Explore 3358 historical events from 1930–1939.
Allen Sutton Sothoron was an American professional baseball player, coach and manager. As a player, he was a spitball pitcher who spent 11 years in the major leagues playing for th…
Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1893)
Eugen Weidmann was a German criminal and serial killer who was executed by guillotine in France in June 1939, the last public execution in France, an execution witnessed by the 17-…
Eugen Weidmann, German criminal (born 1908)
Constantin Noe was a Megleno-Romanian editor and professor. He was born in 1883 in the Megleno-Romanian village of Lagkadia, then in the Ottoman Empire and now in Greece. He was on…
Constantin Noe, Megleno-Romanian editor and professor (born 1883)
Grace Abbott was an American social worker who specifically worked in improving the rights of immigrants and advancing child welfare, especially the regulation of child labor. She …
Grace Abbott, American social worker and activist (born 1878)
Richard John Beattie Seaman was a British racing driver. He drove for the Mercedes-Benz team from 1937 to 1939 in the Mercedes-Benz W125 and W154 cars, winning the 1938 German Gran…
Richard Seaman, English race car driver (born 1913)
Ford Madox Ford was an English novelist, poet, critic and editor whose journals The English Review and The Transatlantic Review were important in the development of early 20th-cent…
Ford Madox Ford, English novelist, poet, and critic (born 1873)
Douglas Hancock Cooper Johnston, also known as "Douglas Henry Johnston", was a tribal leader who served as the last elected governor of the Chickasaw Nation from 1898 to 1902. He w…
Douglas H
James Laurie "Deacon" White was an American baseball player who was one of the principal stars during the first two decades of the sport's professional era. The outstanding catcher…
Deacon White, American baseball player and manager (born 1847)
Henry Havelock Ellis was an English physician, eugenicist, writer, progressive intellectual and social reformer who studied human sexuality. He co-wrote the first medical textbook …
Havelock Ellis, English psychologist and author (born 1859)
Alfons Maria Mucha, known in English as Alphonse Mucha, was a Czech painter, illustrator, and graphic artist. Living in Paris during the Art Nouveau period, he was widely known for…
Alphonse Mucha, Czech painter and illustrator (born 1860)
Bartholomeus Roodenburch was a Dutch backstroke swimmer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.
Bartholomeus Roodenburch, Dutch swimmer (born 1866)
Harvey Spencer Lewis was an American Rosicrucian writer, mystic and the founder of AMORC. He led AMORC as its first leader (imperator) from its creation in 1915 until his death.
Harvey Spencer Lewis, American mystic and author (born 1883)
Béla Jankovich de Vadas et Jeszenicze was a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Religion and Education between 1913 and 1917. He studied in the Theresianum of Vienna, U…
Béla Jankovich, Hungarian economist and politician, Minister of Education of Hungary (born 1865)
Rose Hartwick Thorpe was an American poet and writer, remembered largely for the narrative poem, Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight (1867), which gained national popularity and circulate…
Rose Hartwick Thorpe, American poet and author (born 1850)
Jean Bugatti was a French automotive designer and test engineer for Bugatti. He was the son of Bugatti's founder Ettore Bugatti.
Jean Bugatti, German-Italian engineer (born 1909)
Siegfried Friedrich "Fritz" Flesch was an Austrian sabre fencer who competed during the late 19th century and early 20th century.
Siegfried Flesch, Austrian fencer (born 1872)
Agnes Giberne was a British novelist and scientific writer. Her fiction was typical of Victorian evangelical fiction with moral or religious themes for children. She also wrote boo…
Agnes Giberne, Indian-English astronomer and author (born 1845)
Frederick Carl Frieseke was an American Impressionist painter who spent most of his life as an expatriate in France. An influential member of the Giverny art colony, his paintings …
Frederick Carl Frieseke, American painter and educator (born 1874)
Charles Albert "Babe" Siebert was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. A left winger and defenceman, he played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Montreal…
Babe Siebert, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1904)
Kathleen Fanny O'Melia, also known as Sister Mary of the Angels, Sister Mary Stella, and O'Melia-san, was an English-born teacher, social worker, and lay missionary for the Church …
Kathleen O'Melia, Canadian religious sister (born 1869)
Arthur Rackham was an English book illustrator. He is recognised as one of the leading figures during the Golden Age of British book illustration. His work is noted for its robust …
Arthur Rackham, English illustrator (born 1867)
Kyōtarō Izumi , known by his pen name Izumi Kyōka , was a Japanese novelist, writer and kabuki playwright who was active during the prewar period.
Kyōka Izumi, Japanese author, poet, and playwright (born 1873)
Wilhelm Fritz von Roettig was a German police official and SS officer. He held the rank of Generalmajor der Ordnungspolizei and served as General Inspector of the Gendarmerie and M…
Wilhelm Fritz von Roettig, German general (born 1888)
Konstantin Alekseyevich Korovin was a leading Russian Impressionist painter.
Konstantin Korovin, Russian-French painter and set designer (born 1861)