Explore the major historical events, famous births, and notable deaths that occurred in the year 1930. This year saw 183 significant events. 38 notable figures were born. 7 notable figures passed away.
Claus Philipp Maria Justinian Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg was a German army officer who is best known for his failed attempt on 20 July 1944 to assassinate Adolf Hitler at the Wolf's Lair, part of...
Mao Zedong writes the essay "A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire" to criticize cadres not creating rural revolutionary base areas
Belgium Princess Marie-Jose marries Italian's crown prince Umberto
Businesswoman Estee Mentzer (23) weds businessman Joseph Lauter (later Lauder)
Mahatma Gandhi begins his famous 200-mile (320 km) protest march against the widely hated British salt tax
Clyde William Tombaugh (February 4, 1906 – January 17, 1997) was an American astronomer and telescope maker, best known for discovering Pluto in 1930, marking the first detection of what would…
The Motion Pictures Production Code is instituted, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in film for the next 38 years
The Little Napoleon (German: Der kleine Napoleon) is a 1923 German silent historical comedy film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Egon von Hagen, Paul Heidemann and Harry Liedtke.
Haile Selassie I was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He rose to power as the Regent Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia (Enderase) under Empress Zewditu between 1916 and 1930. Widely considered to be…
"All Quiet on the Western Front" based on the novel by Erich Maria Remarque, directed by Lewis Milestone, starring Louis Wolheim and Lew Ayres premieres in Los Angeles (Academy Awards Outstanding Production 1930)
Actress Agnes Moorehead (29) weds actor Jack G. Lee (28)
Nelson Aldrich "Rocky" Rockefeller (July 8, 1908 – January 26, 1979) was the 41st vice president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977 under President Gerald Ford.
First detection of an airplane using reflected radio waves, a precursor to radar, by US Naval Research Laboratory engineers in Anacostia, Washington, D.C.
Film director David Lean (22) weds his first cousin Isabel Lean
The FIFA World Cup, often called the World Cup, is an international association football competition among the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football...
1st Filipino President Emilio Aguinaldo (61) weds second wife Maria Agoncillo (51) at Barasoain Church in Malolos, Bulacan
The 1930 FIFA World Cup was the first FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national football teams. It took place in Uruguay from 13 to 30 July 1930.
Laurence McKinley Gould (33), American Geologist and Polar Explorer weds Margaret ("Peg") Rice in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Betty Boop is a cartoon character designed by Grim Natwick at the request of Max Fleischer.
The 1930 British Empire Games were the inaugural edition of what is now known as the Commonwealth Games, and was held in Hamilton, Ontario, from 16 to 23 August 1930.
Flip the Frog is an animated cartoon character created by American animator Ub Iwerks.
Journalist H. L. Mencken (49) weds author Sara Haardt (32) at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall (21) weds Vivien Burey at First African Baptist Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mystery writer Agatha Christie (39) weds archaeologist Max Mallowan (26)
George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin's musical "Girl Crazy," starring Ginger Rogers and featuring the debut of Ethel Merman, opens at the Alvin Theatre in NYC and runs for 272 performances
Coronation of Ras Tafari Makonnen as Haile Selassie I, the 225th Emperor of the Ethiopian Solomonic Dynasty
Pablo Neruda marries Marie A Hagenaar Vogelzang in Batavia
Baseball Rules Committee greatly revises the rule book; a ball that bounces into the stands is now a ground-rule double instead of a home run
Robert Tyre Jones Jr. (March 17, 1902 – December 18, 1971) was an American amateur golfer who was one of the most influential figures in the history of the sport; he was also a lawyer by profession.
Edwin Justus Mayer's "Children of Darkness" premieres in NYC
Mordovian Autonomous Region in RSFSR constituted
Mickey Mouse is an American newspaper comic strip by the Walt Disney Company featuring Mickey Mouse and is the first published example of Disney comics.
Brilliant West Indian cricket batsman George Headley scores 157 of 176 on debut on the 4th day of the drawn 1st Test against England in Bridgetown, Barbados
-27°F (-33°C), Watts, Oklahoma (state record)
Boston Bruins become first team in NHL history to score 100 goals in a season, in a 5-1 win over Chicago at Boston Garden; Cooney Weiland scores Bruins' 100th goal in their 26th game of the year
-35°F (-37°C), Mount Carroll, Illinois (state record)
Clyde William Tombaugh (February 4, 1906 – January 17, 1997) was an American astronomer and telescope maker, best known for discovering Pluto in 1930, marking the first detection of what would...
John Mills scores New Zealand's 1st Test century in cricket, sharing a record 276 run opening stand with Stewie Dempster
Terminal Tower is a 52-story, 708 ft (216 m), landmark skyscraper located on Public Square in the downtown core of Cleveland, Ohio, United States.
Russia launches their 1st radiosonde - a battery-powered telemetry instrument carried into the atmosphere to measure various parameters and transmit them by radio to a ground receiver- from Pavlovsk, USSR.
1st US glider flight from a dirigible, Lakehurst, New Jersey
The Indochinese Communist Party (ICP)[1] was a political party which was transformed from the old Vietnamese Communist Party in October 1930.
1st tieless, soundless, shockless streetcar tracks, New Orleans
5th Aliyah to Israel begins
"Happy Days Are Here Again" by Benny Mereoff hits #1
Grain Stabilization Corporation authorized by Congress
Wenona Mustangs beat Toluca Wildcats in Illinois Basketball Tournament in 10 overtimes, 26-22
French government of André Tardieu falls for the first time
Clyde William Tombaugh (February 4, 1906 – January 17, 1997) was an American astronomer and telescope maker, best known for discovering Pluto in 1930, marking the first detection of what would...
