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===June-August=== | ===June-August=== | ||
| − | * [[June 9]] - '' | + | * [[June 9, 1930|June 9]] - ''Chicago Tribune'' journalist Alfred Lingle is shot in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Newspapers promise $55,000 reward for information. Lingle is later found to have had contacts to organized crime. |
| − | * [[June 17]] - U.S. President | + | * [[June 17, 1930|June 17]] - U.S. President Herbert Hoover signs the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act into law. |
| − | * [[June 17]] - | + | * [[June 17, 1930|June 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. |
| − | * [[June 21]] - One-year | + | * [[June 21, 1930|June 21]] - One-year conscription comes into force in France. |
| − | * [[July 7]] - | + | * [[July 7, 1930|July 7]] - Lapua Movement marches in Helsinki, Finland. |
| − | * [[July 7]] - Building of the Boulder Dam (now known as | + | * [[July 7, 1930|July 7]] - Building of the Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam) is started. |
| − | * [[July 13]] - The first soccer World Cup starts: | + | * [[July 13, 1930|July 13]] - The first soccer World Cup starts: Lucien Laurent scores the first goal, for France against Mexico. |
| − | * [[July 26]] - | + | * [[July 26, 1930|July 26]] - Charles Creighton and James Hargis of Missouri begin their return journey to Los Angeles - driving 11,555 km using only a reverse gear. The trip lasts the next 42 days. |
| − | * [[July 30]] - | + | * [[July 30, 1930|July 30]] - Uruguay beat Argentina 4-2 in the first soccer World Cup Final. |
| − | * [[July 31]] - The | + | * [[July 31, 1930|July 31]] - The radio mystery program ''The Shadow'' airs for the first time. |
| − | * [[August 7]] - | + | * [[August 7, 1930|August 7]] - Richard Bedford Bennett becomes Canada's eleventh Prime Minister. |
| − | * [[August 9]] - | + | * [[August 9, 1930|August 9]] - Betty Boop premiers in the animated film ''Dizzy Dishes''. |
| − | * [[August 12]] - | + | * [[August 12, 1930|August 12]] - Turkish troops move into Persia to fight Kurdish insurgents. |
| − | * [[August 27]] - | + | * [[August 27, 1930|August 27]] - Military junta takes over in Peru. |
===September-December=== | ===September-December=== | ||
| − | * [[September 6]] - | + | * [[September 6, 1930|September 6]] - Josef Felix Urileu makes a successful military coup in Argentina, deposing the President, Hipólito Yrigoyen. |
| − | * [[September 8]] - 3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape. | + | * [[September 8, 1930|September 8]] - 3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape. |
| − | * [[September 12]] - | + | * [[September 12, 1930|September 12]] - Wilfred Rhodes end his 1110-game first-class career by taking 5 for 95 for H.D.G. Leveson Gower's XI against the Australians. |
| − | * [[September 14]] - | + | * [[September 14, 1930|September 14]] - National socialists win 107 seats in German parliament - 18.3% of all the votes makes them second largest party. |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[October 5, 1930|October 5]] - British Airship R101 crashed in France en-route to India on its maiden voyage. |
| − | + | * [[October 24, 1930|October 24]] - Brazil - Revolution of 1930 by Getúlio Dornelles Vargas. | |
| − | * [[October 24]] - | + | * [[November 2, 1930|November 2]] - Haile Selassie is crowned emperor of Ethiopia. |
| − | * [[November | + | * [[November 25, 1930|November 25]] - An earthquake in the Izu Peninsula of Japan kills 223 people and destroys 650 buildings. |
| − | + | * [[December 2, 1930|December 2]] - 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. | |
| − | * [[November 25]] - An | + | * [[December 19, 1930|December 19]] - Merap volcano erupts - 1300 dead. |
| − | * [[December 2]] - | + | * [[December 24, 1930|December 24]] - In London, Harry Grindell Matthews demonstrates his device to project pictures to the clouds. |
| − | * [[December 19]] - | + | * [[December 28, 1930|December 28]] - Mohandas Gandhi leaves for Britain for negotiations. |
| − | * [[December 24]] - In | ||
