Explore 4336 historical events from 1930–1939.
Igor Aramovich Ter-Ovanesyan is a Soviet and Russian former long jumper and coach, of Armenian descent. Competing for the Soviet Union, he was a five-time European and two-time Oly…
Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, Ukrainian long jumper and coach
Henry Lee "Shot" Williams was an American blues singer. He got the nickname "Shot" from his mother at a young age, owing to his fondness for wearing suits and dressing up as a "big…
Lee "Shot" Williams, American singer (died 2011)
Susan Elizabeth Strasberg was an American stage, film, and television actress. Thought to be the next Hepburn-type ingenue, she was nominated for a Tony Award at age 18, playing th…
Susan Strasberg, American actress (died 1999)
Richard Samuel Benjamin is an American actor and director. He has starred in a number of well-known films, including Goodbye, Columbus (1969), Catch-22 (1970), Portnoy's Complaint …
Richard Benjamin, American actor and director
Cecil Bustamente Campbell, known professionally as Prince Buster, was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer. The records he released in the 1960s influenced and shaped the cour…
Prince Buster, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (died 2016)
Thomas Bing Kin Chong is a Canadian comedian, actor, musician and activist. He is known for his role/inspiration in the marijuana industry, his marijuana-themed Cheech & Chong come…
Tommy Chong, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Raymond Clevie Carver Jr. was an American short story writer and poet. He published his first collection of stories, Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?, in 1976. His breakout collec…
Raymond Carver, American short story writer and poet (died 1988)
Margaret Forster was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, historian and critic, best known for the 1965 novel Georgy Girl, made into a successful film of the same name, whic…
Margaret Forster, English historian, author, and critic (died 2016)
Geoffrey Robinson is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Coventry North West for 43 years, from 1976 to 2019. He was Paymaster General from …
Geoffrey Robinson, English businessman and politician
Yury Nikolaevich Semyonov was a Russian economist and politician. A member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, he served as first secretary of the Kaliningrad Regional Comm…
Yury Semyonov, Russian economist and politician (died 2024)
William Elden Bolcom is an American composer and pianist. He has received the Pulitzer Prize, the National Medal of Arts, a Grammy Award, and the Detroit Music Award, and was named…
William Bolcom, American pianist and composer
Andrew Clennel Palmer was a British engineer who worked on offshore geotechnical problems of submarine pipeline design and the study of the properties of ice. He spent much of his …
Andrew Clennel Palmer, British engineer (died 2019)
Lyudmila Stefanovna Petrushevskaya is a Russian writer, novelist and playwright. She began her career writing short stories and plays, which the Soviet government often censored an…
Lyudmila Petrushevskaya, Russian author and playwright
K. Bikram Singh was an Indian politician and filmmaker, most known for his documentary film, Satyajit Ray Introspections (1991) and feature film, Tarpan (1994). After a short sti…
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Teresa Stratas is a retired Canadian operatic soprano and actress of Greek descent. She is especially well known for her award-winning recording of Alban Berg's Lulu.
Teresa Stratas, Canadian soprano and actress
Jerry Alan West was an American basketball player and executive. He played professionally for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and is widely reg…
Jerry West, American basketball player, coach, and executive (died 2024)
Sir Francis Christopher Buchan Bland was a British businessman and politician. He was deputy chairman of the Independent Television Authority (1972), which was renamed the Independ…
Christopher Bland, English businessman and politician (died 2017)
Francis Thomas "Fay" Vincent Jr. was an American entertainment lawyer, securities regulator, and sports executive who served as the eighth commissioner of baseball from September 1…
Fay Vincent, American lawyer and businessman, 8th Commissioner of Baseball (died 2025)
Billie Dean Letts was an American novelist and educator. She was a professor at Southeastern Oklahoma State University.
Billie Letts, American author and educator (died 2014)
Johnny Paycheck was an American country music singer and songwriter. He is a notable figure in the outlaw movement in country music.
Johnny Paycheck, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2003)
John Leslie Prescott, Baron Prescott was a British politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and as First Secretary of State from 2001 …
John Prescott, British sailor and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 2024)
Peter Yarrow was an American singer and songwriter who found fame as a member of the 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary along with Paul Stookey and Mary Travers.
Peter Yarrow, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2025)
George William Penrose, Lord Penrose, PC was a Scottish judge and member of the Privy Council who sat in the Court of Session, the supreme civil court.
George William Penrose, Lord Penrose, Scottish lawyer and judge
John Harvard was a Canadian journalist and politician. He served as a federal Member of Parliament (MP) from 1988 to 2004, and was appointed the 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Manitob…
John Harvard, Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (died 2016)