Explore 3361 historical events from 1930–1939.
Roberto Enrique Clemente Walker was a Puerto Rican professional baseball player who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates, primarily as a righ…
Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and soldier (died 1972)
Rafer Lewis Johnson was an American decathlete and film and television actor. He was the 1960 Olympic gold medalist in the decathlon, having won silver in 1956. He had previously w…
Rafer Johnson, American decathlete and actor (died 2020)
Michael[1] May is a former racing driver and engineer from Switzerland. He participated in three Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 14 May 1961. He scored no c…
Michael May, German-Swiss race car driver and engineer
David Ferdinand Durenberger was an American politician and attorney from Minnesota who served as a Republican member of the United States Senate from 1978 to 1995. He left the Repu…
David Durenberger, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (died 2023)
Gulzar is an Indian Urdu poet, lyricist, author, screenwriter, and film director known for his works in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as an important Urdu poet of this era. He start…
Gulzar, Indian poet, lyricist and film director
Renée Richards is an American ophthalmologist and former tennis player who competed on the professional circuit in the 1970s, and became widely known following male-to-female medic…
Renée Richards, American tennis player and ophthalmologist
Peter E. "Sneaky Pete" Kleinow was an American country-rock musician and animator. He was a member of the band the Flying Burrito Brothers, and worked extensively as a session musi…
Sneaky Pete Kleinow, American country-rock pedal-steel guitarist and songwriter (died 2007)
Thomas Cornelius Mangold is a British broadcaster, journalist and author. For 26 years he was an investigative journalist with the BBC Panorama current affairs television programme…
Tom Mangold, German-English journalist and author
Sudhakarrao Rajusing Naik was an Indian politician from Indian National Congress party who served as Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 25 June 1991 until 22 February 1993 followin…
Sudhakarrao Naik, Indian lawyer and politician, 13th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (died 2001)
Paul Panhuysen was a Dutch composer, visual and sound artist. He founded and directed Het Apollohuis, an art space that functioned during the 80's and 90's having artists doing sou…
Paul Panhuysen, Dutch composer (died 2015)
Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. was a United States Army general. While serving as the commander of United States Central Command, he led all coalition forces in the Gulf War agains…
Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., American general and engineer (died 2012)
Christian Adolph "Sonny" Jurgensen III was an American professional football player who was a quarterback for 18 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Philadelphia…
Sonny Jurgensen, American football player and sportscaster (died 2026)
Kenneth George "Kenny" Baker was a British actor, comedian and musician. He portrayed the character R2-D2 in the Star Wars franchise and also appeared in The Elephant Man, Time Ban…
Kenny Baker, English actor (died 2016)
Edgar "Eddie" Ubalde Ilarde was a Filipino politician, public servant, and radio and television host. On radio and television, he hosted programs such as Kahapon Lamang, Student Ca…
Eddie Ilarde, Filipino journalist and politician (died 2020)
Kevin James Ryan is an Australian former state parliamentarian and local mayor, barrister and advocate. In the 1950s and 1960s he was an Australian dual-code rugby international re…
Kevin Ryan, Australian rugby player, coach, lawyer and politician
Lise Bacon was a Canadian politician who served as Deputy Premier of Quebec from 1985 to 1994. A member of the Quebec Liberal Party, she served as a Member of the National Assembly…
Lise Bacon, Canadian judge and politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec (died 2025)
Thomas William Heinsohn was an American professional basketball player, coach, and broadcaster. He was associated with the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NB…
Tom Heinsohn, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2020)
Dimitris Papamichael was a popular Greek actor and director. In 1965, he married Aliki Vougiouklaki, the so-called "national star" of Greece, whom he met at the National Theatre of…
Dimitris Papamichael, Greek actor and director (died 2004)
Antonio L. Cabangon-Chua was a Filipino businessman, Philippine ambassador to Laos under the administration of former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, and reserved colonel of the…
Antonio Cabangon Chua, Filipino media mogul and businessman (died 2016)
Hilla Becher was a German conceptual photographer. Becher was well known for her industrial photographs, or typologies, with longtime collaborator and husband, Bernd Becher. Her ca…
Hilla Becher, German conceptual photographer (died 2015)
Samuel Gooden was an American soul singer. He was best known for being an original member of the successful 1991 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inducted R&B group The Impressions, from…
Sam Gooden, American soul singer (died 2022)
Charles John Thomas McCann was an American actor, comedian, puppeteer, commercial presenter and television host. His career spanned over 70 years. He was best known for his work in…
Chuck McCann, American actor and screenwriter (died 2018)
Grady Lee Nutt was a Southern Baptist minister, humorist, television personality, and author. His humor revolved around rural Southern Protestantism and earned him the title of "Th…
Grady Nutt, American comedian, minister, and author (died 1982)
Freddie King, also billed as Freddy King, was an American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. Along with the unrelated Albert King and B. B. King, he is considered one of the "…
Freddie King, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1976)