| − | * [[December 28]] - | ||
===Unknown dates=== | ===Unknown dates=== | ||
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==Births== | ==Births== | ||
===January-February=== | ===January-February=== | ||
| − | *[[January 2]] - | + | *[[January 2, 1930|January 2]] - Julius LaRosa, American singer |
| − | *[[January 12]] - | + | *[[January 12, 1930|January 12]] - Jennifer Johnston, Irish writer |
| − | *[[January 20]] - | + | *[[January 20, 1930|January 20]] - Buzz Aldrin, American pilot and astronaut |
| − | *[[January 23]] - | + | *[[January 23, 1930|January 23]] - Derek Walcott, West Indian writer, Nobel Prize laureate |
| − | *[[January 26]] - | + | *[[January 26, 1930|January 26]] - John Straffen, British serial killer |
| − | *[[January 29]] - | + | *[[January 29, 1930|January 29]] - Bobby Bland, American singer |
| − | *[[January 30]] - [[ | + | *[[January 30, 1930|January 30]] - Gene Hackman, American actor |
| − | *[[February 27]] - | + | *[[February 24, 1930|February 24]] - Anita Steckel, American artist (d. 2012) |
| − | *[[February 27]] - | + | *[[February 27, 1930|February 27]] - Joanne Woodward, Oscar-winning American actress |
| − | *[[February 28]] - | + | *[[February 27, 1930|February 27]] - Peter Stone, American writer (d. 2003) |
| + | *[[February 28, 1930|February 28]] - Leon Neil Cooper, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate | ||
===March=== | ===March=== | ||
| − | * [[March 3]] - | + | * [[March 3, 1930|March 3]] - Heiner Geißler, German politician |
| − | * [[March 6]] - | + | * [[March 6, 1930|March 6]] - Allison Hayes, American actress (d. 1977) |
| − | *[[March 6]] - | + | *[[March 6, 1930|March 6]] - Lorin Maazel, French-born conductor |
| − | * [[March 7]] - | + | * [[March 7, 1930|March 7]] - Antony Armstrong-Jones, Lord Snowdon |
| − | * [[March 10]] - | + | * [[March 10, 1930|March 10]] - Claude Bolling, French jazz pianist and composer |
| − | * [[March 15]] - | + | * [[March 15, 1930|March 15]] - Zhores Ivanovich Alferov, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate |
| − | * [[March 17]] - | + | * [[March 17, 1930|March 17]] - James Irwin, astronaut (d. 1991) |
| − | * [[March 19]] - | + | * [[March 19, 1930|March 19]] - Ornette Coleman, American musician |
| − | * [[March 20]] - | + | * [[March 20, 1930|March 20]] - Willie Thrower, American football player |
| − | * [[March 22]] - | + | * [[March 22, 1930|March 22]] - Pat Robertson, American televangelist |
| − | *[[March 22]] - | + | *[[March 22, 1930|March 22]] - Stephen Sondheim, American composer and lyricist |
| − | * [[March 24]] - | + | * [[March 24, 1930|March 24]] - David Dacko, first President of the Central African Republic (d. 2003) |
| − | *[[March 24]] - | + | *[[March 24, 1930|March 24]] - Steve McQueen, American actor, film director, and producer (d. 1980) |
| − | * [[March 25]] - | + | * [[March 25, 1930|March 25]] - John Keel, American author |
| − | * [[March 26]] - | + | * [[March 26, 1930|March 26]] - Sandra Day O'Connor, U.S. Supreme Court Justice |
| − | * [[March 27]] - | + | * [[March 27, 1930|March 27]] - David Janssen, American actor (d. 1980) |
| − | * [[March 28]] - | + | * [[March 28, 1930|March 28]] - Jerome Isaac Friedman, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate |
| − | * [[March 30]] - | + | * [[March 30, 1930|March 30]] - John Astin, American actor |
| − | *[[March 30]] - | + | *[[March 30, 1930|March 30]] - Rolf Harris, Australian-born entertainer |
| − | *[[March 30]] - | + | *[[March 30, 1930|March 30]] - Peter Marshall, American game show host |
===April=== | ===April=== | ||
| − | *[[April 3]] - | + | *[[April 3, 1930|April 3]] - Helmut Kohl, Chancellor of Germany |
| − | *[[April 8]] - | + | *[[April 8, 1930|April 8]] - Carlos Hugo of Bourbon-Parma, Duke of Parma, Aristocrat |
| − | *[[April 10]] - | + | *[[April 10, 1930|April 10]] - Pertti "Spede" Olavi Pasanen, Finnish television personality (d. 2001) |
| − | *[[April 11]] - | + | *[[April 11, 1930|April 11]] - Anton LaVey, American religious leader (d. 1997) |
