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

Historical Events

Results 1 - 34 of 34

1st - Bradman scores 236 Aust v Worcs, his 1st f-class innings in Eng
2nd - Des Moines (Western League) defeats Wichita 13-6 to open 1st ballpark with permanently installed lights
5th - 1st woman to fly solo from Engl to Australia takes-off (Amy Johnson)
5th - Bradman scores 185* Aust v Leicestershire, 317 mins, 16 fours
7th - Duleepsinhji scores 333 for Sussex v Northants in 330 mins
9th - 56th Preakness: Earl Sande aboard Gallant Fox wins in 2:00.6
10th - 1st US planetarium opens (Adler-Chicago)
10th - Clarrie Grimmett takes 10 for 37 v Yorkshire at Sheffield
12th - Pulitzer prize awarded to Marc Connelly (Green Pastures)
13th - Farmer killed by hail in Lubbock, Texas
13th - Only known fatality due to hail
15th - Ellen Church becomes 1st airline stewardess, United (SF to Cheyenne)
16th - 6th Walker Cup: US, 10-2
17th - 56th Kentucky Derby: Earl Sande aboard Gallant Fox wins in 2:07.6
19th - White woman win voting rights in South-Africa
20th - 1st airplane catapulted from a dirigible, Charles Nicholson, pilot
20th - University of California dedicates $1,500 to research on prevention & cure of athlete's foot
21st - Max Bishop draws 8 walks in a doubleheader
21st - NY Yankee Babe Ruth hits 3 consecutive homers
22nd - Ruth hits 3 consecutive HR (8th-10th of 60 in 1930)
22nd - Yankee "Bronx Bombers" hit 14 HRs in a game
24th - 1st woman to fly from England to Australia solo, lands (Amy Johnson)
24th - Bradman scores 252* Australia v Surrey, 290 mins, 29 fours
24th - Ruth homers in both games of a doubleheader, giving him 9 in one week
26th - Joe Sewell, strikes out twice of his 3 times in 1930, by Pat Caraway
26th - Supreme Court rules buying liquor does not violate the Constitution
27th - Richard Drew invents masking tape
27th - The 1,046-foot (319-meter) Chrysler Building in New York City, the tallest man-made structure at the time, opens to the public.
28th - Georges Forbes succeeds Joseph Ward as premier of NZ
28th - The Chrysler Building in New York City officially opens.
30th - Bill Arnold wins Indianapolis 500 car race (161.6 kph)
31st - Bradman gets his 1,000th run of the English Cricket season
31st - Building begins on Albert Canal in Belgium
31st - Comet 73P/1930 (Schwassmann-Wachmann 3) approaches 0.0617 AUs of Earth

Famous Birthdays

Results 1 - 58 of 58

1st - Little Walter, [Marion Walter Jacobs], rocker
1st - Ollie Matson, NFL halfback (Cardinals, Rams, Lions, Eagles)
1st - Richard Riordan, former mayor of Los Angeles
2nd - Marco Pannella, Italian politician and activist
3rd - David Evatt Tunley, composer
4th - Roberta Peters, NYC, operatic soprano (NY Met)
5th - Michael James Adams, USAF pilot (X-15)
7th - Aviard Gavrilovich Fastovets, Russia, cosmonaut
7th - Horst Bienek, German poet
7th - Totie Fields, American comedienne (d. 1978)
8th - Doug Atkins, Humbolt Tn, NFL hall of famer (Browns, Bears, Saints)
8th - Gary Snyder, [Japhy Ryder], beat poet (Rip Rap & Cold Mountain Poems)
8th - Heather Harper, soprano
9th - Joan Sims, actress (Carry on Behind, Carry on Cleo)
10th - June Knox-Mawer, British radio host/novelist (World of Islands)
10th - Pat Summerall, NFLer (NY Giants)/sportscaster (CBS)/alchoholic
10th - Scott Muni, American radio DJ (d. 2004)
11th - M J Hamlin, Principal/Vice-Chancellor (Dundee University)
11th - Stanley L Elkin, Bkln NY, writer/professor (Living End)
11th - Edsger Dijkstra, Dutch computer scientist (d. 2002)
11th - Bud Ekins, American stuntman (d. 2007)
12th - Pat McCormick-Keller, Lakewood Calif, diver (Oly-4 gold-1952, 56)
13th - Mike Gravel, (Sen-R-Alaska)
13th - Vernon Shaw, former president of Dominica
14th - Edward V "Ned" Regan, Planfield NJ, (Controller-R-NY, 1978- )
14th - Phillipo Seed, social work academic
15th - Jasper Johns, Augusta, Ga, painter/sculptor (Green Target)
16th - Desmond Langley, gov (Bermuda)
16th - Don Conicannon, govt minister
16th - Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist/composer (Hangman's Songs)
18th - Barbara Goldsmith, New Rochelle, author (Little Gloria Happy At Last)
18th - Don Leslie Lind, Midvale Utah, astronaut (STS 51-B)
18th - Fred[erick Thomas] Saberhagen, US, sci-fi author (Book of Swords)
18th - Geoffrey Littler, CEO (County NatWest Group)
18th - Warren B Rudman, (Sen-R-NH, 1980- )
19th - Hans Kox, composer
19th - Lorraine Hansberry, playwright (Raisin in the Sun)
20th - James McEachin, Pennert NC, actor (Harry-Tenafly)
20th - Robert Bunyard, Commandant (British Police Staff College)
21st - David Smith, principal/vice chancellor (Edinburgh University)
21st - Malcolm Fraser, PM of Australia (Liberal, 1975-83)
21st - Stanley Wells, director (Shakespeare Institute U of Birmingham)
22nd - Dieuwke Y W de Graaff-Nauta, Dutch undersecretary of the Interior
23rd - Richard Anuszkiewicz, Erie, Pa, painter
23rd - Friedrich Achleitner, German poet
24th - Hans-Martin Linde, composer
24th - Ivor Richardson, Judge (NZ Court of Appeals)
27th - Eino Tamberg, composer
27th - John Barth, novelist (Sot-Weed Factor)
27th - Simon Barrington-Ward
27th - William S Sessions, Arkansas, director of FBI
28th - Edward Seaga, PM (Jamaica)
28th - Julian Penkivil Slade, composer
29th - Eleanor Fazan, opera/show choreographer (Lassiter, Ruling Class)
30th - Mark Birley, British nightclub owner (d. 2007)
30th - Robert Ryman, American painter
31st - Clint Eastwood, SF Calif, actor (Dirty Harry)/mayor (Carmel, Calif)
31st - William Taylor, British Chairman of Convocation (London University)

Famous Deaths

Results 1 - 7 of 7

8th - Lvar Henning Mankell, composer, dies at 61
12th - Pieter Jelles Troelstra, Dutch SDAP leader, dies at 70
13th - Fridtjof Nansen, diplomat (Nobel 1922), dies
13th - Helena Lange, German feminist, dies
17th - Herbert David Croly, US founder (New Republic), dies at 61
18th - Joao Marcellino Arroyo, composer, dies at 68
25th - Randall Thomas Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1848)