Check photographing device patented
1st red & green traffic lights installed in Manhattan, NYC
Bouvet Island is an uninhabited subantarctic volcanic island and dependency of Norway.
1st US indoor glider flight, St Louis Terminal Building
The Coolidge Dam is a reinforced concrete multiple dome and buttress dam 31 miles (50 km) southeast of Globe, Arizona on the Gila River.
Georgetown High of Chicago defeats Homer 1-0 in basketball
A seaplane is a powered fixed-wing aircraft capable of taking off and landing (alighting) on water.
USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) floated out to become a national shrine
Construction begins of the Empire State Building, the world's 1st skyscraper of 100+ stories, on 5th Avenue in New York City
Boston Bruins win record 20th NHL home game
Nakagawa Soen accepted as a student of Katsube Keigaku Roshi
American engine builder Clessie Cummins sets diesel engine speed record of 80.4 mph (129.39 kph)
1st religious services telecast in US (W2XBS NYC)
Congress appropriates $50,000 for Inter-American highway
The Sea Beast is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Millard Webb, starring John Barrymore, Dolores Costello and George O'Hara.
Heinrich Aloysius Maria Elisabeth Brüning was a German Centre Party politician and academic, who served as the chancellor of Germany during the Weimar Republic from 1930 to 1932. A political...
Babberich-H soccer team forms
1st NY-Bermuda airplane flight lands in Bermuda
England cricket batsman Andy Sandham ends Day 2 of 4th Test against West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica unbeaten on 309; 1st triple century in Test history; out for 325
England cricketers dismissed for then record 849 v West Indies in 4th Test in Kingston, Jamaica; Andy Sandham out for 325
1st transcontinental glider tow completed
The New Zealand men's national cricket team represents New Zealand in men's international cricket.
Philip Barry's play "Hotel Universe" premieres in NYC
Abkhazian ASSR forms in Georgian SSR
Attempted raid on the armoury of police and auxiliary forces in Chittagong in Bengal province, British India by armed pro-independence revolutionaries led by Surya Sen popularly known as Master-da
British troops battle pro-independence revolutionaries in the Jalalabad hills near Chittagong, Bengal province, British India, 80 troops and 12 revolutionaries killed
White Sox first baseman Bud Clancy didn't handle ball at all in a 9 inning game vs St Louis Browns [1]
Minor league baseball teams were based in Independence, Kansas in various seasons between 1896 and 1952.
The 1930 major league baseball season began on April 14, 1930. The regular season ended on September 28, with the St.
The planet Pluto is officially named by 11-year-old English schoolgirl Venetia Burney
Des Moines (Western League) defeats Wichita 13-6 to open 1st ballpark with permanently installed lights
Duleepsinhji scores 333 for Sussex v Northants in 330 mins
Colonel Jacob Schick is granted a US Patent for the first electric razor (US1757978A)
US Congress designates Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico a National Park [1]
Ellen Church becomes 1st female airline stewardess aboard a United flight from San Francisco to Cheyenne
White women win voting rights in South Africa
First airplane catapulted from a dirigible, piloted by Charles Nicholson
Supreme Court rules buying liquor does not violate the Constitution
Richard Drew invents masking tape
George William Forbes (12 March 1869 – 17 May 1947) was a New Zealand politician who served as the 22nd prime minister of New Zealand from 28 May 1930 to 6 December 1935.
Shedd Aquarium (formally the John G. Shedd Aquarium) is a public aquarium in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
The Chrysler Building is a 1,046-foot-tall (319 m), Art Deco skyscraper in the East Midtown neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States.
Sarah Dickson becomes 1st woman US Presbyterian elder, in Cincinnati, Ohio
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a professional Canadian football team based in Winnipeg. The Blue Bombers compete in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member club of the league's West division.
22 people killed by hailstones in Siatista, Greece
VVGZ soccer team forms in Zwijndrecht
Sovnarkom establishes decree time in the USSR
Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Franklin Institute science museum held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
First night game in Detroit at the newly built Hamtramck Stadium as the Negro League Detroit Stars take on the KC Monarchs
1st round-the-world radio broadcast Schenectady, NY
Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. Located within the geo-political region of the Middle East, it is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south, Turkey to the north, Iran to...
MLB Chicago White Sox outfielder Carl Reynolds becomes only the 2nd player in MLB history to hit home runs in 3 consecutive innings in 15-4 victory at Yankee Stadium
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a Cabinet-level executive branch department of the federal government charged with providing lifelong healthcare services to eligible military...
Fred Newton (27) commences attempt to swim entire length of the Mississippi River from Ford Dam, Minnesota, to New Orleans, Louisiana; he covers 1826 miles over 176 days, almost twice the 90 days he estimates
David Sarnoff reports in the NY Times, "TV will be a theater in every home"
SHO soccer team forms in Old Beijerland
Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia and commonly known as simply Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.
Millsboro is a town in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. As of the 2020 census, Millsboro had a population of 6,863. It is part of the Salisbury metropolitan area.
Earthquake strikes Ariano in Italy, killing 1,500
Grover Cleveland Alexander (February 26, 1887 – November 4, 1950), nicknamed "Old Pete" and "Alexander the Great", was an American professional baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball.
Greensburg is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Green County, Kentucky, United States.
Holly Springs is a city in and the county seat of Marshall County, Mississippi, United States, near the border with Tennessee to the north.
Death Valley Days is a radio Western in the United States. It was broadcast on the Blue Network/ABC, CBS, and NBC from September 30, 1930, to September 14, 1951.
NY Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig drives in 8 runs with a grand slam and 2 doubles in a 14-13 win over the rival Boston Red Sox
Child labor laws established in Belgium
Joseph Force Crater (January 5, 1889 – disappeared August 6, 1930; declared legally dead June 6, 1939) was an American lawyer who served as a New York State Supreme Court justice and mysteriously...