| − | *[[April 15]] - | + | *[[April 15, 1930|April 15]] - Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, President of Iceland |
| − | *[[April 16]] - | + | *[[April 16, 1930|April 16]] - Herbie Mann, American jazz flutist (d. 2003) |
| − | *[[April 21]] - | + | *[[April 21, 1930|April 21]] - Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (d. 1989) |
| − | *[[April 25]] - | + | *[[April 25, 1930|April 25]] - Paul Mazursky, American director and writer |
| − | *[[April 29]] - | + | *[[April 29, 1930|April 29]] - Jean Rochefort, French actor |
===May-August=== | ===May-August=== | ||
| − | *[[May 4]] - | + | *[[May 4, 1930|May 4]] - Roberta Peters, American soprano |
| − | *[[May 8]] - | + | *[[May 8, 1930|May 8]] - Heather Harper, Irish soprano |
| − | *[[May 9]] - | + | *[[May 9, 1930|May 9]] - Joan Sims, English actress (d. 2001) |
| − | *[[May 10]] - | + | *[[May 10, 1930|May 10]] - Pat Summerall, American football player and broadcaster |
| − | *[[May 15]] - | + | *[[May 15, 1930|May 15]] - Jasper Johns, American painter |
| − | *[[May 19]] - | + | *[[May 19, 1930|May 19]] - Lorraine Hansberry, American playwright (d. 1965) |
| − | *[[May 21]] - | + | *[[May 21, 1930|May 21]] - Malcolm Fraser, twenty-second Prime Minister of Australia |
| − | *[[May 22]] - | + | *[[May 22, 1930|May 22]] - John Barth, American writer |
| − | *[[May 22]] - | + | *[[May 22, 1930|May 22]] - Harvey Milk, American politician and civil rights activist (d. 1978) |
| − | *[[May 31]] - | + | *[[May 31, 1930|May 31]] - Clint Eastwood, American actor, director, and producer |
| − | *[[June 2]] - | + | *[[June 2, 1930|June 2]] - Charles Conrad, astronaut (d. 1999) |
| − | *[[June 8]] - | + | *[[June 8, 1930|June 8]] - Robert Aumann, German-born mathematician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics |
| − | *[[June 9]] - | + | *[[June 9, 1930|June 9]] - Monique Serf, French musician (d. 1997) |
| − | *[[June 12]] - | + | *[[June 12, 1930|June 12]] - Jim Nabors, American actor, musician, and comedian |
| − | *[[June 17]] - | + | *[[June 17, 1930|June 17]] - Brian Statham, English cricketer (d. 2000) |
| − | *[[June 22]] - | + | *[[June 22, 1930|June 22]] - Yuri Artyukhin, cosmonaut (d. 1998) |
| − | *[[June 27]] - | + | *[[June 27, 1930|June 27]] - Ross Perot, American billionaire and politician |
| − | *[[July 2]] - | + | *[[July 2, 1930|July 2]] - Carlos Menem, President of Argentina |
| − | *[[July 3]] - | + | *[[July 3, 1930|July 3]] - Carlos Kleiber, Austrian conductor (d. 2004) |
| − | *[[July 4]] - | + | *[[July 4, 1930|July 4]] - George Steinbrenner, baseball team owner |
| − | *[[July 11]] - | + | *[[July 11, 1930|July 11]] - Harold Bloom, American literary critic |
| − | *[[July 15]] - | + | *[[July 15, 1930|July 15]] - Jacques Derrida, Algerian-born French literary critic (d. 2004) |
| − | *[[July 25]] - | + | *[[July 25, 1930|July 25]] - Maureen Forrester, Canadian contralto |
| − | *[[July 25]] - | + | *[[July 25, 1930|July 25]] - Murray Chapple, New Zealand cricket captain (d. 1985) |
| − | *[[August 1]] - | + | *[[August 1, 1930|August 1]] - Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist |
| − | *[[August 5]] - | + | *[[August 5, 1930|August 5]] - Neil Armstrong, astronaut |
| − | *[[August 12]] - | + | *[[August 12, 1930|August 12]] - George Soros, Hungarian-born businessman |
| − | *[[August 17]] - | + | *[[August 27, 1930|August 17]] - Ted Hughes, English poet (d. 1998) |
| − | *[[August 21]] - | + | *[[August 21, 1930|August 21]] - Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (d. 2002) |
| − | *[[August 25]] - Sir | + | *[[August 25, 1930|August 25]] - Sir Sean Connery, Scottish actor |
| − | *[[August 30]] - | + | *[[August 30, 1930|August 30]] - Warren Buffett, American investor |
===September-December=== | ===September-December=== | ||
| − | *[[September 3]] - | + | *[[September 3, 1930|September 3]] - Cherry Wilder, New Zealand author (d. 2002) |
| − | *[[September 7]] - King | + | *[[September 7, 1930|September 7]] - King Baudouin I of Belgium (d. 1993) |
| − | *[[September 16]] - | + | *[[September 16, 1930|September 16]] - Anne Francis, American actress |
