September 17, 1930

1930David Huddleston, American actor (died 2016)^[†]

David William Huddleston was an American actor. An Emmy Award nominee, Huddleston had a prolific television career and appeared in many films, including Rio Lobo, Blazing Saddles, Crime Busters, Santa Claus: The Movie, and The Big Lebowski.

1930Lalgudi Jayaraman, Indian violinist and composer (died 2013)^[†]

Lalgudi Gopala Iyer Jayaraman was an Indian Carnatic violinist, vocalist and composer. He is commonly grouped with M.S. Gopalakrishnan and T.N.Krishnan as part of the violin trinity of Carnatic music. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India in 2001.

1930Theo Loevendie, Dutch clarinet player and composer^[†]

Johan Theodorus Loevendie is a Dutch composer and clarinet player.

1930Edgar Mitchell, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (died 2016)^[†]

Edgar Dean "Ed" Mitchell was a United States Navy officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, ufologist, and NASA astronaut. As the Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo 14 in 1971 he spent nine hours working on the lunar surface in the Fra Mauro Highlands region, and was the sixth person to walk on the Moon. He was the second Freemason to set foot on the Moon, after Buzz Aldrin.

1930Jim Rohn, American philosopher and author (died 2009)^[†]

Emanuel James Rohn was an American entrepreneur, author, and motivational speaker. He wrote numerous books including How to obtain wealth and happiness.

1930Thomas P. Stafford, American general, pilot, and astronaut (died 2024)^[†]

Thomas Patten Stafford was an American Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, and one of 24 astronauts who flew to the Moon. He also served as Chief of the Astronaut Office from 1969 to 1971.

1930The Kurdish Ararat rebellion is suppressed by the Turks.^[†]

The Ararat rebellion, also known as the Ağrı rebellion, was a 1930 uprising by the Kurds of Ağrı Province, in eastern Turkey, against the Turkish government. The leader of the guerrilla forces during the rebellion was Ihsan Nuri of the Jibran branch of the Jalali tribe.