1930 - What happened in 1930 ?

January 1930

Monday 06:

The first diesel-engine automobile trip is completed (Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York City).

Monday 13:

Mickey Mouse comic strip makes first appearance.

Friday 31:

3M markets Scotch Tape.

February 1930

Tuesday 18:

Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly in an airplane and also the first cow to be milked in an airplane.

March 1930

Wednesday 12:

Mahatma Gandhi leads a 200-mile march known as Dandi March to the sea in defiance of British opposition, to protest the British monopoly on salt.

Friday 28:

Constantinople and Angora change their names to Istanbul and Ankara.

Saturday 29:

Heinrich Brüning is appointed German Reichskanzler.

Monday 31:

The Motion Pictures Production Code is instituted, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in motion pictures for the next forty years.

April 1930

Wednesday 02:

Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia.

Saturday 05:

In an act of civil disobedience, Mohandas Gandhi breaks British law after marching to the sea and making salt.

Monday 21:

A fire at a Columbus, Ohio, USA, penitentiary kills 320 people.

Tuesday 22:

The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding.

Monday 28:

The first night game in organized baseball history takes place in Independence, Kansas.

May 1930

Thursday 01:

The planet Pluto is officially named as such.

Sunday 04:

British police arrest Mahatma Gandhi and place him in Yeravda Central Prison.

Thursday 15:

Aboard a Boeing tri-motor, Ellen Church becomes the first airline stewardess, on a flight from Oakland, California to Chicago, Illinois.

Tuesday 27:

The 1,046 feet (319 meters) tall Chrysler Building in New York (tallest man-made structure at the time) opens to the public.

Wednesday 28:

The Chrysler Building in New York City officially opens.

June 1930

Monday 09:

Chicago Tribune reporter Jake Lingle is killed at the Illinois Central train station during rush hour by the Leo Vincent Brothers, allegedly over a 100,000 USD gambling debt owed to Al Capone.

Tuesday 17:

Bonus Army: Around a thousand World War I veterans mass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits.

Wednesday 18:

Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Franklin Institute are held

July 1930

Monday 07:

Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of the Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam).

Sunday 13:

The first FIFA World Cup begins in Uruguay.

Wednesday 16:

Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.

Wednesday 30:

In Montevideo, Uruguay win the first Football World Cup.

Thursday 31:

The radio mystery program The Shadow airs for the first time.

August 1930

Friday 08:

Betty Boop premieres in the animated film "Dizzy Dishes".

Saturday 16:

The first color sound cartoon, called Fiddlesticks, is made by Ub Iwerks

Friday 29:

The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to Scotland.

September 1930

Monday 08:

1930 - 3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape.

Friday 12:

Wilfred Rhodes ends his 1110-game first-class career by taking 5 for 95 for H.D.G. Leveson Gower's XI against the Australians.

October 1930

Sunday 05:

British Airship R101 crashed in France en-route to India on its maiden voyage.

Friday 24:

A bloodless coup d'état in Brazil ousts Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa, the last President of the First Republic. Getúlio Dornelles Vargas is then installed as "provisional president."

November 1930

Sunday 02:

Haile Selassie is crowned emperor of Ethiopia.

Wednesday 05:

Sinclair Lewis is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Tuesday 11:

Patent number US1781541 was awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention, the Einstein refrigerator.

December 1930

Tuesday 02:

Great Depression: US President Herbert Hoover goes before Congress and asks for a US$150 million public works program to help generate jobs and stimulate the economy.