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 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 26   In the year 1930 west Indies make first Test Cricket win, by 289 runs over England  

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

Feb 27   On this day in history the birth of Joanne Woodward, British actress  

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

Mar 02   In the year 1930 david H Lawrence, poet/writer (Lady Chatterley's Lover), dies at 44  

Mar 02   On this day in history jan van Noor, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA)  

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

Mar 06   Bkln's Clarence Birdseye develops a method for quick freezing food on this day in history.  

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

Mar 06   William Milton, cricketer (S Afr Test capt in 3 Tests 1889-92), dies on this day in history.  

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   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" on this day in history.  

Mar 08   In the year 1930 mahatma Gandhi starts civil disobedience in India  

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   On this day in history president &Chief Justice William Taft buried in Arlington  

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

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

Mar 13   In the year 1930 clyde Tombaugh announces discovery of Pluto at Lowell Observatory  

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 in the year 1930.  

Mar 13   Pluto discovered on this day in history.  

Mar 15   On this day in history 1st seaplane glider flown, Port Washington, NY  

Mar 15   Antonio Beltramelli, writer, dies at 51 on this day in history.  

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

Mar 16   On this day in history miguel Primo de Riveray Orbaneja, Sp dictator (1923-30), dies at 60  

Mar 16   In the year 1930 uSS Constitution (Old Ironsides) floated out to become a national shrine  

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

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of gaafar Muhammad Nimeiry, premier/president (Sudan)  

Jan 01   In the year 1930 birth of ty Hardin, NYC, actor (Riptide, Bronco) [or Jun 1]  

Jan 01   Werner Heiden, composer was born in the year 1930.  

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

Jan 03   Eddie Egan, Bronx NYC, actor (Joe Forrester) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of robert Loggia, Staten Island, actor (Officer & a Gentleman, THE Cat)  

Jan 03   Marcel Dubé, Quebec playwright was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of don Shula, winningest NFL coach (Miami Dolphins)  

Jan 09   On this day in history 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 in the year 1930.  

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 06   Eva Strittmatter, writer, dies at 17 in the year 1930.  

Feb 22   Godfried CE van Daalen, Dutch general/governor of Atjeh, dies at 66 in the year 1930.  

Feb 23   Horst Wessel, German nazi lyricist (Fahne Hoch), dies at 22 on this day in history.  

Feb 24   In the year 1930 jacobus van Looy, Dutch writer/painter (Night Cactus), dies at 74