Explore 2180 historical events from 1930–1939.
Paul Abraham Dukas was a French composer, critic, scholar and teacher. A studious man of retiring personality, he was intensely self-critical and abandoned and destroyed many of hi…
Paul Dukas, French composer, critic, and educator (born 1865)
Thomas Edward Lawrence was a British Army officer, archaeologist, diplomat and writer known for his role during the Arab Revolt and Sinai and Palestine campaign against the Ottoman…
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Laura Jane Addams was an American settlement activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, public administrator, philosopher, and author. She was a leader in the history of socia…
Jane Addams, American activist and author, co-founded Hull House, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1860)
Hugo Marie de Vries was a Dutch botanist and one of the first geneticists. He is known chiefly for suggesting the concept of genes, rediscovering the laws of heredity in the 1890s …
Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist and geneticist (born 1848)
Josef Suk was a Czech composer, violinist, and Olympic silver medalist. He studied under Antonín Dvořák, whose daughter he married.
Josef Suk, Czech violinist and composer (born 1874)
Field Marshal Julian Hedworth George Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, was a British Army officer who served as Governor General of Canada, the 12th since the Canadian Confederation…
Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, English field marshal and politician, 12th Governor-General of Canada (born 1862
Szymon Askenazy was a Jewish-Polish historian, educator, statesman and diplomat, founder of the Askenazy school.
Szymon Askenazy, Polish historian and diplomat (born 1866)
Eugène Augustin Lauste was a French inventor instrumental in the technological development of the history of cinema.
Eugene Augustin Lauste, French-American inventor (born 1857)
John Joseph O'Neill was an Irish born catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1902–03), Chicago Cubs (1904–05) and Boston Beaneaters (1906). He bat…
Jack O'Neill, Irish-American baseball player and manager (born 1873)
Arthur Freiherr Arz von Straußenburg was an Austro-Hungarian colonel general and last Chief of the General Staff of the Austro-Hungarian Army. At the outbreak of the First World Wa…
Arthur Arz von Straußenburg, Romanian-Hungarian general (born 1857)
André-Gustave Citroën was a French industrialist and the founder of French automaker Citroën. He is also remembered for his application of double helical gears.
André Citroën, French engineer and businessman, founded the Citroën Company (born 1878)
Anna Paaske was a Norwegian opera singer and music teacher. She often performed in Wagner roles in concerts in Scandinavia and Northern Europe, and was especially popular in German…
Anna Paaske, Norwegian opera singer and music teacher (born 1856)
Bernard Alexandre George Edmond de Pourtalès was a Swiss infantry captain and sailor who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics.
Bernard de Pourtalès, Swiss captain and sailor (born 1870)
Daniel Edward Howard was the 16th president of Liberia, serving from 1912 to 1920.
Daniel Edward Howard, 16th president of Liberia (born 1861)
Alfred Dreyfus was a French Army officer best known for his central role in the Dreyfus affair. In 1894, Dreyfus fell victim to a judicial conspiracy that eventually sparked a majo…
Alfred Dreyfus, French colonel (born 1859)
Zheng Zhengqiu was a Chinese filmmaker often considered a "founding father" of Chinese cinema.
Zheng Zhengqiu, Chinese filmmaker (born 1889)
George William Russell, who wrote with the pseudonym Æ, was an Irish writer, editor, critic, poet, painter and Irish nationalist. He was also a writer on mysticism, and a central f…
George William Russell, Irish poet and painter (born 1867)
Meletius Metaxakis was primate of the Church of Greece from 1918 to 1920 as Meletius III, after which he was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople as Meletius IV from 1921 to 1923…
Meletius IV of Constantinople (born 1871)
Robert Holbrook Smith, also known as Dr. Bob, was an American physician and surgeon who cofounded Alcoholics Anonymous with Bill Wilson.
American physician Bob Smith had his last alcoholic drink, marking the traditional founding date of Alcoholics Anonymous
Boxing is a combat sport and martial art. Taking place in a boxing ring, it involves two opponents throwing punches at each other for a predetermined amount of time. It is usually …
In one of the biggest upsets in championship boxing, the underdog James J
The Grant Park Music Festival is a ten-week classical music concert series held annually in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It features the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra and Gran…
The first Grant Park Music Festival was held in Chicago's Grant Park.
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal cou…
The United States Supreme Court ruled in A
A major strike broke out among African mineworkers in the Copperbelt Province of Northern Rhodesia on 29 May 1935 in protest against taxes levied by the British colonial administra…
A strike by copper miners in Northern Rhodesia ended after six workers were shot and killed by police
An earthquake occurred on 31 May 1935 between 2:30 am and 3:40 am at Quetta, Baluchistan Agency, close to the border with southern Afghanistan. The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.…
A magnitude-7