Explore 3358 historical events from 1930–1939.
Harold Lloyd Jenkins, better known by his stage name Conway Twitty, was an American singer and songwriter. Initially a part of the 1950s rockabilly scene, Twitty was best known as …
Conway Twitty, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1993)
Edward James Conlin was an American basketball player and coach.
Ed Conlin, American basketball player and coach (died 2012)
Mathieu Kérékou was a Beninese politician and revolutionary who served as president of the People's Republic of Benin from 1972 to 1991 and the Republic of Benin from 1996 to 2006.
Mathieu Kérékou, Beninese soldier and politician, President of Benin (died 2015)
Basil Fitzherbert Butcher was a Guyanese cricketer who played for the West Indies cricket team. He was regarded as a reliable right-handed middle-order batsman in the star-studded …
Basil Butcher, Guyanese cricketer (died 2019)
Thomas Paul "Tompall" Glaser was an American country singer who was a key figure in the 1970s outlaw country movement.
Tompall Glaser, American singer-songwriter (died 2013)
Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa is a Chilean prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Santiago from 1998 to 2010. He has been a cardinal since 2001 and was a memb…
Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, Chilean cardinal
Asha Bhosle was an Indian playback singer and actress who predominantly worked in Indian cinema. Known for her versatility, she was described in the media as one of the greatest an…
Asha Bhosle, Indian playback singer, businesswoman, actress and television personality (died 2026)
Michael Frayn, FRSL is an English playwright and novelist. He is best known as the author of the farce Noises Off and the dramas Copenhagen and Democracy.
Michael Frayn, English author and playwright
Jeffrey Koo Sr. was a Taiwanese billionaire banker and the third-generation of the Koo Family who served as honorary chairman and governor of CTBC Financial Holding, and co-founded…
Jeffrey Koo Sr., Taiwanese banker and businessman (died 2012)
Eric Salzman was an American composer, scholar, author, impresario, music critic, and record producer. He is best known for his contributions to 'New Music Theater,' a concept he a…
Eric Salzman, American composer, producer, and critic (died 2017)
Maigonis Valdmanis was a Soviet and Latvian basketball player and coach. He was born in Riga.
Maigonis Valdmanis, Latvian basketball player and coach (died 1999)
Yevgeny Vasilyevich Khrunov was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 5/Soyuz 4 mission.
Yevgeny Khrunov, Russian colonel and cosmonaut (died 2000)
Karl Otto Lagerfeld, 10 September 1933 – 19 February 2019) was a German fashion designer, photographer, and creative director.
Karl Lagerfeld, German-French fashion designer and photographer (died 2019)[citation needed]
Dame Margaret Myfanwy Wood Booth, DBE was a British judge.
Margaret Booth, English lawyer and judge (died 2021)
William Luther Pierce III was an American neo-Nazi political activist. For more than 30 years, he was one of the highest-profile individuals of the white nationalist movement. A ph…
William Luther Pierce, American author and activist (died 2002)
Nicola Chirinsky Pietrangeli was an Italian tennis player. He won two singles titles at the French Championships and is considered by many to be one of Italy's greatest tennis cham…
Nicola Pietrangeli, Italian tennis player (died 2025)
Margaret Elizabeth McLarty, known professionally as Eileen Fulton, was an American actress, singer and author. She portrayed Lisa Grimaldi on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns,…
Eileen Fulton, American actress (died 2025)
Donald Bruce Mackay was an Australian businessman and anti-drug campaigner. He disappeared in 1977, but his body has never been found. In 1986, James Bazley was convicted for his m…
Donald Mackay, Australian businessman and activist (died 1977)
Lewie Polk Steinberg was an American musician best known as the original bass guitar player for the soul music group Booker T. & the M.G.'s.
Lewie Steinberg, American bass player (died 2016)
Zoe Ada Caldwell was an Australian actress. She was a four-time Tony Award winner, winning Best Featured Actress in a Play for Slapstick Tragedy (1966), and Best Actress in a Play …
Zoe Caldwell, Australian actress (died 2020)
George Harvey Presnell was an American actor and singer. He began his career in the mid-1950s as a classical baritone, singing with orchestras and opera companies throughout the Un…
Harve Presnell, American actor and singer (died 2009)
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos was a Spanish conductor and composer. Frühbeck was born in Burgos, Spain to a family of German ancestry. He first took up conducting while on military ser…
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Spanish conductor and composer (died 2014)
James McPhail Rodger was a Scottish footballer. An inside forward and a right winger, Rodger played for Rangers, St Mirren, Newport County, Hearts, Queen of the South and East Fi…
Jim Rodger, Scottish footballer (died 2024)
Dame Vera Stephanie Shirley was a German-born British information technology pioneer, businesswoman and philanthropist.
Steve Shirley, German-English businesswoman and philanthropist, founded Xansa