Historical Events In 1930

Feb 26   "Green Pastures" opens at Mansfield Theater in the year 1930.  

Feb 26   Raffaele Merry del Val, Spanish Cardinal, dies at 64 in the year 1930.  

Feb 26   In the year 1930 the first red & green traffic lights installed (Manhattan NYC)  

Feb 26   West Indies make first Test Cricket win, by 289 runs over England on this day in history.  

Feb 27   In the year 1930 bouvet Island declared a Norwegian dependency  

Feb 27   The birth of Joanne Woodward, British actress in the year 1930.  

Mar 02   In the year 1930 1st US indoor glider flight, St Louis Terminal Building  

Mar 02   On this day in history david H Lawrence, poet/writer (Lady Chatterley's Lover), dies at 44  

Mar 02   Jan van Noor, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA) on this day in history.  

Mar 04   Coolidge Dam in Arizona dedicated in the year 1930.  

Mar 06   Bkln's Clarence Birdseye develops a method for quick freezing food in the year 1930.  

Mar 06   In the year 1930 brooklyn's Clarence Birdseye develops a method for quick freezing food  

Mar 06   In the year 1930 william Milton, cricketer (S Afr Test capt in 3 Tests 1889-92), dies  

Mar 07   On this day in history georgetown High of Chicago defeats Homer 1-0 in basketball  

Mar 07   James Broderick, Charleston NH, actor (Brenner-Brenner, Doug-Family) in the year 1930.  

Mar 08   On this day in history babe Ruth signs 2-year contract for $160,000 with New York Yankee GM Ed Barrow, wrongly predicts "No one will ever be paid more than Ruth"  

Mar 08   Mahatma Gandhi starts civil disobedience in India in the year 1930.  

Mar 08   William Howard Taft, 27th US pres (1909-13)/Chief Justice, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

Mar 09   Harrie J B Aarts, Dutch 2nd chamber member (CDA) in the year 1930.  

Mar 11   Babe Ruth signed a two-year contract with the New York Yankees for the sum of $80,000 on this day in history.  

Mar 11   Pres & Chief Justice William Taft buried in Arlington on this day in history.  

Mar 11   In the year 1930 president &Chief Justice William Taft buried in Arlington  

Mar 12   On this day in history mahatma Gandhi began a march to the sea, his boldest act of civil disobedience yet against British rule in India  

Mar 12   On this day in history mohandas Gandhi begins 200m (300km) march protesting British salt tax  

Mar 13   Clyde Tombaugh announces discovery of Pluto at Lowell Observatory on this day in history.  

Mar 13   Discovery of the planet Pluto by Clyde W Tombaugh made his discovery on February 18 and announced it on March 13 in the year 1930.  

Mar 13   Mary E W Freeman, US writer (Pembroke), dies at 77 on this day in history.  

Mar 13   Pluto discovered on this day in history.  

Mar 15   In the year 1930 1st seaplane glider flown, Port Washington, NY  

Mar 15   Antonio Beltramelli, writer, dies at 51 in the year 1930.  

Mar 15   The first streamlined submarine of US navy, USS Nautilus, launched in the year 1930.  

Mar 16   Miguel Primo de Riveray Orbaneja, Sp dictator (1923-30), dies at 60 in the year 1930.  

Mar 16   On this day in history uSS Constitution (Old Ironsides) floated out to become a national shrine  

Mar 16   USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) floated out to become a natl shrine in the year 1930.  

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Jan 01   Gaafar Muhammad Nimeiry, premier/president (Sudan) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of ty Hardin, NYC, actor (Riptide, Bronco) [or Jun 1]  

Jan 01   In the year 1930 birth of werner Heiden, composer  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of julius LaRosa, Bkln NY, singer (fired by Arthur Godfrey on the air)  

Jan 03   In the year 1930 birth of eddie Egan, Bronx NYC, actor (Joe Forrester)  

Jan 03   Robert Loggia, Staten Island, actor (Officer & a Gentleman, THE Cat) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Marcel Dubé, Quebec playwright was born in the year 1930.  

Jan 04   Don Shula, winningest NFL coach (Miami Dolphins) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 09   In the year 1930 edward W Buck, Dutch/US editor (Ladies Home Journal), dies at 66  

Jan 13   C-E Auguste Rateau, French inventor (R-steam turbine), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Jan 27   Jean Hure, composer, dies at 52 in the year 1930.  

Jan 28   Clarence Skelton Wimble, cricket (score pair in Test for S Af), dies in the year 1930.  

Feb 06   On this day in history eva Strittmatter, writer, dies at 17  

Feb 22   On this day in history godfried CE van Daalen, Dutch general/governor of Atjeh, dies at 66  

Feb 23   Horst Wessel, German nazi lyricist (Fahne Hoch), dies at 22 in the year 1930.  

Feb 24   Jacobus van Looy, Dutch writer/painter (Night Cactus), dies at 74 on this day in history.