Page 3: Historical Events In 1930

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

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) on this day in history.   

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   The birth of Joanne Woodward, British actress on this day in history.   

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

Mar 02   On this day in history 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   On this day in history coolidge Dam in Arizona dedicated   

Mar 06   On this day in history bkln's Clarence Birdseye develops a method for quick freezing food   

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 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) on this day in history.   

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" in the year 1930.   

Mar 08   On this day in history mahatma Gandhi starts civil disobedience in India   

Mar 08   In the year 1930 william Howard Taft, 27th US pres (1909-13)/Chief Justice, dies at 72   

Mar 09   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

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

Mar 13   In the year 1930 mary E W Freeman, US writer (Pembroke), dies at 77   

Mar 13   Pluto discovered on this day in history.   

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

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

Mar 15   The first streamlined submarine of US navy, USS Nautilus, launched on this day in history.   

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

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

Mar 16   USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) floated out to become a natl shrine on this day in history.   

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

Jan 01   Ty Hardin, NYC, actor (Riptide, Bronco) [or Jun 1] was born in the year 1930.   

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

Jan 02   In the year 1930 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   On this day in history birth of marcel Dubé, Quebec playwright   

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

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 in the year 1930.   

Jan 27   In the year 1930 jean Hure, composer, dies at 52   

Jan 28   On this day in history clarence Skelton Wimble, cricket (score pair in Test for S Af), dies   

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 in the year 1930.   

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 in the year 1930.