Explore 942 historical events from 1930–1939.
Basdeo Panday was a Trinidadian statesman, lawyer, politician, trade unionist, economist, and actor, who served as the fifth Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago from 1995 to 2001…
Basdeo Panday, Trinidadian lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (died 2024)
Raymond Spencer was an English professional footballer who made 156 appearances in the Football League playing as a wing half or centre half for Darlington and Torquay United. He b…
Ray Spencer, English footballer (died 2016)
Jógvan Sundstein was a Faroese politician and member of the Faroese People's Party.
Jógvan Sundstein, Faroese accountant and politician, 7th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (died 2024)
Edward Samuel "Ted" Rogers Jr., was a Canadian businessman and philanthropist who served as the president and CEO of Rogers Communications. He was the fifth-richest person in Canad…
Edward Samuel Rogers, Canadian businessman (died 2008)
Manfred Sommer was a Spanish comics artist, best known for the reporter comics series Frank Cappa.
Manfred Sommer, Spanish author and illustrator (died 2007)
John Karlen was an American actor. He was best known for his multiple roles on the gothic soap opera Dark Shadows from 1967 to 1971, most notably as Willie Loomis, and as Harvey La…
John Karlen, American actor (died 2020)
Zelda May Rubinstein was an American actress and human rights activist, known as eccentric medium Tangina Barrons in the Poltergeist film series. Playing "Ginny", she was a regular…
Zelda Rubinstein, American actress and activist (died 2010)
Helmuth Rilling was a German choral conductor and an academic teacher who was internationally known as an authority on the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. He was the founder of the…
Helmuth Rilling, German conductor and educator (died 2026)
Tarquinio Provini was an Italian professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He was a two-time world champion in road racing. Provini was also a four-time Isle of Man TT winner …
Tarquinio Provini, Italian motorcycle racer (died 2005)
Henry Bennion Eyring is an American religious leader and former educational administrator serving as the first counselor in the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of La…
Henry B
Haruo Ignacio Remeliik was the first President of Palau from 2 March 1981 until his assassination on 30 June 1985. He is buried at Kloulklubed in his home state of Peleliu. Remelii…
Haruo Remeliik, Palauan politician, 1st President of Palau (died 1985)
Sasao H. Gouland was the governor of Chuuk State, Micronesia from 1990 to June 1996.
Sasao Gouland, governor of Chuuk State, Micronesia (died 2011)
Lew Russell Robinson, nicknamed "Sneaky Pete", was an American drag racer.
Lew "Sneaky Pete" Robinson, drag racer (died 1971)
Konstantine "Kote" Marjanishvili, also known by the Russified name Konstantin Aleksandrovich Mardzhanov, was a Georgian theater director regarded as an important contributor to the…
Kote Marjanishvili, Georgian director and playwright (born 1872)
Sir Frederick Henry Royce, 1st Baronet was an English engineer famous for his designs of car and aeroplane engines that had a reputation for reliability and longevity. He and his t…
Henry Royce, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (born 1863)
Clay Stone Briggs was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1919 through his death in 1933.
Clay Stone Briggs, American politician (born 1876)
Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis, known, especially in English, as Constantine P. Cavafy and often published as C. P. Cavafy, was a Greek poet, journalist, and civil servant from Alexan…
Constantine P
John Arthur Jarvis was an English competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain in three Olympic Games, and was a well-known amateur athlete of the late 19th century and early …
John Arthur Jarvis, English swimmer (born 1872)
Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav was prime minister of Mongolia from 1930 to 1932.
Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav, Mongolian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Mongolia (born 1894)
Horatio William Bottomley was an English financier, journalist, editor, newspaper proprietor, swindler, and Member of Parliament. He is best known for his editorship of the popular…
Horatio Bottomley, English financier, journalist, and politician (born 1860)
James Charles Rodgers was an American singer, songwriter, and musician who rose to popularity in the late 1920s. Known as Jimmie Rodgers and widely regarded as the "Father of Count…
Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1897)
Nicolas Achille Paroche was a French sport shooter who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics and 1920 Summer Olympics.
Achille Paroche, French target shooter (born 1868)
Frank Washington Jarvis was an American sprinter, the 1900 Olympic 100 m champion, and a triple jumper.
Frank Jarvis, American runner and triple jumper (born 1878)
William Muldoon was an American Greco-Roman Wrestling champion, a physical culturist, and the first chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission. He once wrestled a match tha…
William Muldoon, American wrestler (born 1852)