Explore 2180 historical events from 1930–1939.
Frederick L. Hemke (né Fred LeRoy Hemke Jr.; July 11, 1935 – April 17, 2019) was an American virtuoso classical saxophonist and influential professor of saxophone at Northwestern U…
Frederick Hemke, American saxophonist and educator (died 2019)
Satoshi Ōmura is a Japanese biochemist. He is known for the discovery and development of hundreds of pharmaceuticals originally occurring in microorganisms. In 2015 he shared the …
Satoshi Ōmura, Japanese biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Jack French Kemp was an American politician, professional football player, and U.S. Army veteran who served as the ninth U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under Presi…
Jack Kemp, American football player and politician, 9th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (died…
Earl Wilbert Lovelace is a Trinidad and Tobago novelist, journalist, playwright, and short story writer. He is particularly recognized for his descriptive, dramatic fiction on Trin…
Earl Lovelace, Trinidadian journalist, author, and playwright
Kurt Westergaard was a Danish cartoonist. In 2005 he drew a cartoon of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, wearing a bomb in his turban as a part of the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons…
Kurt Westergaard, Danish cartoonist (died 2021)
Ei-ichi Negishi was a Japanese chemist who was best known for his discovery of the Negishi coupling. He spent most of his career at Purdue University in the United States, where h…
Ei-ichi Negishi, Japanese chemist (palladium-catalyzed cross couplings) and Nobel Prize winner (died 2021)
Donn Alvin Clendenon was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a first baseman from 1961 to 1972 for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Montrea…
Donn Clendenon, American baseball player and lawyer (died 2005)
Alexander George Karras was an American professional football player, professional wrestler, sportscaster, and actor. He was a four-time Pro Bowl selection while playing defensive …
Alex Karras, American football player, wrestler, and actor (died 2012)
Kenneth Marine Kercheval was an American actor, best known for his role as Cliff Barnes in the television series Dallas and its 2012 revival.
Ken Kercheval, American actor and director (died 2019)
Carl Epting Mundy Jr. was a United States Marine Corps four-star general who served as the 30th Commandant of the Marine Corps and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from July 1…
Carl Epting Mundy Jr., American general (died 2014)
Lynn Wyatt is a Houston socialite, philanthropist, and third-generation Texan. Her grandfather and great-uncle started the Sakowitz Department Store chain. Her husband, Oscar Wyatt…
Lynn Wyatt, American socialite and philanthropist
Diahann Carroll was an American actress, singer, model, and activist. Carroll was the recipient of numerous nominations and awards for her stage and screen performances, including …
Diahann Carroll, American actress and singer (died 2019)
Johann Peter Schickele was an American composer, musical educator and parodist, best known for comedy albums featuring his music, which he presented as being composed by the fictio…
Peter Schickele, American composer and educator (died 2024)
Donald McNichol Sutherland was a Canadian actor. With a career spanning six decades, he received numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards as…
Donald Sutherland, Canadian actor and producer (died 2024)
Tenley Emma Albright is an American former figure skater and surgeon. She is the 1956 Olympic champion, the 1952 Olympic silver medalist, the 1953 and 1955 World Champion, the 1953…
Tenley Albright, American former figure skater and physician
Jagadguru Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Shankaracharya Swamigal was the 69th Shankaracharya Guru and head or pithadhipati of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham. Subramanyam Iyer was nominated b…
Jayendra Saraswathi, Indian guru, 69th Shankaracharya (died 2018)
Nicholas Nicholie Koback was a Russian American professional baseball player whose career spanned eight seasons, three of which were spent with the Major League Baseball (MLB) Pitt…
Nick Koback, American baseball player and golfer (died 2015)
Peter Garth Palumbo, Baron Palumbo, is a British property developer, devotee of architecture, and art collector, who served as the last Chairman of the unified Arts Council of Grea…
Peter Palumbo, Baron Palumbo, English businessman and art collector
Norbert Blüm was a German politician who served as a federal legislator from North Rhine-Westphalia, chairman of the CDU North Rhine-Westphalia (1987–1999), and Minister of Labour …
Norbert Blüm, German businessman and politician (died 2020)
Myron Walter Drabowsky was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City …
Moe Drabowsky, Polish-American baseball player and coach (died 2006)
Thomas William Cartwright was an English cricketer. Playing largely for Somerset and Warwickshire, he took over 1,600 wickets as a medium-pace bowler, though he began his career as…
Tom Cartwright, English-Welsh cricketer and coach (died 2007)
James Ellis Hall is a retired American racing driver, race car constructor, and team owner. While he is best known as a car constructor, he was one of the greatest American racing …
Jim Hall, American race car driver
Aaron Elkins is an American mystery writer. He is best known for his series of novels featuring forensic anthropologist Gideon Oliver—the 'skeleton detective'.
Aaron Elkins, American author and academic
Patrick Bruce Oliphant was an Australian-born American political cartoonist whose career spanned more than 60 years. His body of work primarily focused on American and global polit…
Pat Oliphant, Australian cartoonist