Explore 3361 historical events from 1930–1939.
Thomas Edward Bond was an English playwright, theatre director, poet, dramatic theorist and screenwriter. He was the author of some 50 plays, among them Saved (1965), the productio…
Edward Bond, English director, playwright, and screenwriter (died 2024)
Darlene Conley was an American actress. Conley's career spanned fifty years, but she was best known for her performances in daytime television, and in particular, for her portrayal…
Darlene Conley, American actress (died 2007)
Francisco Manuel Lumbrales de Sá Carneiro was a Portuguese politician, who was one of the founders and the first leader of the Social Democratic Party. He served as Prime Minister …
Francisco de Sá Carneiro, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 111th Prime Minister of Portugal (died 1980)
Chandrakant Gulabrao "Chandu" Borde is an Indian former cricketer who played Test cricket for India between 1958 and 1969. Following his retirement, he became a cricket administrat…
Chandu Borde, Indian cricketer and manager
Sir Jonathan Wolfe Miller CBE was an English theatre and opera director, actor, author, television presenter, comedian and physician. After training in medicine and specialising in…
Jonathan Miller, English actor, director, and author (died 2019)
Herman "Junior" Cook was an American hard bop tenor saxophone player.
Junior Cook, American saxophonist (died 1992)
Estelle Louise Fletcher was an American actress. She is best known for her portrayal of the antagonist Nurse Ratched in the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), which earne…
Louise Fletcher, American actress (died 2022)
Leon Rotman is a retired Romanian sprint canoeist. He won two individual gold medals at the 1956 Olympics and a bronze medal in 1960.
Leon Rotman, Romanian canoeist
Willie Delford Davis was an American professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). Davis played college football for the Grambling Tig…
Willie Davis, American football player (died 2020)
Pilesiyan Sosai Soosaithasan was a Sri Lankan Tamil accountant, politician and Member of Parliament.
P. S. Soosaithasan, Sri Lankan accountant and politician (died 2017)
Donald Johnson Ellis was an American jazz trumpeter, drummer, composer, and bandleader. He is best known for his extensive musical experimentation, particularly in the area of time…
Don Ellis, American trumpet player and composer (died 1978)
Claude Zidi is a French film director and screenwriter. From 1971, he became known as a director of comedies, the majority of which were box-office hits in France. He was one of Fr…
Claude Zidi, French director and screenwriter
Thomas Franklin McDonald was an American professional football flanker who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Philadelphia Eagles, the Dallas Cowboys, the Los Ang…
Tommy McDonald, American football player (died 2018)
Jacques d'Amboise was an American ballet dancer, choreographer, and educator. He joined the New York City Ballet in 1949 and was named principal dancer in 1953, and throughout his …
Jacques d'Amboise, American dancer and choreographer (died 2021)
Allan Huber "Bud" Selig is an American baseball executive who currently serves as the commissioner emeritus of baseball. Previously, he served as the ninth commissioner of baseball…
Bud Selig, 9th Major League Baseball Commissioner
John Edward Francis Beck was a New Zealand cricketer who played in eight Test matches between 1953 and 1956. He played Plunket Shield cricket for Wellington from 1954–55 to 1961–62…
John Beck, New Zealand cricketer (died 2000)
Derek Birdsall, was a British graphic designer.
Derek Birdsall, English graphic designer (died 2024)
Valery Fyodorovich Bykovsky was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on three space flights: Vostok 5, Soyuz 22, and Soyuz 31. He was also backup for Vostok 3 and Soyuz 37.
Valery Bykovsky, Russian general and cosmonaut (died 2019)
William Dee Calhoun was an American professional wrestler, who used the professional name "Haystack" or "Haystacks" Calhoun.
Haystacks Calhoun, American wrestler and actor (died 1989)
Michael Chapman was a British classical bassoonist and reed-maker.
Michael Chapman, English bassoon player (died 2005)
Jonas Malheiro Sidónio Sakaita Savimbi was an Angolan revolutionary, politician, and rebel military leader who founded and led the National Union for the Total Independence of Ango…
Jonas Savimbi, Angolan general, founded UNITA (died 2002)
George Dallas Green was an American professional baseball pitcher, manager, scout and executive in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played big league baseball for the Philadelphia P…
Dallas Green, American baseball player and manager (died 2017)
Karl Johan Åström is a Swedish control theorist, who has made contributions to the fields of control theory and control engineering, computer control and adaptive control. In 1965,…
Karl Johan Åström, Swedish engineer and theorist
Wendell Erdman Berry is an American novelist, poet, essayist, environmental activist, cultural critic, and farmer. Closely identified with rural Kentucky, Berry developed many of h…
Wendell Berry, American novelist, short story writer, poet, and essayist