Explore 2180 historical events from 1930–1939.
Edward Charles John "Eddie" Litzenberger was a Canadian ice hockey right winger from Neudorf, Saskatchewan. Litzenberger was "donated" to the Chicago Black Hawks by the Montreal Ca…
Ed Litzenberger, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2010)
John James Chilton was a British jazz trumpeter and writer. During the 1960s, he also worked with pop bands, including The Swinging Blue Jeans and The Escorts. He won a Grammy Awar…
John Chilton, English trumpet player and composer (died 2016)
William Max McGee was an American professional football player who was an end and punter for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1954 to 1967. He is be…
Max McGee, American football player and sportscaster (died 2007)
Richard Lewis Thornburgh was an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as the 76th United States attorney general from 1988 to 1991 under presidents Ronald Reagan and G…
Dick Thornburgh, American lawyer and politician, 76th United States Attorney General (died 2020)
Niccolò Castiglioni was an Italian composer, pianist, and writer on music.
Niccolò Castiglioni, Italian composer (died 1996)
John Graham Kerr, also known as Red Kerr, was an American basketball player, coach, executive and broadcaster who devoted six decades to the sport at all levels. In 2009, he was ho…
Red Kerr, American basketball player and coach (died 2009)
Wojciech Kilar was a Polish classical and film music composer. One of his greatest successes came with his score to Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula in 1992, which rece…
Wojciech Kilar, Polish pianist and composer (died 2013)
Karla Kuskin was a prolific American author, poet, illustrator, and reviewer of children's literature. Kuskin was known for her poetic, alliterative style.
Karla Kuskin, American author and illustrator (died 2009)
William Robert "Slick" Leonard was an American professional basketball player, coach and color commentator. He played college basketball for the Indiana Hoosiers, where he was a tw…
Slick Leonard, American basketball player and coach (died 2021)
Ian James Moir (1932–1990) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer, a champion wing three-quarter who played in the 1950s and 1960s for South Sydney and Western Subu…
Ian Moir, Australian rugby league player (died 1990)
Joaquín Salvador Lavado Tejón, better known by his pen name Quino, was an Argentine cartoonist. His comic strip Mafalda is popular in many parts of the Americas and Europe and has …
Quino, Spanish-Argentinian cartoonist (died 2020)
Hal Patrick Riney was an American advertising executive.
Hal Riney, American businessman, founded Publicis & Hal Riney (died 2008)
Robert Ellis Miller was an American film director.
Robert Ellis Miller, American director and screenwriter (died 2017)
Arley "Buster" Benton was an American blues guitarist and singer. He played guitar in Willie Dixon's Blues All-Stars and is best known for his solo rendition of Dixon's song "Spide…
Buster Benton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1996)
Jan Victor Armas Lindblad was a Swedish naturalist, writer, photographer, film maker, and whistling artist who imitated animals.
Jan Lindblad, Swedish biologist and photographer (died 1987)
Szilárd Keresztes was a Hungarian Greek Catholic bishop. He was Bishop of Hajdúdorog and apostolic administrator of the Apostolic Exarchate of Miskolc from 1975 to 2008.
Szilárd Keresztes, Hungarian Greek Catholic bishop (died 2025)
Nam June Paik was a South Korean artist. He worked with a variety of media and is considered to be the founder of video art. He is credited with the first use (1974) of the term "e…
Nam June Paik, American artist (died 2006)
Otto Georg Schily is a former Federal Minister of the Interior of Germany, his tenure was from 1998 to 2005, in the cabinet of Chancellor Gerhard Schröder. He is a member of the So…
Otto Schily, German lawyer and politician, German Minister of the Interior
Kaye Stevens was an American singer and actress. Her big break in show business came at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas, when the headliner for the night, Debbie Reynolds, became il…
Kaye Stevens, American singer and actress (died 2011)
Óscar Arístides de la Renta y Fiallo was a Dominican fashion designer. Born in Santo Domingo, he was trained by Cristóbal Balenciaga and Antonio del Castillo. De la Renta became in…
Oscar de la Renta, Dominican-American fashion designer (died 2014)
Thomas Eugene Robbins was an American novelist. His most notable works are "seriocomedies". His 1976 novel Even Cowgirls Get the Blues was adapted into the 1993 film version by Gus…
Tom Robbins, American novelist (died 2025)
Gustav Andreas Tammann was a Swiss astronomer and academic. He served as director of the Astronomical Institute of the University of Basel; as a member of the European Space Agency…
Gustav Andreas Tammann, German astronomer and academic (died 2019)
Paul Joseph Weitz was an American naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, who flew into space twice. He was a member of the three-man crew…
Paul J. Weitz, American astronaut (died 2017)
Forest Edward Able, nicknamed Frosty, was an American professional basketball player.
Forest Able, American basketball player