Explore 942 historical events from 1930–1939.
Carl von Ossietzky was a German journalist and pacifist. He was the recipient of the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize for his work in exposing the clandestine German rearmament.
Carl von Ossietzky, German journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1889)
Kanō Jigorō was a Japanese judoka, educator, politician, and the founder of judo. Judo was one of the first Japanese martial arts to gain widespread international recognition, and…
Kanō Jigorō, Japanese founder of judo (born 1860)
Octavian Goga was a Romanian far-right politician, poet, and writer who served as Prime Minister of Romania.
Octavian Goga, Romanian politician, former Prime Minister (born 1881)
Thomas Barfoed Thrige was a Danish entrepreneur, industrialist and businessman. In 1894, he started the company Thomas B. Thrige, a manufacturer of electric motors, now known as T-…
Thomas B
George Seymour Lyon was a Canadian golfer, an Olympic gold medalist in golf, an eight-time Canadian Amateur Championship winner, and a member of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. He wo…
George Lyon, Canadian golfer and cricketer (born 1858)
Charles-Édouard Guillaume was a Swiss physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1920 "for the service he had rendered to precision measurements in physics by his discove…
Charles Édouard Guillaume, Swiss-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1861)
Jakob Ehrlich was an early Zionist and leader of the Jewish Community in Vienna, Austria. Ehrlich represented the city's 180,000 Jewish citizens in the city government before World…
Jakob Ehrlich, Czech-Austrian academic and politician (born 1877)
Joseph Baermann Strauss was an American structural engineer who revolutionized the design of bascule bridges. He was the chief engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, …
Joseph Strauss, American engineer, co designed The Golden Gate Bridge (born 1870)
William James Glackens was an American realist painter and one of the founders of the Ashcan School, which rejected the formal boundaries of artistic beauty laid down by the conser…
William Glackens, American painter and illustrator (born 1870)
Frederick Ruple was a 20th-century Swiss-American painter, primarily of portraits. He was commissioned to paint Confederate Civil War battle scenes and murals. At times Ruple lived…
Frederick Ruple, Swiss-American painter (born 1871)
John Joseph Flanagan was an Irish-American three-time Olympic gold medalist in the hammer throw, winning in 1900, 1904, and 1908.
John Flanagan, Irish-American hammer thrower and tug of war competitor (born 1873)
Edmund Josef von Horváth was an Austro-Hungarian playwright and novelist who wrote in German, and went by the nom de plume Ödön von Horváth. He was one of the most critically admir…
Ödön von Horváth, Croatian-French author and playwright (born 1901)
Superman is a superhero created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, first appearing in issue #1 of Action Comics, published in the United States on April 18, 1938. Super…
Superman, created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster of DC Comics, made his debut in Action Comics #1, the first true super
The United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) was the aerial warfare service component of the United States Army between 1926 and 1941. After World War I, as early aviation became an in…
During an exercise to demonstrate air power, United States Army Air Corps bomber aircraft intercepted the Italian ocean
The House Committee on Un-American Activities (HCUA), popularly the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), was an investigative committee of the United States House of Repr…
The House Un-American Activities Committee was established to investigate alleged disloyalty and subversive activities b
George VI was the King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952. He was also the last Emperor of India from…
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom are crowned in Westminster Abbey
In the Memorial Day massacre of 1937, the Chicago Police Department shot and killed ten unarmed demonstrators in Chicago, on May 30, 1937. The incident took place during the Little…
Memorial Day massacre: Chicago police shoot and kill ten labor demonstrators
Edward VIII, later known as the Duke of Windsor, was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 20 January 1936 until his abdication in Decemb…
The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson
The Spanish Civil War was fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republicans and the Nationalist rebels. Republicans were loyal to the left-leaning Popular Front government of the Se…
Spanish Civil War: Guernica, Spain, is bombed by the German Condor Legion and the Italian Aviazione Legionaria
Gerhardus Cornelius Potgieter is a retired South African Track and field athletics competitor, primarily known for the 400-metre and 440-yard hurdles. His innovation was to run 14 …
Gert Potgieter, South African hurdler and coach
William James Myers, better known by his ring name George "The Animal" Steele, was an American professional wrestler, school teacher, author, and actor. His career lasted from 1967…
George Steele, American wrestler and actor (died 2017)
Ronald Hamowy was a Canadian academic, known primarily for his contributions to political and social academic fields. At the time of his death, he was professor emeritus of intelle…
Ronald Hamowy, Canadian historian and academic (died 2012)
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. Its nine provinces are bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres of coastline tha…
South African medical researcher Max Theiler develops the yellow fever vaccine at the Rockefeller Foundation in New York
The Commonwealth of the Philippines was an unincorporated territory and commonwealth (dependency) of the United States that existed from 1935 to 1946. It was established following …
The Commonwealth of the Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right t