| − | *[[September 25]] - | + | *[[September 25, 1930|September 25]] - Shel Silverstein, American author, poet, and humorist (d. 1999) |
| − | *[[September 26]] - | + | *[[September 26, 1930|September 26]] - Fritz Wunderlich, German tenor (d. 1966) |
| − | *[[September 30]] - | + | *[[September 30, 1930|September 30]] - Ray Charles, American singer and musician (d. 2004) |
| − | *[[October 1]] - | + | *[[October 1, 1930|October 1]] - Richard Harris, Irish actor (d. 2002) |
| − | *[[October 5]] - | + | *[[October 5, 1930|October 5]] - Anne Haddy, Australian actress (d. 1999) |
| − | *[[October 5]] - | + | *[[October 5, 1930|October 5]] - Pavel Popovich, cosmonaut |
| − | *[[October 5]] - | + | *[[October 5, 1930|October 5]] - Reinhard Selten, German economist, Nobel Prize laureate |
| − | *[[October 6]] - | + | *[[October 6, 1930|October 6]] - Hafez al-Assad, President of Syria (d. 2000) |
| − | *[[October 8]] - | + | *[[October 8, 1930|October 8]] - Tōru Takemitsu, Japanese composer (d. 1996) |
| − | *[[October 10]] - | + | *[[October 10, 1930|October 10]] - Yves Chauvin, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate |
| − | *[[October 10]] - | + | *[[October 10, 1930|October 10]] - Harold Pinter, English playwright, Nobel Prize laureate |
| − | *[[October 11]] - | + | *[[October 11, 1930|October 11]] - Sam Johnson, American politician |
| − | *[[October 17]] - | + | *[[October 17, 1930|October 17]] - Robert Atkins, American nutritionist (d. 2003) |
| − | *[[October 28]] - | + | *[[October 28, 1930|October 28]] - Bernie Ecclestone, English auto racing tycoon |
| − | *[[October 30]] - | + | *[[October 30, 1930|October 30]] - Timothy Findley, Canadian author (d. 2002) |
| − | *[[November 4]] - | + | *[[November 4, 1930|November 4]] - Doris Roberts, American actress |
| − | *[[November 14]] - | + | *[[November 14, 1930|November 14]] - Edward White, astronaut (d. 1967) |
| − | *[[November 16]] - | + | *[[November 16, 1930|November 16]] - Chinua Achebe, Nigerian writer |
| − | *[[November 24]] - | + | *[[November 24, 1930|November 24]] - Bob Friend, baseball player |
| − | *[[December 1]] - | + | *[[December 1]] - Joachim Hoffmann, German historian (d. 2002) |
| − | *[[December 2]] - | + | *[[December 2, 1930|December 2]] - Gary Becker, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate |
| − | *[[December 6]] - | + | *[[December 6, 1930|December 6]] - Daniel Lisulo, Prime Minister of Zambia {d. 2000) |
| − | *[[December 11]] - | + | *[[December 11, 1930|December 11]] - Jean-Louis Trintignant, French actor |
| − | *[[December 15]] - | + | *[[December 15, 1930|December 15]] - Edna O'Brien, Irish writer/author |
| − | *[[December 21]] - | + | *[[December 21, 1930|December 21]] - Adebayo Adedeji, Nigerian UN official |
===Date unknown=== | ===Date unknown=== | ||
| − | * | + | * Amelia Rosselli, Italian poet (d. 1996) |
| − | * | + | * Barney Glaser, American sociologist |
==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
| − | * [[February 23]] - | + | * [[February 23, 1930|February 23]] - Horst Wessel, Nazi ideologue and composer (b. 1907) |
| − | * [[February 27]] - | + | * [[February 27, 1930|February 27]] - Ahmad Shah Qajar, Shah of Persia (b. 1898) |
| − | * [[March 2]] - | + | * [[March 2, 1930|March 2]] - D. H. Lawrence, English writer (b. 1885) |
| − | * [[March 8]] - | + | * [[March 8, 1930|March 8]] - William Howard Taft, President of the United States, Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1857) |
| − | * [[March 19]] - | + | * [[March 19, 1930|March 19]] - Arthur James Balfour, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1848) |
| − | * [[March 24]] - | + | * [[March 24, 1930|March 24]] - Eugeen Van Mieghem, Belgian painter (b. 1875) |
| − | * [[April 2]] - Empress | + | * [[April 2, 1930|April 2]] - Empress Zawditu of Ethiopia (b. 1876) |
| − | * [[April 21]] - | + | * [[April 21, 1930|April 21]] - Robert Bridges, English poet (b. 1844) |
| − | *[[April 22]] - | + | *[[April 22, 1930|April 22]] - Jeppe Aakjær, Danish poet and novelist (b. 1866) |
