Explore 4338 historical events from 1930–1939.
Frederick John Inman was an English actor and singer best known for his role as Mr. Humphries in Are You Being Served?, a British sitcom between 1972 and 1985, and the spin-off ser…
John Inman, English actor (died 2007)
Vassilis C. Constantakopoulos was, a Greek captain, shipowner and entrepreneur.
Vassilis C
Katsuya Nomura was a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) catcher and manager. During his over 26-season playing career mostly spent with the Nankai Hawks, he became one of…
Katsuya Nomura, Japanese baseball player and manager (died 2020)
John Elvis Harlin II was an American alpinist and US Air Force pilot who was killed while making an ascent of the north face of the Eiger at age 30.
John Harlin, American pilot and mountaineer (died 1966)
James Henry Cotton was an American blues harmonica player, singer/songwriter, who performed and recorded with many fellow blues artists, including Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters and…
James Cotton, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (died 2017)
David Charles Prowse was an English actor, bodybuilder, strongman and weightlifter. He portrayed Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy and a manservant in Stanley Kubrick's…
David Prowse, English actor (died 2020)
Gilbert Kalish is an American pianist. He is best known for championing the music of Charles Ives and other modernist composers. He is also noted for his partnerships with other ar…
Gilbert Kalish, American pianist and educator
Cheo Feliciano was a Puerto Rican singer and composer of salsa and bolero music. Feliciano was the owner of a recording company called "Coche Records". He was the first tropical si…
Cheo Feliciano, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter (died 2014)
Harrison Hagan "Jack" Schmitt is an American geologist, former NASA astronaut, university professor, and former U.S. senator from New Mexico. He is the most recent living person—an…
Harrison Schmitt, American geologist, astronaut, and politician. Twelfth man to walk on the moon.
Sir Paul Godwin Scoon was a Grenadian politician who served as governor-general of Grenada from 1978 to 1992. His tenure is notable for the hectic events related to the rise and fa…
Paul Scoon, Grenadian politician, 2nd Governor-General of Grenada (died 2013)
John Carl Schoenherr was an American illustrator. He won the 1988 Caldecott Medal for U.S. children's book illustration, recognizing Owl Moon by Jane Yolen, which recounts the stor…
John Schoenherr, American illustrator (died 2010)
Amnon Barzel was an Israeli internationally known art curator and author.
Amnon Barzel, Israeli art critic (died 2025)
Juanita Dale Slusher, better known by her stage name Candy Barr, was an American stripper, burlesque dancer, actress, and adult model in men's magazines of the mid-20th century.
Candy Barr, American model, dancer, and actress (died 2005)
The 14th Dalai Lama is the incumbent Dalai Lama, the highest spiritual leader and head of Tibetan Buddhism. He served as the resident spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet before …
Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama
Gian Carlo Michelini, M.I. was an Italian-Taiwanese Roman Catholic priest. He moved to Taiwan in 1964, where he founded the Lanyang Dance Troupe. In 1996, Michelini helped establis…
Gian Carlo Michelini, Italian-Taiwanese Roman Catholic priest
John David Crow Sr. was an American professional football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He won the Heisman Trophy in 1957 as a halfback playing for the Texas …
John David Crow, American football player and coach (died 2015)
Steve Lawrence was an American singer, comedian, and actor. He was best known as a member of the pop duo Steve and Eydie, with his wife Eydie Gormé. Lawrence also played the featur…
Steve Lawrence, American actor and singer (died 2024)
Vitaly Ivanovich Sevastyanov was a Soviet cosmonaut and an engineer who flew on the Soyuz 9 and Soyuz 18 missions.
Vitaly Sevastyanov, Russian engineer and cosmonaut (died 2010)
Willem Frederik "Wim" Duisenberg was a Dutch politician, economist and senior official who served as the first President of the European Central Bank from 1998 to 2003. A member of…
Wim Duisenberg, Dutch economist and politician, Dutch Minister of Finance (died 2005)
Haydée Marta Mercedes Sosa Girón was an Argentine singer who was popular throughout Latin America and many countries outside the region. With her roots in Argentine folk music, Sos…
Mercedes Sosa, Argentine singer and activist (died 2009)
Michael Leonard Williams was a British actor who played both classical and comedy roles. He was best known for voicing Dr. Watson in the long-running Sherlock Holmes adaptations fo…
Michael Williams, English actor (died 2001)
Margaret C. McEntee SR. SC., also known by her confirmation name Marita James, is an American Catholic religious sister and educator who is known as being the inspiration for the c…
Margaret McEntee, American Catholic religious sister and educator
Charles Wilson Tuckey is an Australian politician who was a member of the House of Representatives from 1980 to 2010, representing the seat of O'Connor in Western Australia for the…
Wilson Tuckey, Australian politician
Sir Wilson James Whineray was a New Zealand business executive and rugby union player. He was the longest-serving captain of the national rugby union team, the All Blacks, until su…
Wilson Whineray, New Zealand rugby player and businessman (died 2012)