…
Paul Veyne, French archaeologist, historian, and academic (died 2022)
Miguel Méndez was the pen name for Miguel Méndez Morales, a Mexican American author best known for his novel Peregrinos de Aztlán. He was a leading figure in the field of Chicano l…
Miguel Méndez, American author and academic (died 2013)