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 in the year 1930.  

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 in the year 1930.  

Feb 27   On this day in history bouvet Island declared a Norwegian dependency  

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

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

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

Mar 02   Jan van Noor, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA) on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Mar 06   On this day in history 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   In the year 1930 james Broderick, Charleston NH, actor (Brenner-Brenner, Doug-Family)  

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   Mahatma Gandhi starts civil disobedience in India in the year 1930.  

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

Mar 09   Harrie J B Aarts, Dutch 2nd chamber member (CDA) on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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

Mar 13   On this day in history clyde Tombaugh announces discovery of Pluto at Lowell Observatory  

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

Mar 13   On this day in history pluto discovered  

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   In the year 1930 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 on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history birth of eddie Egan, Bronx NYC, actor (Joe Forrester)  

Jan 03   Robert Loggia, Staten Island, actor (Officer & a Gentleman, THE Cat) was born on this day in history.  

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   Edward W Buck, Dutch/US editor (Ladies Home Journal), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Jan 13   C-E Auguste Rateau, French inventor (R-steam turbine), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Jan 27   On this day in history jean Hure, composer, dies at 52  

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   On this day in history godfried CE van Daalen, Dutch general/governor of Atjeh, dies at 66  

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