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   The first red & green traffic lights installed (Manhattan NYC) in the year 1930.  

Feb 26   On this day in history west Indies make first Test Cricket win, by 289 runs over England  

Feb 27   Bouvet Island declared a Norwegian dependency on this day in history.  

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

Mar 02   On this day in history 1st US indoor glider flight, St Louis Terminal Building  

Mar 02   In the year 1930 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   In the year 1930 bkln's Clarence Birdseye develops a method for quick freezing food  

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

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   In the year 1930 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   In the year 1930 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 on this day in history.  

Mar 11   On this day in history pres & Chief Justice William Taft buried in Arlington  

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

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

Mar 12   Mohandas Gandhi begins 200m (300km) march protesting British salt tax on this day in history.  

Mar 13   Clyde Tombaugh announces discovery of Pluto at Lowell Observatory in the year 1930.  

Mar 13   In the year 1930 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 in the year 1930.  

Mar 13   In the year 1930 pluto discovered  

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

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

Mar 15   On this day in history the first streamlined submarine of US navy, USS Nautilus, launched  

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

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

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

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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   Werner Heiden, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   In the year 1930 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   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 in the year 1930.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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

Feb 22   In the year 1930 godfried CE van Daalen, Dutch general/governor of Atjeh, dies at 66  

Feb 23   On this day in history horst Wessel, German nazi lyricist (Fahne Hoch), dies at 22  

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