Explore 4336 historical events from 1930–1939.
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)
Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, commonly known as Witkacy, was a Polish writer, painter, philosopher, theorist, playwright, novelist, and photographer active before World War I and du…
Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish author, painter, and photographer (born 1885)
Louis Joseph Napoléon Paul Bruchési was a Canadian prelate, the second Archbishop of Montreal. In 1910 he directed the 21st International Eucharistic Congress held in Montreal.
Paul Bruchési, Canadian archbishop (born 1855)
Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for evaluating and treating pathologies arising from conflicts in the psyche through …
Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (born 1856)
Charles T. Tatham was an American fencer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He was born and died in New York City and worked for his father's lead manufacturing company in P…
Charles Tatham, American fencer (born 1854)
Ali Saip Ursavaş, also known as Ali Saib Bey was an Ottoman officer of Kurdish origin, having served in the Ottoman and Turkish armies, and one of the early key members of CHP.
Ali Saip Ursavaş, Turkish soldier and politician (born 1885)
Harvey Williams Cushing was an American neurosurgeon, pathologist, writer, and draftsman. Known as the "father of modern neurosurgery," he was the first exclusive neurosurgeon and …
Harvey Williams Cushing, American neurosurgeon and academic (born 1869)
Armand Călinescu was a Romanian economist and politician, who served as 39th Prime Minister from March 1939 until his assassination six months later. He was a staunch opponent of t…
Armand Călinescu, Romanian economist and politician, 39th Prime Minister of Romania (born 1893)
Francisco León de la Barra y Quijano was a Mexican political figure, diplomat, lawyer and politician who served as the 36th President of Mexico from May 25 to November 6, 1911 duri…
Francisco León de la Barra, Mexican politician and diplomat, interim president, 1911 (born 1863)
Carl Lammle Sr. was a German-American film producer and the co-founder and, until 1934, owner of Universal Pictures. Laemmle, along with Adolph Zukor, Samuel Goldwyn, Louis B. Maye…
Carl Laemmle, German-American film producer, founded Universal Studios (born 1867)
Hendrik Wortman was a Dutch civil engineer. Born in Amersfoort, Utrecht, he graduated from Delft Polytechnic in 1880 and joined the Rijkswaterstaat. He took offices throughout the …
Hendrik Wortman, Dutch civil engineer (born 1859)
Zane Grey was an American author. He is known for his popular adventure novels and stories associated with the Western genre in literature and the arts; he idealized the American f…
Zane Grey, American dentist and author (born 1872)
Alice Brady was an American actress of stage and film. She began her career in the theatre in 1911, and her first important success came on Broadway in 1912 when she created the ro…
Alice Brady, American actress (born 1892)
The Pact of Steel, formally known as the Pact of Friendship and Alliance between Germany and Italy, was a military and political alliance between Germany and Italy, signed in 1939.
Germany and Italy signed the Pact of Steel, a military and political alliance
Pope Pius XII was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 2 March 1939 until his death on 9 October 1958. Pius reigned as pope during a highly consequential …
Pope Pius XII (pictured) published his first encyclical, Summi Pontificatus, which critiqued ideologies such as…
Dr. Dwight Bryant Waldo was the first President of Western Michigan University (WMU) in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Waldo was born in Arcade, N.Y. but spent his childhood in Plainwell, Mi…
Dwight B. Waldo, American historian and academic (born 1864)
Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday was celebrated as a national holiday throughout Nazi Germany on 20 April 1939. Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels made sure the events organised in…
Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday was celebrated as a national holiday in Nazi Germany
Billie Holiday was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, Holiday made significant contributions to jazz music…
Billie Holiday (pictured) recorded the song "Strange Fruit", which later became an emblem of the civil rights movement
Subhas Chandra Bose was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist whose defiance of British authority in India made him a hero among many Indians, but his wartime alliances with Nazi Ger…
Subhas Chandra Bose formed the All India Forward Bloc, a faction within the Indian National Congress, in opposition to G