Historical Events In 1930

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

Feb 26   On this day in history raffaele Merry del Val, Spanish Cardinal, dies at 64  

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 in the year 1930.  

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

Mar 02   In the year 1930 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) on this day in history.  

Mar 04   In the year 1930 coolidge Dam in Arizona dedicated  

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 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   Georgetown High of Chicago defeats Homer 1-0 in basketball in the year 1930.  

Mar 07   James Broderick, Charleston NH, actor (Brenner-Brenner, Doug-Family) in the year 1930.  

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

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

Mar 09   In the year 1930 harrie J B Aarts, Dutch 2nd chamber member (CDA)  

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

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

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   Discovery of the planet Pluto by Clyde W Tombaugh made his discovery on February 18 and announced it on March 13 in the year 1930.  

Mar 13   Mary E W Freeman, US writer (Pembroke), dies at 77 in the year 1930.  

Mar 13   Pluto discovered on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1930.  

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of ty Hardin, NYC, actor (Riptide, Bronco) [or Jun 1]  

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of werner Heiden, composer  

Jan 02   On this day in history 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 in the year 1930.  

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   Don Shula, winningest NFL coach (Miami Dolphins) was born in the year 1930.  

Jan 09   In the year 1930 edward W Buck, Dutch/US editor (Ladies Home Journal), dies at 66  

Jan 13   In the year 1930 c-E Auguste Rateau, French inventor (R-steam turbine), dies at 66  

Jan 27   In the year 1930 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   Godfried CE van Daalen, Dutch general/governor of Atjeh, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1930.