Explore 942 historical events from 1930–1939.
Guy Tardif was a Canadian politician. He was a Parti Québécois member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1976 to 1985 and was a cabinet minister in the governments of René L…
Guy Tardif, Canadian academic and politician (died 2005)
James Brendan Bolger was a New Zealand politician of the National Party who was the 35th prime minister of New Zealand, serving from 1990 to 1997.
Jim Bolger, New Zealand businessman and politician, 35th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 2025)
Frederick J. Eikerenkoetter II, better known as Reverend Ike, was an American minister and evangelist based in New York City. He was known for the slogan "You can't lose with the s…
Reverend Ike, American minister and television host (died 2009)
John Francis Kralick was an American professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1959 to 1967. He participated in 235 games in the course of an eight-year ca…
Jack Kralick, American baseball player (died 2012)
Carol Ann Shields was an American-born Canadian novelist and short story writer. She is best known for her 1993 novel The Stone Diaries, which won the U.S. Pulitzer Prize for Ficti…
Carol Shields, American-Canadian novelist and short story writer (died 2003)
Norman Robert Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, is an English architect. Closely associated with the development of high-tech architecture, Lord Foster is recognised as a key fi…
Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, English architect, founded Foster and Partners
Dimitri Kitsikis was a Greek philosopher, Turkologist and Sinologist, as well as a professor of international relations and geopolitics. He also published poetry in French and Gree…
Dimitri Kitsikis, Greek poet and educator (died 2021)
Colette Boky , is a French-Canadian operatic soprano, particularly associated with lyric roles in the French, Italian, and German repertories.
Colette Boky, Canadian soprano and actress
Berhanu Dinka was an Ethiopian diplomat. His distinguished diplomatic career spanned more than five decades, during which he held a number of senior portfolios in the Ethiopian For…
Berhanu Dinka, Ethiopian economist and diplomat (died 2013)
Panait Istrati (Romanian: [panaˈit isˈtrati]; sometimes rendered as Panaït Istrati; was a Romanian working class writer, who wrote in French and Romanian, nicknamed The Maxim Gorky…
Panait Istrati, Romanian journalist and author (born 1884)
John Cameron was a Scottish footballer and manager. He played as a forward for Queen's Park, Everton and Scotland and was noted as an effective goal-maker and goalscorer. In 1899 h…
John Cameron, Scottish footballer and manager (born 1872)
Lucy Christiana, Lady Duff-Gordon was a leading British fashion designer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries who worked under the professional name Lucile.
Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, English fashion designer (born 1863)
Anastasios Papoulas was a Greek general, most notable as the Greek commander-in-chief during most of the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–22. Originally a firm royalist, after 1922 he shi…
Anastasios Papoulas, Greek general (born 1857)
Leroy Carr was an American blues singer, songwriter and pianist who developed a laid-back, crooning technique and whose popularity and style influenced such artists as Nat King Col…
Leroy Carr, American singer, songwriter and pianist (born 1905)
Henri Pélissier was a French racing cyclist from Paris and champion of the 1923 Tour de France. In addition to his 29 career victories, he was known for his long-standing feud with…
Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (born 1889)
Ernst Ludwig Bresslau was a German zoologist. He was the son of historian Harry Bresslau.
Ernst Bresslau, German zoologist (born 1877)
Magnus Hirschfeld was a German physician, sexologist, and LGBTQ advocate whose German citizenship was revoked in 1933 by the Nazi government.
Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and sexologist (born 1868)
Jessie Willcox Smith was an American illustrator during the Golden Age of American illustration. She was considered "one of the greatest pure illustrators". A contributor to books …
Jessie Willcox Smith, American illustrator (born 1863)
Józef Klemens Piłsudski[a] was a Polish statesman who served as the Chief of State (1918–1922) and first Marshal of Poland. In the aftermath of World War I, he became an increasing…
Józef Piłsudski, Polish field marshal and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Poland (born 1867)
Kazimir Severinovich Malevich was a Russian avant-garde artist and art theorist, whose work and writings pioneered the development of abstract painting in the 20th century. He is b…
Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian-Russian painter and theoretician (born 1878)
Paul Abraham Dukas was a French composer, critic, scholar and teacher. A studious man of retiring personality, he was intensely self-critical and abandoned and destroyed many of hi…
Paul Dukas, French composer, critic, and educator (born 1865)
Thomas Edward Lawrence was a British Army officer, archaeologist, diplomat and writer known for his role during the Arab Revolt and Sinai and Palestine campaign against the Ottoman…
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Laura Jane Addams was an American settlement activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, public administrator, philosopher, and author. She was a leader in the history of socia…
Jane Addams, American activist and author, co-founded Hull House, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1860)