Explore 3358 historical events from 1930–1939.
John McCabe was a British composer and pianist. He created works in many different forms, including symphonies, ballets, and solo works for the piano. He served as director of the …
John McCabe, English pianist and composer (died 2015)
Helen Prejean is an American Catholic religious sister and a leading advocate for the abolition of the death penalty.
Sister Helen Prejean, American nun, activist, and author
Renaldo Santoni was an American film, television and voice actor. He was noted for playing Poppie on the television sitcom Seinfeld, Tony Gonzales in Cobra, and Chico González in D…
Reni Santoni, American actor (died 2020)
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is a history museum and hall of fame in Cooperstown, New York, operated by a private foundation. It serves as the central collection a…
The Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York
Plaek Phibunsongkhram, commonly known in English language sources as Phibun and Chomphon Por in Thai, was a Thai military officer and politician who served as the third prime minis…
Siam is renamed Thailand by Plaek Phibunsongkhram, the country's third prime minister
Henry Louis Gehrig was an American professional baseball first baseman who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees. Gehrig was renowned for his pr…
Lou Gehrig, recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, informs a crowd at Yankee Stadium that he considers…
Anti-Jewish legislation in pre-war Nazi Germany comprised several laws that segregated the Jews from German society and restricted Jewish people's political, legal and civil rights…
Anti-Jewish legislation in prewar Nazi Germany closes the last remaining Jewish enterprises.
The Sutton Hoo helmet is a decorated Anglo-Saxon helmet found during a 1939 excavation of the Sutton Hoo ship-burial. It was thought to be buried around the years c. 620–625 AD and…
The Sutton Hoo helmet is discovered.
Mel Carter is an American soul and pop singer and actor. He is best known for his 1965 million-selling recording "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me".
Mel Carter, American singer and actor
Lieutenant-General Sir John Paul Foley, is a retired British Army officer with a long career in military intelligence. He is the great-grandson of Henry Hodgetts-Foley, and was edu…
John Foley, English general and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey
Ray Guy was a Canadian journalist and humourist, best known for his satirical newspaper and magazine columns.
Ray Guy, Canadian journalist and author (died 2013)
Jason Miller was an American playwright and actor. He won the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play for his play That Championship Season, and was nominated fo…
Jason Miller, American actor and playwright (died 2001)
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity. Einstein also made important contributions to quantum theory. His mass–e…
Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to…
The Junkers Ju 87, popularly known as the "Stuka", is a German dive bomber and ground-attack aircraft. Designed by Hermann Pohlmann, it first flew in 1935. The Ju 87 made its comba…
Twenty-six Junkers Ju 87 bombers commanded by Walter Sigel meet unexpected ground fog during a dive-bombing…
The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Based on the 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, it was primarily dire…
The Wizard of Oz premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California.
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many eng…
World War II: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. In a secret protocol to the pact,…
The Irish Republican Army (IRA) is a name used by various militant organisations in Ireland throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. Organisations by this name have been dominantly …
The Irish Republican Army carries out the 1939 Coventry bombing in which five civilians were killed.
Theodor Waigel is a German politician of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU). He represented Neu-Ulm in the Bundestag from 1976 to 2002.
Theodor Waigel, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of Finance
Jorge Fons Pérez was a Mexican film director.
Jorge Fons, Mexican director and screenwriter (died 2022)
William John Gell Hagerty was a British newspaper editor and the chairman emeritus of British Journalism Review.
Bill Hagerty, English journalist
Harvey Lee Yeary, known professionally as Lee Majors, is an American actor. He portrayed the characters of Heath Barkley on the American television Western series The Big Valley (1…
Lee Majors, American actor
Ray Peterson was an American pop singer who is best remembered for singing "Tell Laura I Love Her". He also scored numerous other hits, including "Corrine, Corrina" and "The Wonder…
Ray Peterson, American pop singer (died 2005)
Tarcisio Burgnich was an Italian football manager and player, who played as a defender.
Tarcisio Burgnich, Italian footballer and manager (died 2021)
The Second Polish Republic, officially known at the time as the Republic of Poland, was the Polish state that existed between 7 October 1918 and 6 October 1939 after being establis…
The United Kingdom and Poland form a military alliance in which the UK promises to defend Poland in case of invasion…