Explore 3358 historical events from 1930–1939.
Rosalyn Cohen Higgins, Lady Higgins, is a British judge who was a judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) from 1995 to 2009. She was the first female judge elected to th…
Rosalyn Higgins, English lawyer and judge
James Jones was an American singer-songwriter who moved to New York City while a teenager. His biggest hits were "Handy Man" (1959) and "Good Timin'" (1960). According to Allmusic …
Jimmy Jones, American singer-songwriter (died 2012)
Robert Paul was a Canadian pair skater. He teamed up with Barbara Wagner in 1952. They became the 1960 Olympic champions, four-time World champions, and five-time Canadian national…
Robert Paul, Canadian figure skater and choreographer
Morgan Freeman is an American actor, producer, and narrator. In a career spanning six decades, he has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Awa…
Morgan Freeman, American actor and producer
Sally Clare Kellerman was an American actress whose acting career spanned 60 years. Her role as Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan in Robert Altman's film M*A*S*H (1970) earned her…
Sally Kellerman, American actress (died 2022)
Deric Washburn is an American screenwriter.
Deric Washburn, American screenwriter and playwright
Jean-Pierre Jaussaud was a French racing driver, noted for winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1978 and 1980.
Jean-Pierre Jaussaud, French racing driver (died 2021)
Freddy Fender was an American Country and Tejano singer, known for his work as a solo artist and in the groups Los Super Seven and the Texas Tornados. His signature sound fused cou…
Freddy Fender, American singer and guitarist (died 2006)
Robert James "Gino" Marella, better known by his ring name of Gorilla Monsoon, was an American professional wrestler, play-by-play commentator, and booker.
Gorilla Monsoon, American wrestler (died 1999)
Mortimer Benjamin Zuckerman is a Canadian—American billionaire media proprietor, magazine editor, and investor. He is the co-founder, executive chairman and former CEO of Boston Pr…
Mortimer Zuckerman, Canadian-American businessman and publisher, founded Boston Properties
Hélène Cixous is a French writer, playwright and literary critic. During her academic career, she was primarily associated with the Centre universitaire de Vincennes, which she co-…
Hélène Cixous, French author, poet, and critic
Gillian Clarke is a Welsh poet and playwright, who also edits, broadcasts, lectures and translates from Welsh into English. She co-founded Tŷ Newydd, a writers' centre in North Wal…
Gillian Clarke, Welsh poet and playwright
Harald Rosenthal is a German hydrobiologist and fisheries scientist known for his work in fish farming, ecology, and international cooperation.
Harald Rosenthal, German hydrobiologist and academic
Bruce McCandless II was an American Navy officer and aviator, electrical engineer, and NASA astronaut. In 1984, during the first of his two Space Shuttle missions, he completed the…
Bruce McCandless II, American aviator, electrical engineer and astronaut (died 2017)
Raymon Lee Cramton, known professionally as Chad Everett, was an American actor who appeared in more than 40 films and television series. He played Dr. Joe Gannon in the television…
Chad Everett, American actor and director (died 2012)
John Robin Warren was an Australian pathologist, Nobel laureate, and researcher who is credited with the 1979 re-discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori, together with Barry…
Robin Warren, Australian pathologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2024)
Vladimir Igorevich Arnold was a Soviet and Russian mathematician. He is best known for the Kolmogorov–Arnold–Moser theorem regarding the stability of integrable systems, and contri…
Vladimir Arnold, Russian-French mathematician and academic (died 2010)
Klaus Basikow was a German football player and manager.
Klaus Basikow, German footballer and manager (died 2015)
Antal Festetics, exactly, is a Hungarian-Austrian biologist, zoologist and behavioural researcher. A student of Konrad Lorenz, in 1973 he became a university professor and director…
Antal Festetics, Hungarian-Austrian biologist and zoologist
Lincoln Wayne "Chips" Moman was an American record producer, guitarist, and songwriter. He is known for working in R&B, pop music and country music, operating American Sound Studio…
Chips Moman, American record producer, guitarist, and songwriter (died 2016)
Eleanor Holmes Norton is an American politician, lawyer, and human rights activist. Norton is a congressional delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives, where she has represent…
Eleanor Holmes Norton, American lawyer and politician
Erich Ribbeck is a German former professional football player and manager, best known for coaching in the Bundesliga. In 1988, he won the UEFA Cup as manager of Bayer Leverkusen, t…
Erich Ribbeck, German footballer and manager
Sir Andreas Whittam Smith was an English financial journalist, who was one of the founders of The Independent newspaper, which began publication in October 1986 with Whittam Smith …
Andreas Whittam Smith, English journalist and publisher, co-founded The Independent
Pierre Billon is a novelist and screenwriter from Quebec.
Pierre Billon, Swiss-Canadian author and screenwriter