A large mob estimated at 2,000 people lynches two young Black men, Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, in Marion, Indiana
The St. Louis Cardinals are an American professional baseball team based in St. Louis.
Tennessee (locally ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States.
Eastern Air Lines (also colloquially known as Eastern) was a trunk carrier, a scheduled airline in the United States that operated from 1926 to 1991.
DuMont's first TV broadcast for home reception in New York City
Prohibition of Wieringermeer finishes
The 1930 British Empire Games were the inaugural edition of what is now known as the Commonwealth Games, and was held in Hamilton, Ontario, from 16 to 23 August 1930.
The first Yser Tower ("Ijzertoren) is unveiled in Diksmuide, Belgium, as a memorial to the Flemish soldiers who lost their lives in the front line
The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland
Joseph Force Crater (January 5, 1889 – disappeared August 6, 1930; declared legally dead June 6, 1939) was an American lawyer who served as a New York State Supreme Court justice and mysteriously...
First non-stop airplane flight from Europe to the US (37 hours)
The recorded history of the Dominican Republic began in 1492 when Christopher Columbus, working for the Crown of Castile, arrived at a large island in the western Atlantic Ocean, later known as the...
The Cambridge Theatre is a West End theatre, on a corner site in Earlham Street facing Seven Dials, in the London Borough of Camden, built in 1929–30 for Bertie Meyer on an "irregular triangular...
The Brooklyn Dodgers were a Major League Baseball team founded in 1883 as the Brooklyn Grays.
American inventor Richard Gurley Drew creates Scotch tape
Charles E. Mitchell is named minister to Liberia
Stromboli volcano in Sicily ejects 2-ton basaltic rocks 2 miles, making it one of the most violent eruptions in recorded history
The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan.
First international bridge match is held in London; the US team defeats England
Phillies, trailing 10-5, score 5 in the 9th. Then Pirates score 4 in the top of the 10th, so Phillies score 5 in the bottom of the 10th to win 15-14
Enterprise (US) beats Shamrock V (UK) in 15th America's Cup
NY Yankee future Baseball HOF pitcher Red Ruffing hits 2 home runs to beat St. Louis Browns 7-6 at Sportsman's Park, St. Louis
Panikkervettil Thomas Panicker Geevarghese (21 September 1882 – 15 July 1953), known formally as Geevarghese Mar Ivanios, was a prominent Indian bishop and the first metropolitan archbishop and the...
German inventor Johann Ostermeyer receives a US patent for the flashbulb, initially marketed under the brand name Vacublitz
Once in a Lifetime is a 1930 play by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, the first of eight on which they collaborated in the 1930s. Hart wrote the original three-act play in 1929.
Austrian government of Vaugoin forms
The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central Division.
Boquerón Battle ends Paraguay border dispute
An airship, dirigible balloon or dirigible is a type of aerostat aircraft that can navigate through the air flying under its own power.
American aviator Laura Ingalls (36) completes the first transcontinental flight by a woman, making nine stops between Roosevelt Field in Mineola, New York and Glendale, California [1]
The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central Division.
The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne that competes in the Australian Football League...
New German Reichstag opens with 107 NSDAP members in uniform
Joseph Sylvester becomes the first jockey to win seven races in one day
Jules Ladoumègue runs a world record 1,000 m in 2:23.6
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes premieres on NBC radio
The British Symphony Orchestra (BSO or BrSO) is the name of a number of symphony orchestras, active in both concert halls and recording studios, which have existed at various times in Britain since...
1st indoor American football game Convention Hall in Atlantic City; a 7–0 victory by Washington & Jefferson over Lafayette, two Pennsylvania college teams
Dmitri Shostakovich's ballet "Zolotoi vek" (The Golden Age) premieres in Leningrad
First Eastern Canada night Canadian footbal game: Oshawa vs. Toronto Balmy Beach
Turkey and Greece sign a treaty of friendship
Legendary New Zealand-Australian racehorse Phar Lap wins the Melbourne Cup with the shortest odds ever offered
Friedrich Wolf's "Die Matrosen von Cattaro" premieres in Berlin
First nonstop airplane flight from New York to Panama, piloted by Roy W. Ammel
WA Drake's "Grand Hotel" premieres in NYC
Musical "Sweet & Low" with Fanny Brice premieres in NYC
Musical "Smiles" with Bob Hope and Fred Astaire premieres in NYC
NY Giant Hap Moran runs 91 yards for a TD from a scrimmage
Ruth Nichols sets the women's transcontinental air flight record from Mineola, New York, to California in a Lockheed Vega
Ito, Japan records 690 earthquake shocks in 1 day
The Symphony No. 2 in D-flat major, Op. 30, W45, "Romantic", was written by Howard Hanson on commission from Serge Koussevitzky for the 50th anniversary of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1930, and...
NHL abolishes the 20-minute slashing-about-the-head penalty
Airborn chemicals combine with fog to kill 60 (Meuse Valley, Belgium)
Vatican approves rhythm method for birth control
The Broadway Theatre (formerly Universal's Colony Theatre, B.S. Moss's Broadway Theatre, Earl Carroll's Broadway Theatre, and Ciné Roma) is a Broadway theater at 1681 Broadway (near 53rd Street) in...
Austrian American Karl Landsteiner is presented with the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine "for his discovery of human blood groups" [1]
Hans Fischer was a German organic chemist and the recipient of the 1930 Nobel Prize for Chemistry "for his researches into the constitution of haemin and chlorophyll and especially for his synthesis...
