Explore 4337 historical events from 1930–1939.
Geoffrey Richard Shovelton was an English singer, actor and illustrator best known for his performances in leading tenor roles with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in the 1970s.
Geoffrey Shovelton, English singer and illustrator (died 2016)
The Spanish Civil War was fought in Spain from 1936 to 1939 between the Republicans and the Nationalist rebels. Republicans loyal to the left-leaning Popular Front government of th…
Spanish Civil War: Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.
The Central Committee of Anti-Fascist Militias of Catalonia was an administrative body created on 21 July 1936 by the president of the Government of Catalonia, Lluís Companys, unde…
Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia dissolves itself, handing control of…
The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), commonly known as the Metropolitan Police, Met Police, or the "Met", is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement and crim…
The Metropolitan Police and various anti-fascist organizations violently clash in the Battle of Cable Street.
The Jarrow March of 5–31 October 1936, also known as the Jarrow Crusade, was an organised protest against the unemployment and poverty suffered in the English town of Jarrow during…
The Jarrow March sets off for London.
The Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the boundary between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona. Constructed between 1931 and…
Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam) begins to generate electricity and transmit it to Los Angeles.
Tariq Aziz was an Iraqi politician and journalist who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq from 1979 to 2003 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1983 to 1991. He was a clos…
Tariq Aziz, Iraqi journalist and politician, Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 2015)
Zubin Mehta is an Indian conductor of Western classical music. He is music director emeritus of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) and conductor emeritus of the Los Angeles Ph…
Zubin Mehta, Indian conductor
Adolfo Nicolás Pachón was a Spanish Catholic priest who served as the 30th superior general of the Society of Jesus from 2008 to 2016. He previously taught at Sophia University in …
Adolfo Nicolás, Spanish priest, 13th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (died 2020)
Flora Alejandra Pizarnik was an Argentine poet. Her idiosyncratic and thematically introspective poetry has been considered "one of the most unusual bodies of work in Latin America…
Alejandra Pizarnik, Argentine poet (died 1972)
The New York World-Telegram, later known as the New York World-Telegram and The Sun, was a New York City newspaper from 1931 to 1966.
New York World-Telegram reporter Herbert Ekins won a race against two other New York newspaper journalists to travel…
George Black Orsborne, also known as Dod Orsborne, was a Grimsby trawler captain and seafarer, who acquired notoriety in 1936 when he took the trawler Girl Pat on an unauthorised…
Dod Orsborne, captain of the Girl Pat is convicted of its theft and imprisoned, having caused a media sensation when…
In electricity generation, a generator, also called an electric generator, electrical generator, and electromagnetic generator is an electromechanical device that converts mechanic…
The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation.
James Clayton Dobson Jr. was an American evangelical Christian author, psychologist and founder of Focus on the Family (FotF), which he led from 1977 until 2010. In the 1980s, he w…
James Dobson, American evangelist, psychologist, and author, founded Focus on the Family (died 2025)
Glen Travis Campbell was an American country musician and actor. He was best known for a series of hit songs in the 1960s and 1970s, and for hosting The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour…
Glen Campbell, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 2017)
Nathaniel Charles Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, was a British hereditary peer, investment banker and member of the Rothschild banking family. Rothschild held important ro…
Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, English banker and philanthropist (died 2024)
Norma Aleandro is an Argentine actress. She is considered one of the most celebrated and prolific Argentine actresses of all time and is recognized as a cultural icon in her home c…
Norma Aleandro, Argentinian actress, director, and screenwriter
Arnold George Dorsey, MBE, known professionally as Engelbert Humperdinck, is a British singer described by AllMusic as "one of the finest middle-of-the-road balladeers around". He …
Engelbert Humperdinck, English singer and pianist
Sandy Baron was an American actor and comedian who performed on stage, in films, and on television. He is best known for his recurring role of Jack Klompus on the NBC sitcom Seinfe…
Sandy Baron, American actor and comedian (died 2001)
Sir Anthony John Francis O'Reilly was an Irish businessman and international rugby union player. He was known for his try scoring in rugby, his involvement in the Independent News …
Tony O'Reilly, Irish rugby player and businessman (died 2024)
Henck Alphonsus Eugène Arron was a Surinamese politician who served as the first Prime Minister of Suriname after it gained independence in 1975. A member of the National Party of …
Henck Arron, Surinamese banker and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Suriname (died 2000)
Albert Finney was an English actor. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked in the theatre before attaining fame for film acting during the early 1960s, debuting w…
Albert Finney, English actor (died 2019)
Glenda May Jackson was an English actress and politician. Over the course of her distinguished career she received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, three Emmy Award…
Glenda Jackson, English actress and politician (died 2023)
Guillermo David Endara Galimany was a Panamanian politician who served as the president of Panama from 1989 to 1994.
Guillermo Endara, Panamanian lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Panama (died 2009)