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 in the year 1930.   

Feb 26   In the year 1930 the first red & green traffic lights installed (Manhattan NYC)   

Feb 26   In the year 1930 west Indies make first Test Cricket win, by 289 runs over England   

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

Feb 27   The birth of Joanne Woodward, British actress on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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