Explore 3358 historical events from 1930–1939.
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)
Glenn Marcus Murcutt is an Australian architect. He has been the recipient of the 1992 Alvar Aalto Medal, the 2002 Pritzker Architecture Prize, the 2009 American Institute of Archi…
Glenn Murcutt, English-Australian architect and academic
Tsutomu Koyama was a Japanese volleyball player. He was a member of the Men's National Volleyball Team that claimed the bronze medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. H…
Tsutomu Koyama, Japanese volleyball player and coach (died 2012)
Lawrence McMenemy MBE is an English former football coach, best known for his spell as manager of Southampton. He is rated in the Guinness Book of Records as one of the twenty most…
Lawrie McMenemy, English footballer and manager
James Robert Hooper was an American politician who served on the Maryland Senate from 1999 to 2007.
J. Robert Hooper, American businessman and politician (died 2008)
Russell Stanley Jackson is a Canadian former professional football player. Jackson spent his entire 12-year professional football career with the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadia…
Russ Jackson, Canadian football player and coach
Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers, also known as Sir Gary or Sir Garry Sobers, was a Barbadian cricketer who played for the West Indies between 1954 and 1974. A highly skilled and aggr…
Garfield Sobers, Barbadian cricketer
George "Buddy" Guy is an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter. He is an exponent of Chicago blues who has influenced generations of guitarists including Eric Clapton, Jim…
Buddy Guy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz, Viscountess of La Torre, sometimes known more simply as Pilar de Borbón, was the elder daughter of Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona and Princess …
Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz (died 2020)
Yves Henri Donat Mathieu-Saint-Laurent, better known as Yves Saint Laurent or YSL, was a French fashion designer who founded his eponymous fashion label in 1962. He is widely regar…
Yves Saint Laurent, Algerian-French fashion designer, co-founded Yves Saint Laurent (died 2008)
Mary Elizabeth Alexander Dole is an American attorney, author, and politician who served as a United States senator from North Carolina from 2003 to 2009. A member of the Republica…
Elizabeth Dole, American lawyer and politician, 20th United States Secretary of Labor
William Donald Hamilton was a British evolutionary biologist, recognised as one of the most significant evolutionary theorists of the 20th century. Hamilton became known for his th…
W. D. Hamilton, British biologist, psychologist, and academic (died 2000)
Laurence John Taylor is an English sociologist and radio presenter, originally from Liverpool.
Laurie Taylor, English sociologist, radio host, and academic
Anthony Edward Payne was an English composer, music critic and musicologist. He is best known for his acclaimed completion of Edward Elgar's third symphony, which gained wide accep…
Anthony Payne, English composer and author (died 2021)
Jerry G. Bishop was an American radio and television personality who is known for being Chicago's original "Svengoolie", and for his award-winning twelve-year stint on Sun-Up San D…
Jerry G. Bishop, American radio and television host (died 2013)
Edward Petherbridge is an English actor, writer and artist. Among his many roles, he portrayed Lord Peter Wimsey in the 1987 BBC television adaptations of Dorothy L. Sayers' novels…
Edward Petherbridge, English actor
Giorgos Zographos was a Greek musician and actor.
Giorgos Zographos, Greek singer and actor (died 2005)
Nikolai Baturin was an Estonian award-winning novelist and playwright.
Nikolai Baturin, Estonian author and playwright (died 2019)
John Saxon was an American actor and martial artist who worked on more than 200 film and television projects during a span of 60 years. He was known for his work in Westerns and ho…
John Saxon, American actor (died 2020)
Frank Oliver Howard, nicknamed "Hondo", "the Washington Monument" and "the Capital Punisher", was an American professional baseball player, coach, and manager in Major League Baseb…
Frank Howard, American baseball player and manager (died 2023)