Explore 942 historical events from 1930–1939.
Geoffrey Robinson is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Coventry North West for 43 years, from 1976 to 2019. He was Paymaster General from …
Geoffrey Robinson, English businessman and politician
Yury Nikolaevich Semyonov was a Russian economist and politician. A member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, he served as first secretary of the Kaliningrad Regional Comm…
Yury Semyonov, Russian economist and politician (died 2024)
Raymond Clevie Carver Jr. was an American short story writer and poet. He published his first collection of stories, Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?, in 1976. His breakout collec…
Raymond Carver, American short story writer and poet (died 1988)
William Elden Bolcom is an American composer and pianist. He has received the Pulitzer Prize, the National Medal of Arts, a Grammy Award, and the Detroit Music Award, and was named…
William Bolcom, American pianist and composer
Andrew Clennel Palmer was a British engineer who worked on offshore geotechnical problems of submarine pipeline design and the study of the properties of ice. He spent much of his …
Andrew Clennel Palmer, British engineer (died 2019)
Lyudmila Stefanovna Petrushevskaya is a Russian writer, novelist and playwright. She began her career writing short stories and plays, which the Soviet government often censored an…
Lyudmila Petrushevskaya, Russian author and playwright
K. Bikram Singh was an Indian politician and filmmaker, most known for his documentary film, Satyajit Ray Introspections (1991) and feature film, Tarpan (1994). After a short sti…
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Teresa Stratas is a retired Canadian operatic soprano and actress of Greek descent. She is especially well known for her award-winning recording of Alban Berg's Lulu.
Teresa Stratas, Canadian soprano and actress
Jerry Alan West was an American basketball player and executive. He played professionally for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and is widely reg…
Jerry West, American basketball player, coach, and executive (died 2024)
Sir Francis Christopher Buchan Bland was a British businessman and politician. He was deputy chairman of the Independent Television Authority (1972), which was renamed the Independ…
Christopher Bland, English businessman and politician (died 2017)
Francis Thomas "Fay" Vincent Jr. was an American entertainment lawyer, securities regulator, and sports executive who served as the eighth commissioner of baseball from September 1…
Fay Vincent, American lawyer and businessman, 8th Commissioner of Baseball (died 2025)
Billie Dean Letts was an American novelist and educator. She was a professor at Southeastern Oklahoma State University.
Billie Letts, American author and educator (died 2014)
Johnny Paycheck was an American country music singer and songwriter. He is a notable figure in the outlaw movement in country music.
Johnny Paycheck, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2003)
John Leslie Prescott, Baron Prescott was a British politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and as First Secretary of State from 2001 …
John Prescott, British sailor and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 2024)
Peter Yarrow was an American singer and songwriter who found fame as a member of the 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary along with Paul Stookey and Mary Travers.
Peter Yarrow, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2025)
Kevin Brownlow is a British film historian, television documentary-maker, filmmaker, author, and film editor. He is best known for his work documenting the history of the silent er…
Kevin Brownlow, English historian and author
George William Penrose, Lord Penrose, PC was a Scottish judge and member of the Privy Council who sat in the Court of Session, the supreme civil court.
George William Penrose, Lord Penrose, Scottish lawyer and judge
John Harvard was a Canadian journalist and politician. He served as a federal Member of Parliament (MP) from 1988 to 2004, and was appointed the 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Manitob…
John Harvard, Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (died 2016)
Arthur Mahaffey Jr. is an American former professional baseball starting pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the National League (NL) Philadelphia Phillies (1960…
Art Mahaffey, American baseball player
Stephen Bloomer was an England international footballer and manager who played for Derby County – becoming their record goalscorer – and Middlesbrough. The anthem "Steve Bloomer's …
Steve Bloomer, English footballer and manager (born 1874)
George Philip "Phil" Bryant was an American archer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He later became President of the Organising Committee for the Olympic Games for the 193…
George Bryant, American archer (born 1878)
Sir Muhammad Iqbal was an Islamic philosopher and poet. His poetry in Urdu is considered to be among the greatest of the 20th century, and his vision of a cultural and political id…
Allama Muhammad Iqbal, Pakistani National philosopher and poet (born 1877)
George Grey Barnard, often written George Gray Barnard, was an American sculptor who trained in Paris. He is especially noted for his heroic sized Struggle of the Two Natures in Ma…
George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (born 1863)
Edmund Gustav Albrecht Husserl was an Austrian-German philosopher and mathematician who established the school of phenomenology.
Edmund Husserl, Czech mathematician and philosopher (born 1859)