Historical Events In 1930

Feb 26   "Green Pastures" opens at Mansfield Theater on this day in history.  

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

Feb 27   Bouvet Island declared a Norwegian dependency in the year 1930.  

Feb 27   In the year 1930 the birth of Joanne Woodward, British actress  

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

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) in the year 1930.  

Mar 04   On this day in history coolidge Dam in Arizona dedicated  

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

Mar 06   On this day in history 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 in the year 1930.  

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   On this day in history mahatma Gandhi starts civil disobedience in India  

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

Mar 09   In the year 1930 harrie J B Aarts, Dutch 2nd chamber member (CDA)  

Mar 11   Babe Ruth signed a two-year contract with the New York Yankees for the sum of $80,000 in the year 1930.  

Mar 11   Pres & Chief Justice William Taft buried in Arlington in the year 1930.  

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

Mar 12   Mahatma Gandhi began a march to the sea, his boldest act of civil disobedience yet against British rule in India in the year 1930.  

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 in the year 1930.  

Mar 13   On this day in history discovery of the planet Pluto by Clyde W Tombaugh made his discovery on February 18 and announced it on March 13  

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

Mar 13   Pluto discovered in the year 1930.  

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

Mar 15   On this day in history antonio Beltramelli, writer, dies at 51  

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 in the year 1930.  

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   Julius LaRosa, Bkln NY, singer (fired by Arthur Godfrey on the air) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Eddie Egan, Bronx NYC, actor (Joe Forrester) was born in the year 1930.  

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   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   In the year 1930 c-E Auguste Rateau, French inventor (R-steam turbine), dies at 66  

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   In the year 1930 eva Strittmatter, writer, dies at 17  

Feb 22   Godfried CE van Daalen, Dutch general/governor of Atjeh, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 24   Jacobus van Looy, Dutch writer/painter (Night Cactus), dies at 74 in the year 1930.