Indian Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman is presented with the Nobel Prize for Physics for work on light scattering - first Asian and non-white to win a Science Nobel
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
French government of André Tardieu falls for the second time
The New York Giants, an American football team which plays in the National Football League (NFL), have had a long, and at times turbulent financial history.
Cricketer Learie Constantine scores 100 runs in 52 mins West Indies v Tasmania (10x4, 1x6, 1x5) [1]
Convention of Economic Rapprochement/Oslo Agreesments signed between some European countries in response to the Great Depression
Bette Davis arrives in Hollywood under contract to Universal Studios
F. García Lorca's "La zapatera prodigiosa" premieres in Madrid
The Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run is a venue for bobsleigh, luge and skeleton on Mount Van Hoevenberg, located at the Lake Placid Olympic Sports Complex in Lake Placid, New York, United...
Fred Newton (27) becomes the first to swim the entire length of the Mississippi River from Ford Dam, Minnesota, to New Orleans, Louisiana; he covers 1,826 miles over 176 days, spending 742 hours in the water
Pontifical encyclical Casti connubii against mixed marriages
Don Shula, American athlete, known for american football player and coach, was born on 1930-01-04.
Rod Taylor, Australian actor, known for australian actor, was born on 1930-01-11. Rodney Sturt Taylor (11 January 1930 – 7 January 2015) was an Australian actor.
Tim Horton, Canadian athlete, known for canadian ice hockey player and businessman, was born on 1930-01-12.
Buzz Aldrin, American astronaut, known for second person to walk on the moon, was born on 1930-01-20.
John Polanyi, Canadian chemist, known for canadian chemist, was born on 1930-01-23. John Charles Polanyi (Hungarian: Polányi János Károly; born 23 January 1929) is a German-born Canadian chemist.
Gene Hackman, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1930-01-30. Eugene Allen Hackman (January 30, 1930 – c. February 18, 2025) was an American actor.
Ornette Coleman, American musician, known for american jazz musician and composer, was born on 1930-03-09.
Stephen Sondheim, American musician, known for american composer and lyricist, was born on 1930-03-22.
Sandra Day O'Connor, American lawyer, politician and judge, known for american lawyer, politician and judge, was born on 1930-03-26.
Rolf Harris, Australian entertainer, known for australian entertainer, was born on 1930-03-30.
Carolyn Jones, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1930-04-28. Carolyn Sue Jones (April 28, 1930 – August 3, 1983) was an American actress of television and film.
Ollie Matson, American athlete, known for american football player and sprinter, was born on 1930-05-01.
Harvey Milk, American gay rights activist, known for american gay rights activist, was born on 1930-05-22.
Ross Perot, American businessman and politician, known for american businessman and politician, was born on 1930-06-27.
Robert Evans film producer, known for american film producer, was born on 1930-06-29.
Imelda Marcos is born
George Steinbrenner, American athlete, known for american businessman, was born on 1930-07-04.
Sally Ann Howes, American actress and singer, known for british actress and singer, was born on 1930-07-20.
Gene Littler, American athlete, known for american professional golfer, was born on 1930-07-21.
Sonny Liston athlete, known for american boxer, was born on 1930-07-22. Charles L.
Neil Armstrong, American astronaut, known for first person to walk on the moon, was born on 1930-08-05.
Tony Trabert, American athlete, known for american tennis player, was born on 1930-08-16. Marion Anthony Trabert (August 16, 1930 – February 3, 2021) was an American amateur world No.
Vera Miles, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1930-08-23. Vera June Miles is a retired American actress.
Sean Connery, Scottish actor, known for scottish actor, was born on 1930-08-25. Sir Thomas Sean Connery (25 August 1930 – 31 October 2020) was a Scottish actor.
Frank Lucas, American drug lord, known for american drug lord, was born on 1930-09-09.
Richard Harris, Irish actor and singer, known for irish actor and singer, was born on 1930-10-01. Richard St John Francis Harris (1 October 1930 – 25 October 2002) was an Irish actor and singer.
Hafez al-Assad is born
Harold Pinter, British playwright, known for british playwright, was born on 1930-10-10. Harold Pinter (10 October 1930 – 24 December 2008) was a British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor.
Kurt Nielsen is born
Berry Gordy, American musician, known for american record executive, was born on 1930-11-28.
Jean-Luc Godard, French swiss film director, known for french and swiss film director, was born on 1930-12-03. Jean-Luc Godard was a French and Swiss film director, screenwriter, and film critic.
Maximilian Schell, Austrian actor, filmmaker, and theatre director, known for swiss actor, filmmaker, and theatre director, was born on 1930-12-08.
Bob Guccione, American photographer, painter and publisher, known for american photographer, painter and publisher, was born on 1930-12-17.
Steve McQueen, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1930-03-24. Terrence Stephen McQueen (March 24, 1930 – November 7, 1980) was an American actor.
Helmut Kohl is born
Harold Bloom, American critic, scholar, and writer, known for american critic, scholar, and writer, was born on 1930-07-11.
Ted Hughes, English poet and children's writer, known for english poet and children's writer, was born on 1930-08-17.
Bob Turley, American baseball player, known for american baseball player, was born on 1930-09-19.
Frank Ramsey, British philosopher, mathematician and economist, known for british philosopher, mathematician and economist, died on 1930-01-19.
D. H. Lawrence, English writer and poet, known for english writer and poet, died on 1930-03-02.
William Howard Taft dies
Miguel Primo de Rivera dies
Arthur Balfour dies
Vladimir Mayakovsky poet, known for russian poet, died on 1930-04-14. Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky (19 July [O.S. 7 July] 1893 – 14 April 1930) was a Russian poet, playwright, artist, and actor.
Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian polar explorer, known for norwegian polar explorer, died on 1930-05-13. Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen was a Norwegian polymath and Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
Claus Philipp Maria Justinian Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg was a German army officer who is best known for his failed attempt on 20 July 1944 to assassinate Adolf Hitler at the Wolf's Lair, part of...
Mao Zedong writes the essay "A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire" to criticize cadres not creating rural revolutionary base areas
Belgium Princess Marie-Jose marries Italian's crown prince Umberto
Businesswoman Estee Mentzer (23) weds businessman Joseph Lauter (later Lauder)
Mahatma Gandhi begins his famous 200-mile (320 km) protest march against the widely hated British salt tax
Clyde William Tombaugh (February 4, 1906 – January 17, 1997) was an American astronomer and telescope maker, best known for discovering Pluto in 1930, marking the first detection of what would…
The Motion Pictures Production Code is instituted, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in film for the next 38 years
The Little Napoleon (German: Der kleine Napoleon) is a 1923 German silent historical comedy film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Egon von Hagen, Paul Heidemann and Harry Liedtke.
Haile Selassie I was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He rose to power as the Regent Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia (Enderase) under Empress Zewditu between 1916 and 1930. Widely considered to be…
"All Quiet on the Western Front" based on the novel by Erich Maria Remarque, directed by Lewis Milestone, starring Louis Wolheim and Lew Ayres premieres in Los Angeles (Academy Awards Outstanding Production 1930)
Actress Agnes Moorehead (29) weds actor Jack G. Lee (28)
Nelson Aldrich "Rocky" Rockefeller (July 8, 1908 – January 26, 1979) was the 41st vice president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977 under President Gerald Ford.
First detection of an airplane using reflected radio waves, a precursor to radar, by US Naval Research Laboratory engineers in Anacostia, Washington, D.C.
Film director David Lean (22) weds his first cousin Isabel Lean
The FIFA World Cup, often called the World Cup, is an international association football competition among the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football...
1st Filipino President Emilio Aguinaldo (61) weds second wife Maria Agoncillo (51) at Barasoain Church in Malolos, Bulacan
The 1930 FIFA World Cup was the first FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national football teams. It took place in Uruguay from 13 to 30 July 1930.
Laurence McKinley Gould (33), American Geologist and Polar Explorer weds Margaret ("Peg") Rice in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Betty Boop is a cartoon character designed by Grim Natwick at the request of Max Fleischer.
The 1930 British Empire Games were the inaugural edition of what is now known as the Commonwealth Games, and was held in Hamilton, Ontario, from 16 to 23 August 1930.
Flip the Frog is an animated cartoon character created by American animator Ub Iwerks.
Journalist H. L. Mencken (49) weds author Sara Haardt (32) at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall (21) weds Vivien Burey at First African Baptist Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mystery writer Agatha Christie (39) weds archaeologist Max Mallowan (26)
George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin's musical "Girl Crazy," starring Ginger Rogers and featuring the debut of Ethel Merman, opens at the Alvin Theatre in NYC and runs for 272 performances
Coronation of Ras Tafari Makonnen as Haile Selassie I, the 225th Emperor of the Ethiopian Solomonic Dynasty
Pablo Neruda marries Marie A Hagenaar Vogelzang in Batavia
Baseball Rules Committee greatly revises the rule book; a ball that bounces into the stands is now a ground-rule double instead of a home run
Robert Tyre Jones Jr. (March 17, 1902 – December 18, 1971) was an American amateur golfer who was one of the most influential figures in the history of the sport; he was also a lawyer by profession.
Edwin Justus Mayer's "Children of Darkness" premieres in NYC
Mordovian Autonomous Region in RSFSR constituted
Mickey Mouse is an American newspaper comic strip by the Walt Disney Company featuring Mickey Mouse and is the first published example of Disney comics.
Brilliant West Indian cricket batsman George Headley scores 157 of 176 on debut on the 4th day of the drawn 1st Test against England in Bridgetown, Barbados
-27°F (-33°C), Watts, Oklahoma (state record)
Boston Bruins become first team in NHL history to score 100 goals in a season, in a 5-1 win over Chicago at Boston Garden; Cooney Weiland scores Bruins' 100th goal in their 26th game of the year
-35°F (-37°C), Mount Carroll, Illinois (state record)
Clyde William Tombaugh (February 4, 1906 – January 17, 1997) was an American astronomer and telescope maker, best known for discovering Pluto in 1930, marking the first detection of what would...
John Mills scores New Zealand's 1st Test century in cricket, sharing a record 276 run opening stand with Stewie Dempster
Terminal Tower is a 52-story, 708 ft (216 m), landmark skyscraper located on Public Square in the downtown core of Cleveland, Ohio, United States.
Russia launches their 1st radiosonde - a battery-powered telemetry instrument carried into the atmosphere to measure various parameters and transmit them by radio to a ground receiver- from Pavlovsk, USSR.
1st US glider flight from a dirigible, Lakehurst, New Jersey
The Indochinese Communist Party (ICP)[1] was a political party which was transformed from the old Vietnamese Communist Party in October 1930.
1st tieless, soundless, shockless streetcar tracks, New Orleans
5th Aliyah to Israel begins
"Happy Days Are Here Again" by Benny Mereoff hits #1
Grain Stabilization Corporation authorized by Congress
Wenona Mustangs beat Toluca Wildcats in Illinois Basketball Tournament in 10 overtimes, 26-22
French government of André Tardieu falls for the first time
Clyde William Tombaugh (February 4, 1906 – January 17, 1997) was an American astronomer and telescope maker, best known for discovering Pluto in 1930, marking the first detection of what would...
Check photographing device patented
1st red & green traffic lights installed in Manhattan, NYC
Bouvet Island is an uninhabited subantarctic volcanic island and dependency of Norway.
