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Months in 1930: January February March April May June July September October November December

Historical Events

Results 1 - 19 of 19

3rd - 2nd time in 1930, Chuck Klein of Phillies hits in 26 straight games
4th - Child labor laws estralished in Belgium
6th - Supreme Court Justice John Force Crater disappears in NYC
6th - Remains of Solomon Andrees' balloon expedition to North Pole in 1897, found at Kvit oya Spitsbergen
7th - 2 black guys lynched in Marion Indiana
7th - Richard Bedford Bennet forms Canadian government
8th - St Louis Cards are 12 games back in NL, & go on to win pennant
9th - 113°F (45°C) at Perryville, Tennessee (state record)
9th - Betty Boop debuts in Max Fleischer's animated cartoon Dizzy Dishes
9th - Percy Williams runs world record 100m (10.3 sec)
16th - The first color sound cartoon, called Fiddlesticks, is made by Ub Iwerks.
18th - Eastern Airlines begins passenger service
20th - Bradman scores 232 in 5th Test Cricket at The Oval
20th - Dumont's 1st TV broadcast for home reception (NYC)
21st - Prohibition of Wieringermeer finished
22nd - Australia regain Ashes on 6th day of 5th Cricket Test
23rd - 44th US Womens Tennis: Betty Nuthall beats Anna McCune Harper (61 64)
26th - Hack Wilson hits his 44th HR, breaks Chuck Klein's NL record
29th - The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland.

Famous Birthdays

Results 1 - 76 of 76

1st - Geoffrey Holder, Trinidad, dancer/actor (Annie, The Wiz)
1st - Julie Bovasso, Brooklyn NY, actress (Willie & Phil, Just Me & You)
1st - Karoly Grosz, politician
1st - Lionel Bart, [Begleiter], English composer (Oliver!)
1st - Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist (d. 2002)
2nd - Ron de Lugo, (Rep-D-Virgin Islands, 1973-79, 81- )
2nd - Vali Myers, Australian painter (d. 2003)
3rd - James Komack, NYC, writer/director/actor (Courtship of Eddie's Father)
4th - David M G Curry, South African Labour Party parliament leader
4th - John Gorman, printer/socialist historian
4th - Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iranian shia cleric
5th - Neil Armstrong, Ohio, X-15 pilot, 1st Moonwalker (Gemini 8, Apollo 11)
5th - Michal Kováč, President of Slovakia
6th - Abbey Lincoln, Chicago IL, actress/singer (Nothing But a Man)
7th - Velio Tormis, composer
8th - Jerry Tarkanian, basketball coach (Calif State, UNLV, 625-122)
8th - Joan Mondale, wife of US vice-president Walter Mondale (1977-81)
8th - Nita Talbot, NYC NY, actress (Supertrain, Here We Go Again)
8th - Terry Nation, writer (Dr Who, Blake 7)
9th - Betty Boop, animation
10th - Barry Unsworth, novelist (Pascali's Island)
10th - Saeedi Sirjani, poet
11th - Heinz Werner Zimmermann, composer
11th - Michael Quinlan, civil servant
11th - William A O'Neal, (Gov-D-Ct)
12th - Ronald James Herron, architect
12th - Jacques Tits, Belgian mathematician
13th - Don Ho, Hawaii, ukulele player (Tiny Bubbles)
13th - Heino Jurisalu, composer
13th - Marquess Camden
13th - Don Ho, American musician (d. 2007)
13th - Wilmer David Mizell, American baseball player (d. 1999)
14th - Earl Weaver, St Louis Mo, manager (Balt Orioles 1968-82, 85-86)
14th - Gerald B H Solomon, (Rep-R-New York, 1979- )
14th - Lord Chorley, mountaineering enthusiast
15th - Ageeda Paavel, Estonian freedom fighter
16th - Frank Gifford, Calif, NFL halfback (NY Giants)/ABC sportscaster
16th - Marion A Trabert, tennis champ (US Open-1953)
16th - Robert Culp, Berkley Calif, actor (I Spy, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice)
16th - Ted Hughes, England, poet laureate (1984- )
16th - Tony Trabert, tennis pro (1955 Wimbledon)
17th - James Gulliver, businessman
17th - Ted Hughes, British poet laureate
17th - Glenn Corbett, American actor (d. 1993)
18th - Carl Barger, Lewistown Pa, baseball pres (Pitts Pirates, Fla Marlins)
18th - Grant Williams, NYC, actor (Hawaiian Eye, Incredible Shrinking Man)
18th - Johnny Preston, Port Arthur, Tx, rocker (Feel So Fine)
18th - Liviu Librescu, Israeli professor, killed in the Virginia Tech massacre
19th - D[avid] G[uy] Compton, UK, sci-fi author (Synthajoy, Radio Plays)
20th - Mario Bernardi, Canadian conductor
21st - Frank Perry, film director
21st - Margaret Rose, princess of Engl (Sister of Queen Elizabeth) [or 4/21]
22nd - Gilmar, Brazilian football player
23rd - Andy Ireland, (Rep-R-FL, 1977- )
23rd - Jack Bannister, cricketer (Warwickshire stalwart)/commentator (BBC)
23rd - John Fairclough, British scientific adviser
23rd - Michel Rocard, Courbevoie France, Prime Minister of France
23rd - Vera Miles, [Ralston], Boise City ID, actress (Psycho)
25th - Ariana CE Amsberg, Dutch publicist/actress (Aside, Sekstant)
25th - Graham Javis, Toronto Ontario, actor (Charlie-Mary Hartman)
25th - Page Johnson, WV, actress (Passages from Finnegan's Wake)
25th - Sean Connery, Edinburgh Scotland, actor (James Bond)
25th - Graham Jarvis, Canadian actor (d. 2003)
25th - Bruce Allpress, New Zealand actor
26th - Joe Solomon, cricketer (WI batsman of 50's Cap fell on wkt v Aust)
27th - John Daly, British trade union leader
27th - John Watts, chief of defense (Omani Armed Forces)
28th - Ben Gazzara, NYC, actor (Run for Your Life, QB VII)
28th - Windsor Davies, British actor
29th - Marius J J van Amelsvoort, Dutch undersecretary (CDA)
29th - Jacques Bouchard, Canadian advertising executive (d. 2006)
30th - Noel Harford, cricketer (brother of Roy NZ Test batsman in 1950's)
30th - Warren Burger, US, author (The Midas Touch)
30th - Warren Buffett, American entrepreneur
31st - Owen B Pickett, (Rep-D-Virginia)
31st - Tiny Little Jr, Worthington Minn, pianist (Lawrence Welk Show)

Famous Deaths

Results 1 - 9 of 9

4th - Siegfried Wagner, German opera composer, dies at 61
10th - William H Taft, US president (1909-13), dies
20th - Charles Bannerman, cricketer (1st three Tests for Australia), dies
25th - Siegfried Wagner, composer, dies at 61
26th - Lon Chaney, actor (Thunder, Big City, Unholy 3), dies at 47
27th - Didericus G van Epen, genealogist/Dutch Patriarch, dies at 62
28th - Alvar Gullstrand, Swedish optician (Nobel 1911), dies
29th - William Archibald Spooner, English writer (b. 1844)
30th - William H Taft, 27th US President (1909-13), dies