Explore 2180 historical events from 1930–1939.
The Ministry of Aviation was a government department during the period of Nazi Germany (1933–45). It is also the original name of the Detlev-Rohwedder-Haus building on the Wilhelms…
All military aviation organizations within or under the control of the RLM of Germany were officially merged in a covert
A drive-in theater/theatre or drive-in cinema is a form of cinema structure consisting of a large outdoor movie screen, a projection booth, a concession stand, and a large parking …
The first drive-in theater opens in Camden, New Jersey
Marcos Alonso Imaz, nicknamed Marquitos, was a Spanish footballer who played as a defender. He was best known for his participation in Real Madrid's five European Cup conquests, ma…
Marcos Alonso Imaz, Spanish footballer (died 2012)
Joan Dawson Bakewell, Baroness Bakewell, is an English journalist, television presenter and Labour Party peer. Baroness Bakewell is president of Birkbeck, University of London; she…
Joan Bakewell, English journalist and author
The New Deal was a 1933–1938 series of economic, social, and political reforms in response to the Great Depression in the United States under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He in…
New Deal: President Franklin D
The Walt Disney Company, commonly and globally known as simply Disney, is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studi…
The Walt Disney Company cartoon Three Little Pigs premieres at Radio City Music Hall, featuring the hit song "Who's Afra
The New Deal was a 1933–1938 series of economic, social, and political reforms in response to the Great Depression in the United States under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He in…
New Deal: The U
The National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933 (NIRA) was a US labor law and consumer law passed by the 73rd US Congress to authorize the president to regulate industry for fair wage…
The National Industrial Recovery Act is passed in the United States, allowing businesses to avoid antitrust prosecution
The Kansas City massacre was the shootout and murder of four law enforcement officers and a criminal fugitive at the Union Station railroad depot in Kansas City, Missouri, on the m…
Union Station massacre: In Kansas City, Missouri, four FBI agents and captured fugitive Frank Nash are gunned down by ga
Perry Botkin Jr. was an American composer, producer, arranger, and musician.
Perry Botkin Jr
Vera Samuilovna Krepkina, née Kalashnikova, was a Soviet-Ukrainian track and field athlete. She competed for the Soviet Union at the 1952, 1956, and 1960 Olympics. At all these Oly…
Vera Krepkina, Russian long jumper (died 2023)
Icarus Nestor Pappas, better known as Ike Pappas, was an American television journalist who worked as a CBS News correspondent for 25 years.
Ike Pappas, American journalist and actor (died 2008)
Harold Dennis "Dickie" Bird was an English cricketer and international cricket umpire. During his long umpiring career, he became a well regarded figure among players and the viewi…
Dickie Bird, English cricketer and umpire (died 2025)
The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also known as the "Midsummer Classic", is an annual professional baseball game sanctioned by Major League Baseball (MLB) and contested betw…
The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game is played in Chicago's Comiskey Park. The American League defeated the…
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union or often just rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in England in the first half of the 19…
The first rugby union test match between the Wallabies of Australia and the Springboks of South Africa is played at…
In Nazi terminology, Gleichschaltung, meaning 'synchronization' or 'coordination', was the process of Nazification by which Adolf Hitler—leader of the Nazi Party in Germany—establi…
In a decree called the Gleichschaltung, Adolf Hitler abolishes all German political parties except the Nazis.
The social policies of eugenics in Nazi Germany were composed of various ideas about genetics. The racial ideology of Nazism placed the biological improvement of the German people …
Nazi eugenics programme begins with the proclamation of the Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring…
Wiley Hardeman Post was an American aviator during the interwar period and the first pilot to fly solo around the world. Known for his work in high-altitude flying, he helped devel…
Aviator Wiley Post returns to Floyd Bennett Field in New York City, completing the first solo flight around the world…
Jayne Mansfield was an American actress, Playboy Playmate, and singer. Mansfield was a sex symbol of the 1950s and early 1960s, and was known for her numerous publicity stunts, her…
Jayne Mansfield, American model and actress (died 1967)
Edelmiro Atega Amante Sr., was a Filipino politician.
Edelmiro Amante, Filipino lawyer and politician (died 2013)
Easley Rutland Blackwood Jr. was an American professor of music, concert pianist, composer, and the author of books on music theory, including his research into the properties of m…
Easley Blackwood, Jr
Mor Ignatius Zakka I Iwas was the 122nd reigning Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East and, as such, Supreme Head of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church. Also know…
Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, Iraqi patriarch (died 2014)
John Anthony Llewellyn was a Welsh chemist and a NOAA aquanaut. In August 1967, Llewellyn was one of only two non-American astronaut candidates selected by NASA as part of NASA Ast…
Anthony Llewellyn, Welsh-American chemist and astronaut (died 2013)
Annie Jean Easley was an African American computer scientist who contributed significantly to the beginning iterations of NASA's rocket technologies.
Annie Easley, American computer scientist, mathematician, and engineer (died 2011)