Explore 2180 historical events from 1930–1939.
Herbert Wayne "Herb" Boyer is an American biotechnologist, researcher and entrepreneur in biotechnology. Along with Stanley N. Cohen and Paul Berg, he discovered recombinant DNA, a…
Herbert Boyer, American businessman, co-founded Genentech
Tunne-Väldo Kelam is an Estonian politician and former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Estonia. He is a member of the Pro Patria and Res Publica Union, part of the Eur…
Tunne Kelam, Estonian journalist and politician
Jan Němec was a Czech filmmaker whose most important work dates from the 1960s. Film historian Peter Hames has described him as the "enfant terrible of the Czech New Wave."
Jan Němec, Czech director and screenwriter (died 2016)
Richard John Hyde, sometimes credited as Slyde Hyde, was an American trombonist who played several brass and woodwind instruments. He was a member of the National Academy of Record…
Dick Hyde, American trombonist and session musician (died 2019)
Tommy LiPuma was an American music producer. His productions received 33 Grammy nominations and sold over 75 million albums. His six individual nominations resulted in five Grammy …
Tommy LiPuma, American Grammy Award-winning jazz record producer and record label executive(died 2017)
Francis Beall Ryan was an American professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Los Angeles Rams (1958–1961), Cleveland Browns (…
Frank Ryan, American football player and mathematician (died 2024)
Albert Ayler was an American avant-garde jazz saxophonist and composer.
Albert Ayler, American saxophonist and composer (died 1970)
Robert Franklyn Overmyer was an American test pilot, naval aviator, aeronautical engineer, physicist, United States Marine Corps officer, and USAF/NASA astronaut. Overmyer was sele…
Robert F. Overmyer, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 1996)
George Victor Voinovich was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he was a United States senator from Ohio from 1999 to 2011, the 65th governor of Ohio from 199…
George Voinovich, American lawyer and politician, 65th Governor of Ohio (died 2016)
Yasuo Fukuda is a Japanese former politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2007 to 2008. He was previously the longest-serving Chief Cabinet Secretary in Japanese his…
Yasuo Fukuda, Japanese politician, 91st Prime Minister of Japan
Leslie Merrill Behunin, Jr., known professionally as Buddy Merrill, was an American guitar player and steel guitar player, best known as a regular on The Lawrence Welk Show.
Buddy Merrill, American guitarist (died 2021)
Jerry Lee Norman was an American sinologist and linguist known for his studies of varieties of Chinese, particularly Min varieties, and also of the Manchu language. Norman had a la…
Jerry Norman, American sinologist and linguist (died 2012)
Venkataraman Subramanya is an Indian former cricketer who played in nine Test matches from 1965 to 1968. He was an aggressive middle order batsman, who captained Mysore for some ye…
Venkataraman Subramanya, Indian-Australian cricketer
David Colquhoun is a British pharmacologist at University College London (UCL). He has contributed to the general theory of receptor and synaptic mechanisms, and in particular the …
David Colquhoun, English pharmacologist and academic
Alistair MacLeod was a Canadian novelist, short story writer and academic. His powerful and moving stories vividly evoke the beauty of Cape Breton Island's rugged landscape and the…
Alistair MacLeod, Canadian novelist and short story writer (died 2014)
Barbara Ann Mikulski is an American politician and social worker who served as a United States senator from Maryland from 1987 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she also s…
Barbara Mikulski, American social worker and politician
Don Patterson was an American jazz organist.
Don Patterson, American organist (died 1988)
Harold James Rhodes is an English former international cricketer who played two Test matches for England in 1959. He played domestically for Derbyshire between 1953 and 1975 and pl…
Harold Rhodes, English cricketer
Geraldine Claudette Darden is an American mathematician. She was the fourteenth African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics.
Geraldine Claudette Darden, American mathematician
Donald Scott Drysdale, nicknamed "Big D", was an American professional baseball pitcher and broadcaster who played in Major League Baseball (MLB). He spent his entire 14-year caree…
Don Drysdale, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 1993)
Anthony McLeod Kennedy is an American lawyer who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1988 until his retirement in 2018. He was nominated t…
Anthony Kennedy, American lawyer and jurist
Ruth Ann Buzzi was an American actress, singer and comedian. She appeared on stage, in films, and on television. She was best known for her performances on the comedy-variety show …
Ruth Buzzi, American actress and comedian (died 2025)
Mark Goddard was an American actor who starred in a number of television programs. He is probably best known for portraying Major Don West in the CBS series Lost in Space (1965–196…
Mark Goddard, American actor (died 2023)
Joseph Frederick Harold Gerald "Gerry" Ashmore was a British motor racing driver from England. He participated in four Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, scoring no champi…
Gerry Ashmore, English race car driver (died 2021)