| − | * [[May 13]] - | + | * [[May 13, 1930|May 13]] - Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian explorer, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1861) |
| − | * [[May 25]] - | + | * [[May 25, 1930|May 25]] - Randall Thomas Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1848) |
| − | * [[June 5]] - | + | * [[June 5, 1930|June 5]] - Pascin, Bulgarian painter (b. 1885) |
| − | * [[July 7]] - | + | * [[July 7, 1930|July 7]] - Arthur Conan Doyle, British author (b. 1859) |
| − | *[[July 28]] - | + | * [[July 28, 1930|July 28]] - Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1862) |
| − | * [[August 15]] - | + | * [[August 15, 1930|August 15]] - Florian Cajori, Swiss-born historian of mathematics (b. 1859) |
| − | * [[August 29]] - | + | * [[August 29, 1930|August 29]] - William Archibald Spooner, British scholar and Anglican priest (b. 1844) |
| − | * [[September 24]] - | + | * [[September 24, 1930|September 24]] - William A. MacCorkle, Governor of West Virginia (b. 1857) |
| − | * [[October 26]] - | + | * [[October 26, 1930|October 26]] - Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman and horse breeder (b. 1872) |
| − | * [[November 4]] - | + | * [[November 4, 1930|November 4]] - Buddy Bolden, American musician (b. 1877) |
| − | *[[November 5]] - | + | *[[November 5, 1930|November 5]] - Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and pathologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1858) |
| − | * [[December 9]] - | + | * [[December 9, 1930|December 9]] - Andrew "Rube" Foster, Negro League baseball player |
| − | *[[December 9]] - | + | *[[December 9, 1930|December 9]] - Laura Muntz Lyall, Canadian painter (b. 1860) |
| − | * [[December 13]] - | + | * [[December 13, 1930|December 13]] - Fritz Pregl, Austrian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869) |
==Nobel Prizes== | ==Nobel Prizes== | ||
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Contents
Events
January-February
- January 6 - The first diesel-engine automobile trip is completed (Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York City).
- February 18 - While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto.
- February 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
- March 2 - Mohandas Gandhi informs British viceroy of India that civil disobedience would begin nine days later.
- March 5 - Danish painter Einar Wegener goes through a sexual reassignment surgery and takes the name Lili Elbe.
- March 6 - first frozen foods of Clarence Birdseye go on sale in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA.
- March 12 - Mohandas Gandhi sets off to a 200-mile protest march towards the sea with 78 followers to protest the British monopoly on salt - more will join them during the Salt March that ends in April 5.
- March 28 - Constantinople and Angora change their names to Istanbul and Ankara.
- March 29 - Heinrich Brüning is appointed German Reichskanzler (Chancellor).
- March 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-May
- April 5 - In an act of civil disobedience, Mahatma Gandhi breaks British law after marching to the sea and making salt.
- April 6 - Hostess Twinkies are invented.
- April 21 - Fire in Ohio State Penitentiary near Columbus kills 320.
- April 22 - The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding.
- April 28 - The first night game in organized baseball history takes place in Independence, Kansas.
- May 4/May 5 - Mohandas Gandhi is arrested again.
- May 6 - The Great Salmas Earthquake in Iran.
- May 15 - Aboard a Boeing tri-motor, Ellen Church becomes the first airline stewardess (the flight was from Oakland, California to Chicago, Illinois).
- May 17 - French Prime Minister André Tardieu decides to withdraw the remaining French troops from the Rheinland. They depart by June 30.
- May 20 - Sergei Eisenstein arrives in New York City
- May 24 - Amy Johnson lands in Darwin, Australia becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia (she left on May 5 for the 11,000 mile flight).
- May 30 - Sergei Eisenstein arrives in Hollywood to work for Paramount Pictures - they part ways by October.