1st US indoor glider flight, St Louis Terminal Building
The Coolidge Dam is a reinforced concrete multiple dome and buttress dam 31 miles (50 km) southeast of Globe, Arizona on the Gila River.
Georgetown High of Chicago defeats Homer 1-0 in basketball
A seaplane is a powered fixed-wing aircraft capable of taking off and landing (alighting) on water.
USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) floated out to become a national shrine
Construction begins of the Empire State Building, the world's 1st skyscraper of 100+ stories, on 5th Avenue in New York City
Boston Bruins win record 20th NHL home game
Nakagawa Soen accepted as a student of Katsube Keigaku Roshi
American engine builder Clessie Cummins sets diesel engine speed record of 80.4 mph (129.39 kph)
1st religious services telecast in US (W2XBS NYC)
Congress appropriates $50,000 for Inter-American highway
The Sea Beast is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Millard Webb, starring John Barrymore, Dolores Costello and George O'Hara.
Heinrich Aloysius Maria Elisabeth Brüning was a German Centre Party politician and academic, who served as the chancellor of Germany during the Weimar Republic from 1930 to 1932. A political...
Babberich-H soccer team forms
1st NY-Bermuda airplane flight lands in Bermuda
England cricket batsman Andy Sandham ends Day 2 of 4th Test against West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica unbeaten on 309; 1st triple century in Test history; out for 325
England cricketers dismissed for then record 849 v West Indies in 4th Test in Kingston, Jamaica; Andy Sandham out for 325
1st transcontinental glider tow completed
The New Zealand men's national cricket team represents New Zealand in men's international cricket.
Philip Barry's play "Hotel Universe" premieres in NYC
Abkhazian ASSR forms in Georgian SSR
Attempted raid on the armoury of police and auxiliary forces in Chittagong in Bengal province, British India by armed pro-independence revolutionaries led by Surya Sen popularly known as Master-da
British troops battle pro-independence revolutionaries in the Jalalabad hills near Chittagong, Bengal province, British India, 80 troops and 12 revolutionaries killed
White Sox first baseman Bud Clancy didn't handle ball at all in a 9 inning game vs St Louis Browns [1]
Minor league baseball teams were based in Independence, Kansas in various seasons between 1896 and 1952.
The 1930 major league baseball season began on April 14, 1930. The regular season ended on September 28, with the St.
The planet Pluto is officially named by 11-year-old English schoolgirl Venetia Burney
Des Moines (Western League) defeats Wichita 13-6 to open 1st ballpark with permanently installed lights
Duleepsinhji scores 333 for Sussex v Northants in 330 mins
Colonel Jacob Schick is granted a US Patent for the first electric razor (US1757978A)
US Congress designates Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico a National Park [1]
Ellen Church becomes 1st female airline stewardess aboard a United flight from San Francisco to Cheyenne
White women win voting rights in South Africa
First airplane catapulted from a dirigible, piloted by Charles Nicholson
Supreme Court rules buying liquor does not violate the Constitution
Richard Drew invents masking tape
George William Forbes (12 March 1869 – 17 May 1947) was a New Zealand politician who served as the 22nd prime minister of New Zealand from 28 May 1930 to 6 December 1935.
Shedd Aquarium (formally the John G. Shedd Aquarium) is a public aquarium in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
The Chrysler Building is a 1,046-foot-tall (319 m), Art Deco skyscraper in the East Midtown neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States.
Sarah Dickson becomes 1st woman US Presbyterian elder, in Cincinnati, Ohio
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a professional Canadian football team based in Winnipeg. The Blue Bombers compete in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member club of the league's West division.
22 people killed by hailstones in Siatista, Greece
VVGZ soccer team forms in Zwijndrecht
Sovnarkom establishes decree time in the USSR
Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Franklin Institute science museum held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
First night game in Detroit at the newly built Hamtramck Stadium as the Negro League Detroit Stars take on the KC Monarchs
1st round-the-world radio broadcast Schenectady, NY
Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. Located within the geo-political region of the Middle East, it is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south, Turkey to the north, Iran to...
MLB Chicago White Sox outfielder Carl Reynolds becomes only the 2nd player in MLB history to hit home runs in 3 consecutive innings in 15-4 victory at Yankee Stadium
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a Cabinet-level executive branch department of the federal government charged with providing lifelong healthcare services to eligible military...
Fred Newton (27) commences attempt to swim entire length of the Mississippi River from Ford Dam, Minnesota, to New Orleans, Louisiana; he covers 1826 miles over 176 days, almost twice the 90 days he estimates
David Sarnoff reports in the NY Times, "TV will be a theater in every home"
SHO soccer team forms in Old Beijerland
Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia and commonly known as simply Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.
Millsboro is a town in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. As of the 2020 census, Millsboro had a population of 6,863. It is part of the Salisbury metropolitan area.
Earthquake strikes Ariano in Italy, killing 1,500
Grover Cleveland Alexander (February 26, 1887 – November 4, 1950), nicknamed "Old Pete" and "Alexander the Great", was an American professional baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball.
Greensburg is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Green County, Kentucky, United States.
Holly Springs is a city in and the county seat of Marshall County, Mississippi, United States, near the border with Tennessee to the north.
Death Valley Days is a radio Western in the United States. It was broadcast on the Blue Network/ABC, CBS, and NBC from September 30, 1930, to September 14, 1951.
NY Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig drives in 8 runs with a grand slam and 2 doubles in a 14-13 win over the rival Boston Red Sox
Child labor laws established in Belgium
Joseph Force Crater (January 5, 1889 – disappeared August 6, 1930; declared legally dead June 6, 1939) was an American lawyer who served as a New York State Supreme Court justice and mysteriously...
