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June 13, 1930

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Notable Births

Gotthard Graubner

1930Gotthard Graubner, German painter and educator (died 2013)[†]

Gotthard Graubner was a German painter, born in Erlbach, in Saxony, Germany.

Ryszard Kukliński

1930Ryszard Kukliński, Polish colonel and spy (died 2004)[†]

Ryszard Jerzy Kukliński was a Polish Army colonel and Cold War spy for NATO. He was posthumously promoted to brigadier general by Polish President Andrzej Duda.

1930Paul Veyne, French archaeologist, historian, and academic (died 2022)[†]

Paul Veyne was a French historian and a specialist of Ancient Rome. A student of the École Normale Supérieure and member of the École française de Rome, he was honorary professor at the Collège de France.

Notable Deaths

Henry Segrave

1930Henry Segrave, American-English racing driver (born 1896)[†]

Sir Henry O'Neal de Hane Segrave was an early British pioneer in land speed and water speed records. Segrave, who set three land and one water record, was the first person to hold both titles simultaneously and the first person to travel at over 200 miles per hour (320 km/h) in a land vehicle. He died in an accident in 1930 shortly after setting a new world water speed record on Windermere in the Lake District, England. The Segrave Trophy was established to commemorate his life.