Page 16: Historical Events In 1930
Wednesday, 11 February 2026
Dec 17 Bob Guccione, [Robert C J Edwa], US publisher (Penthouse, Omni) 


Dec 17 Peter Warlock, composer, dies at 36 


Dec 18 Bradman scores 258 NSW v South Aust, 289 mins, 37 fours 


Dec 18 Moose Skowron, American baseball player 


Dec 19 James Weldon Johnson steps down as executive secretary of NAACP 


Dec 19 Johnny Douglas, cricketer (soccer int, boxing gold medal), drowns. 


Dec 20 Learie Constantine cricket 100 in 52 mins WI v Tas (10x4, 1x6, 1x5). 


Dec 21 Willem R "Wim" van der Zee, secretary of Council of Churches. 


Dec 22 6 West europe lands signs Convention of Oslo 


Dec 23 Bette Davis arrives in Hollywood under contract to Universal Studios 


Dec 23 Johannes H Been, Brielle archivist, dies at 71. 


Dec 23 Police Bureau of Criminal Alien Investigation started in New York NY. 


Dec 24 Bandung, Java: ir Sukarno 4 years jail sentenced. 


Dec 24 Eduard David, German minister (constitution of Weimar), dies at 67 


Dec 25 1st US bobsled run open to public (Lake Placid, NY) 


Dec 25 Harvey Worthington Loomis, composer, dies at 65. 


Dec 25 inaugural US bobsled run open to the public (Lake Placid NY). 


Dec 26 Donald Moffat, Plymouth England, actor (Kent-Logan's Run) 


Dec 27 Jacqueline Fontijn, Flemish composer 


Dec 27 William Courtleigh, actor (Madame X, Eyes of Youth), dies at 63. 


Dec 29 Fred P Newton completes longest swim ever (1826 miles), when he swam in the Mississippi River from Ford Dam, Minn, to New Orleans. 


Dec 29 Willy Giefer, composer 


Dec 30 Jerome Theisen, benedictine. 


Dec 31 Ala Odetta, [Odetta Holmes], Birmingham, folk singer/actress. 


Dec 31 Pontifical encyclical Casti connubii against mixed marriages. 


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