Historical Events In 1930

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

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) on this day in history.   

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   The birth of Joanne Woodward, British actress in the year 1930.   

Mar 02   In the year 1930 1st US indoor glider flight, St Louis Terminal Building   

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

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

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" on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1930.   

Mar 09   In the year 1930 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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1930.   

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

Mar 13   On this day in history 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 in the year 1930.   

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

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   In the year 1930 uSS Constitution (Old Ironsides) floated out to become a national shrine   

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

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of gaafar Muhammad Nimeiry, premier/president (Sudan)   

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

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

Jan 02   Julius LaRosa, Bkln NY, singer (fired by Arthur Godfrey on the air) was born on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history birth of marcel Dubé, Quebec playwright   

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   On this day in history c-E Auguste Rateau, French inventor (R-steam turbine), dies at 66   

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

Jan 28   In the year 1930 clarence Skelton Wimble, cricket (score pair in Test for S Af), dies   

Feb 06   On this day in history eva Strittmatter, writer, dies at 17   

Feb 22   On this day in history godfried CE van Daalen, Dutch general/governor of Atjeh, dies at 66   

Feb 23   On this day in history horst Wessel, German nazi lyricist (Fahne Hoch), dies at 22   

Feb 24   On this day in history jacobus van Looy, Dutch writer/painter (Night Cactus), dies at 74