A large mob estimated at 2,000 people lynches two young Black men, Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, in Marion, Indiana
The St. Louis Cardinals are an American professional baseball team based in St. Louis.
Tennessee (locally ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States.
Eastern Air Lines (also colloquially known as Eastern) was a trunk carrier, a scheduled airline in the United States that operated from 1926 to 1991.
DuMont's first TV broadcast for home reception in New York City
Prohibition of Wieringermeer finishes
The 1930 British Empire Games were the inaugural edition of what is now known as the Commonwealth Games, and was held in Hamilton, Ontario, from 16 to 23 August 1930.
The first Yser Tower ("Ijzertoren) is unveiled in Diksmuide, Belgium, as a memorial to the Flemish soldiers who lost their lives in the front line
The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland
Joseph Force Crater (January 5, 1889 – disappeared August 6, 1930; declared legally dead June 6, 1939) was an American lawyer who served as a New York State Supreme Court justice and mysteriously...
First non-stop airplane flight from Europe to the US (37 hours)
The recorded history of the Dominican Republic began in 1492 when Christopher Columbus, working for the Crown of Castile, arrived at a large island in the western Atlantic Ocean, later known as the...
The Cambridge Theatre is a West End theatre, on a corner site in Earlham Street facing Seven Dials, in the London Borough of Camden, built in 1929–30 for Bertie Meyer on an "irregular triangular...
The Brooklyn Dodgers were a Major League Baseball team founded in 1883 as the Brooklyn Grays.
American inventor Richard Gurley Drew creates Scotch tape
Charles E. Mitchell is named minister to Liberia
Stromboli volcano in Sicily ejects 2-ton basaltic rocks 2 miles, making it one of the most violent eruptions in recorded history
The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan.
First international bridge match is held in London; the US team defeats England
Phillies, trailing 10-5, score 5 in the 9th. Then Pirates score 4 in the top of the 10th, so Phillies score 5 in the bottom of the 10th to win 15-14
Enterprise (US) beats Shamrock V (UK) in 15th America's Cup
NY Yankee future Baseball HOF pitcher Red Ruffing hits 2 home runs to beat St. Louis Browns 7-6 at Sportsman's Park, St. Louis
Panikkervettil Thomas Panicker Geevarghese (21 September 1882 – 15 July 1953), known formally as Geevarghese Mar Ivanios, was a prominent Indian bishop and the first metropolitan archbishop and the...
German inventor Johann Ostermeyer receives a US patent for the flashbulb, initially marketed under the brand name Vacublitz
Once in a Lifetime is a 1930 play by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, the first of eight on which they collaborated in the 1930s. Hart wrote the original three-act play in 1929.
Austrian government of Vaugoin forms
The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central Division.
Boquerón Battle ends Paraguay border dispute
An airship, dirigible balloon or dirigible is a type of aerostat aircraft that can navigate through the air flying under its own power.
American aviator Laura Ingalls (36) completes the first transcontinental flight by a woman, making nine stops between Roosevelt Field in Mineola, New York and Glendale, California [1]
The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central Division.
The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne that competes in the Australian Football League...
New German Reichstag opens with 107 NSDAP members in uniform
Joseph Sylvester becomes the first jockey to win seven races in one day
Jules Ladoumègue runs a world record 1,000 m in 2:23.6
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes premieres on NBC radio
The British Symphony Orchestra (BSO or BrSO) is the name of a number of symphony orchestras, active in both concert halls and recording studios, which have existed at various times in Britain since...
1st indoor American football game Convention Hall in Atlantic City; a 7–0 victory by Washington & Jefferson over Lafayette, two Pennsylvania college teams
Dmitri Shostakovich's ballet "Zolotoi vek" (The Golden Age) premieres in Leningrad
First Eastern Canada night Canadian footbal game: Oshawa vs. Toronto Balmy Beach
Turkey and Greece sign a treaty of friendship
Legendary New Zealand-Australian racehorse Phar Lap wins the Melbourne Cup with the shortest odds ever offered
Friedrich Wolf's "Die Matrosen von Cattaro" premieres in Berlin
First nonstop airplane flight from New York to Panama, piloted by Roy W. Ammel
WA Drake's "Grand Hotel" premieres in NYC
Musical "Sweet & Low" with Fanny Brice premieres in NYC
Musical "Smiles" with Bob Hope and Fred Astaire premieres in NYC
NY Giant Hap Moran runs 91 yards for a TD from a scrimmage
Ruth Nichols sets the women's transcontinental air flight record from Mineola, New York, to California in a Lockheed Vega
Ito, Japan records 690 earthquake shocks in 1 day
The Symphony No. 2 in D-flat major, Op. 30, W45, "Romantic", was written by Howard Hanson on commission from Serge Koussevitzky for the 50th anniversary of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1930, and...
NHL abolishes the 20-minute slashing-about-the-head penalty
Airborn chemicals combine with fog to kill 60 (Meuse Valley, Belgium)
Vatican approves rhythm method for birth control
The Broadway Theatre (formerly Universal's Colony Theatre, B.S. Moss's Broadway Theatre, Earl Carroll's Broadway Theatre, and Ciné Roma) is a Broadway theater at 1681 Broadway (near 53rd Street) in...
Austrian American Karl Landsteiner is presented with the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine "for his discovery of human blood groups" [1]
Hans Fischer was a German organic chemist and the recipient of the 1930 Nobel Prize for Chemistry "for his researches into the constitution of haemin and chlorophyll and especially for his synthesis...
Indian Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman is presented with the Nobel Prize for Physics for work on light scattering - first Asian and non-white to win a Science Nobel
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
French government of André Tardieu falls for the second time
The New York Giants, an American football team which plays in the National Football League (NFL), have had a long, and at times turbulent financial history.
