Explore 2180 historical events from 1930–1939.
Yuri Petrovich Artyukhin was a Soviet Russian cosmonaut and engineer who made a single flight into space.
Yuri Artyukhin, Russian colonel, engineer, and astronaut (died 1998)
Walter Bonatti was an Italian mountaineer, alpinist, explorer and journalist. He was noted for many climbing achievements, including a solo climb of a new alpine climbing route on …
Walter Bonatti, Italian journalist and mountaineer (died 2011)
Donn Fulton Eisele was a United States Air Force officer, test pilot, and later a NASA astronaut. He served as command module pilot for the Apollo 7 mission in 1968. After retiring…
Donn F
Sir John Huxtable Elliott was a British historian and Hispanist who was Regius Professor at the University of Oxford and honorary fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, and Trinity Colle…
John Elliott, English historian and academic (died 2022)
Francis Storer Eaton Newall, 2nd Baron Newall DL, is the son of Marshal of the Royal Air Force and Governor-General of New Zealand Sir Cyril Newall and his wife Olivia, and has ser…
Francis Newall, 2nd Baron Newall, English businessman and politician
Anthony Simon Thwaite OBE was an English poet and critic, widely known as the editor of his friend Philip Larkin's collected poems and letters.
Anthony Thwaite, English poet, critic, and academic (died 2021)
Marie-Thérèse Houphouët-Boigny is the former First Lady of Ivory Coast. Her husband was Félix Houphouët-Boigny, the first President of Ivory Coast from 1962 to 1993.
Marie-Thérèse Houphouët-Boigny, former First Lady of Ivory Coast
Claude Henri Jean Chabrol was a French film director and a member of the French New Wave group of filmmakers who first came to prominence at the end of the 1950s. Like his colleagu…
Claude Chabrol, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2010)
Sir Donald Gordon was a South African-British businessman and philanthropist. He founded Liberty Life Association of Africa in 1957 and Liberty International.
Donald Gordon, South African businessman and philanthropist (died 2019)
William Bernard "Bill" Ziff Jr. was an American publishing executive. His father, William Bernard Ziff Sr., was the co-founder of Ziff Davis Inc. and when the elder Ziff died in 19…
William Bernard Ziff, Jr
Henry Faggart was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Jackie Fargo. He competed in Southeastern regional promotions and the National Wrestling Alliance…
Jackie Fargo, American wrestler and trainer (died 2013)
Wolfgang Schwanitz was a German intelligence official, who was the last head of the Stasi, the East German secret police. It was officially renamed the "Office for National Securit…
Wolfgang Schwanitz, East German secret police (died 2022)
Henry Ross Perot was an American businessman, politician, and philanthropist. He was the founder and chief executive officer of Electronic Data Systems and Perot Systems. He ran an…
Ross Perot, American businessman and politician (died 2019)
Tamio "Tommy" Kono was an American weightlifter of Japanese descent. A two-time Olympic gold medalist, Kono set world records in four different weight classes: lightweight, middlew…
Tommy Kono, Japanese American weightlifter (died 2016)
William Cecil Campbell is an Irish and American microbiologist known for his work in discovering a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworms, for which he was jointly a…
William C
Jacob Michael Gold was a British film and television director. He was part of the British realist tradition which followed the Free Cinema movement.
Jack Gold, English director and producer (died 2015)
Robert Evans was an American film producer, studio executive, and actor who worked on Rosemary's Baby (1968), Love Story (1970), The Godfather (1972), and Chinatown (1974).
Robert Evans, American actor and producer (died 2019)
Viola Léger was an American-born Canadian actress and politician who served in the Senate of Canada from 2001 to 2005.
Viola Léger, American-Canadian actress and politician (died 2023)
Sławomir Tangolo Mrożek was a Polish playwright.
Sławomir Mrożek, Polish-French author and playwright (died 2013)
Curtis Bentley Atchley Jr., known as Ben Atchley, was an American politician in the state of Tennessee. He served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1972 to 1976 and th…
Ben Atchley, American politician (died 2018)
Itamar Augusto Cautiero Franco was a Brazilian politician who served as the 33rd president of Brazil from 29 December 1992 to 1 January 1995. Previously, he was the 21st vice presi…
Itamar Franco, Brazilian engineer and politician, 33rd President of Brazil (died 2011)
Ernst Carl Julius Albrecht was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union and a former high-ranking European civil servant. He was one of the first European civil servan…
Ernst Albrecht, German economist and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Lower Saxony (died 2014)
Ahmed Zaki Yamani was a Saudi Arabian politician who served as Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources under four Saudi monarchs from 1962 to 1986, and a minister in the Organi…
Ahmed Zaki Yamani, Saudi Arabian politician (died 2021)
Ignatius Peter VIII Abdalahad was patriarch of Antioch and all the East of the Syriac Catholic Church. He served as patriarch from 2001 to 2008, when he resigned and retired.
Ignatius Peter VIII Abdalahad, Syrian bishop (died 2018)