1930 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1930?
- January 6, 1930 – The first diesel-engined automobile trip is completed, from Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York, New York.
- January 26, 1930 – The Indian National Congress declares 26 January as Independence Day or as the day for Poorna Swaraj (Complete Independence) which occurred 20 years later.
- January 30, 1930 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Horse in Chinese astrology.
- March 28, 1930 – Constantinople and Angora change their names to Istanbul and Ankara.
- April 2, 1930 – After the mysterious death of Empress Zewditu, Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia.
- April 6, 1930 – Gandhi raises a lump of mud and salt and declares, “With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire.” beginning the Salt Satyagraha.
- April 28, 1930 – The first night game in organized baseball history takes place in Independence, Kansas.
- May 24, 1930 – Amy Johnson lands in Darwin, Northern Territory, becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia (she left on May 5 for the 11,000 mile flight).
- June 16, 1930 – Sovnarkom establishes decree time in the USSR.
- June 18, 1930 – Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Franklin Institute are held.
- July 7, 1930 – Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of the Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam).
- July 31, 1930 – The radio mystery program The Shadow airs for the first time.
- August 7, 1930 – The last confirmed lynching of blacks in the Northern United States occurs in Marion, Indiana. Two men, Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, are killed.
- August 9, 1930 – Betty Boop made her cartoon debut in Dizzy Dishes.
- August 16, 1930 – The first color sound cartoon, called Fiddlesticks, is made by Ub Iwerks.
- September 6, 1930 – Democratically elected Argentine president Hipólito Yrigoyen is deposed in a military coup.
- November 11, 1930 – Patent number US1781541 is awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention, the Einstein refrigerator.
- December 2, 1930 – Great Depression: US President Herbert Hoover goes before the United States Congress and asks for a US$150 million public works program to help generate jobs and stimulate the economy.
- December 16, 1930 – Bank robber Herman Lamm and members of his crew are killed by a posse of 200, following a botched bank robbery in Clinton, Indiana.
- December 29, 1930 – Sir Muhammad Iqbal’s presidential address in Allahabad introduces the Two-Nation Theory and outlines a vision for the creation of Pakistan.
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