Cricketer Learie Constantine scores 100 runs in 52 mins West Indies v Tasmania (10x4, 1x6, 1x5) [1]
Convention of Economic Rapprochement/Oslo Agreesments signed between some European countries in response to the Great Depression
Bette Davis arrives in Hollywood under contract to Universal Studios
F. García Lorca's "La zapatera prodigiosa" premieres in Madrid
The Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run is a venue for bobsleigh, luge and skeleton on Mount Van Hoevenberg, located at the Lake Placid Olympic Sports Complex in Lake Placid, New York, United...
Fred Newton (27) becomes the first to swim the entire length of the Mississippi River from Ford Dam, Minnesota, to New Orleans, Louisiana; he covers 1,826 miles over 176 days, spending 742 hours in the water
Pontifical encyclical Casti connubii against mixed marriages
Don Shula, American athlete, known for american football player and coach, was born on 1930-01-04.
Rod Taylor, Australian actor, known for australian actor, was born on 1930-01-11. Rodney Sturt Taylor (11 January 1930 – 7 January 2015) was an Australian actor.
Tim Horton, Canadian athlete, known for canadian ice hockey player and businessman, was born on 1930-01-12.
Buzz Aldrin, American astronaut, known for second person to walk on the moon, was born on 1930-01-20.
John Polanyi, Canadian chemist, known for canadian chemist, was born on 1930-01-23. John Charles Polanyi (Hungarian: Polányi János Károly; born 23 January 1929) is a German-born Canadian chemist.
Gene Hackman, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1930-01-30. Eugene Allen Hackman (January 30, 1930 – c. February 18, 2025) was an American actor.
Ornette Coleman, American musician, known for american jazz musician and composer, was born on 1930-03-09.
Stephen Sondheim, American musician, known for american composer and lyricist, was born on 1930-03-22.
Sandra Day O'Connor, American lawyer, politician and judge, known for american lawyer, politician and judge, was born on 1930-03-26.
Rolf Harris, Australian entertainer, known for australian entertainer, was born on 1930-03-30.
Carolyn Jones, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1930-04-28. Carolyn Sue Jones (April 28, 1930 – August 3, 1983) was an American actress of television and film.
Ollie Matson, American athlete, known for american football player and sprinter, was born on 1930-05-01.
Harvey Milk, American gay rights activist, known for american gay rights activist, was born on 1930-05-22.
Ross Perot, American businessman and politician, known for american businessman and politician, was born on 1930-06-27.
Robert Evans film producer, known for american film producer, was born on 1930-06-29.
Imelda Marcos is born
George Steinbrenner, American athlete, known for american businessman, was born on 1930-07-04.
Sally Ann Howes, American actress and singer, known for british actress and singer, was born on 1930-07-20.
Gene Littler, American athlete, known for american professional golfer, was born on 1930-07-21.
Sonny Liston athlete, known for american boxer, was born on 1930-07-22. Charles L.
Neil Armstrong, American astronaut, known for first person to walk on the moon, was born on 1930-08-05.
Tony Trabert, American athlete, known for american tennis player, was born on 1930-08-16. Marion Anthony Trabert (August 16, 1930 – February 3, 2021) was an American amateur world No.
Vera Miles, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1930-08-23. Vera June Miles is a retired American actress.
Sean Connery, Scottish actor, known for scottish actor, was born on 1930-08-25. Sir Thomas Sean Connery (25 August 1930 – 31 October 2020) was a Scottish actor.
Frank Lucas, American drug lord, known for american drug lord, was born on 1930-09-09.
Richard Harris, Irish actor and singer, known for irish actor and singer, was born on 1930-10-01. Richard St John Francis Harris (1 October 1930 – 25 October 2002) was an Irish actor and singer.
Hafez al-Assad is born
Harold Pinter, British playwright, known for british playwright, was born on 1930-10-10. Harold Pinter (10 October 1930 – 24 December 2008) was a British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor.
Kurt Nielsen is born
Berry Gordy, American musician, known for american record executive, was born on 1930-11-28.
Jean-Luc Godard, French swiss film director, known for french and swiss film director, was born on 1930-12-03. Jean-Luc Godard was a French and Swiss film director, screenwriter, and film critic.
Maximilian Schell, Austrian actor, filmmaker, and theatre director, known for swiss actor, filmmaker, and theatre director, was born on 1930-12-08.
Bob Guccione, American photographer, painter and publisher, known for american photographer, painter and publisher, was born on 1930-12-17.
Steve McQueen, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1930-03-24. Terrence Stephen McQueen (March 24, 1930 – November 7, 1980) was an American actor.
Helmut Kohl is born
Harold Bloom, American critic, scholar, and writer, known for american critic, scholar, and writer, was born on 1930-07-11.
Ted Hughes, English poet and children's writer, known for english poet and children's writer, was born on 1930-08-17.
Bob Turley, American baseball player, known for american baseball player, was born on 1930-09-19.
Frank Ramsey, British philosopher, mathematician and economist, known for british philosopher, mathematician and economist, died on 1930-01-19.
D. H. Lawrence, English writer and poet, known for english writer and poet, died on 1930-03-02.
William Howard Taft dies
Miguel Primo de Rivera dies
Arthur Balfour dies
Vladimir Mayakovsky poet, known for russian poet, died on 1930-04-14. Vladimir Vladimirovich Mayakovsky (19 July [O.S. 7 July] 1893 – 14 April 1930) was a Russian poet, playwright, artist, and actor.
Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian polar explorer, known for norwegian polar explorer, died on 1930-05-13. Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen was a Norwegian polymath and Nobel Peace Prize laureate.