June-August
- June 9 - Chicago Tribune journalist Alfred Lingle is shot in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Newspapers promise $55,000 reward for information. Lingle is later found to have had contacts to organized crime.
- June 17 - U.S. President Herbert Hoover signs the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act into law.
- June 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.
- June 21 - One-year conscription comes into force in France.
- July 7 - Lapua Movement marches in Helsinki, Finland.
- July 7 - Building of the Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam) is started.
- July 13 - The first soccer World Cup starts: Lucien Laurent scores the first goal, for France against Mexico.
- July 26 - Charles Creighton and James Hargis of Missouri begin their return journey to Los Angeles - driving 11,555 km using only a reverse gear. The trip lasts the next 42 days.
- July 30 - Uruguay beat Argentina 4-2 in the first soccer World Cup Final.
- July 31 - The radio mystery program The Shadow airs for the first time.
- August 7 - Richard Bedford Bennett becomes Canada's eleventh Prime Minister.
- August 9 - Betty Boop premiers in the animated film Dizzy Dishes.
- August 12 - Turkish troops move into Persia to fight Kurdish insurgents.
- August 27 - Military junta takes over in Peru.
September-December
- September 6 - Josef Felix Urileu makes a successful military coup in Argentina, deposing the President, Hipólito Yrigoyen.
- September 8 - 3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape.
- September 12 - Wilfred Rhodes end his 1110-game first-class career by taking 5 for 95 for H.D.G. Leveson Gower's XI against the Australians.
- September 14 - National socialists win 107 seats in German parliament - 18.3% of all the votes makes them second largest party.
- October 5 - British Airship R101 crashed in France en-route to India on its maiden voyage.
- October 24 - Brazil - Revolution of 1930 by Getúlio Dornelles Vargas.
- November 2 - Haile Selassie is crowned emperor of Ethiopia.
- November 25 - An earthquake in the Izu Peninsula of Japan kills 223 people and destroys 650 buildings.
- December 2 - 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.
- December 19 - Merap volcano erupts - 1300 dead.
- December 24 - In London, Harry Grindell Matthews demonstrates his device to project pictures to the clouds.
- December 28 - Mohandas Gandhi leaves for Britain for negotiations.
Unknown dates
- British White Paper demands restrictions on Jewish immigration into Palestine.
- Rafael Leónidas Trujillo takes over in the Dominican Republic.
- The Federal Bureau of Narcotics replaces the Narcotics Division of the Prohibition Unit.
- Walther Bothe and H. Becker discover the neutron.
- Abkhazia and Georgia, autonomous republics of the Soviet Union, are merged.
- The University of Queensland starts the pitch drop experiment.
- Jake paralysis outbreak occurs in United States.
Births
January-February
- January 2 - Julius LaRosa, American singer
- January 12 - Jennifer Johnston, Irish writer
- January 20 - Buzz Aldrin, American pilot and astronaut
- January 23 - Derek Walcott, West Indian writer, Nobel Prize laureate
- January 26 - John Straffen, British serial killer
- January 29 - Bobby Bland, American singer
- January 30 - Gene Hackman, American actor
- February 24 - Anita Steckel, American artist (d. 2012)
- February 27 - Joanne Woodward, Oscar-winning American actress
- February 27 - Peter Stone, American writer (d. 2003)
- February 28 - Leon Neil Cooper, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
March
- March 3 - Heiner Geißler, German politician
- March 6 - Allison Hayes, American actress (d. 1977)
- March 6 - Lorin Maazel, French-born conductor
- March 7 - Antony Armstrong-Jones, Lord Snowdon
- March 10 - Claude Bolling, French jazz pianist and composer
- March 15 - Zhores Ivanovich Alferov, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- March 17 - James Irwin, astronaut (d. 1991)
- March 19 - Ornette Coleman, American musician
- March 20 - Willie Thrower, American football player
- March 22 - Pat Robertson, American televangelist
- March 22 - Stephen Sondheim, American composer and lyricist
- March 24 - David Dacko, first President of the Central African Republic (d. 2003)
- March 24 - Steve McQueen, American actor, film director, and producer (d. 1980)
- March 25 - John Keel, American author
- March 26 - Sandra Day O'Connor, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
- March 27 - David Janssen, American actor (d. 1980)
- March 28 - Jerome Isaac Friedman, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- March 30 - John Astin, American actor
- March 30 - Rolf Harris, Australian-born entertainer
- March 30 - Peter Marshall, American game show host
April
- April 3 - Helmut Kohl, Chancellor of Germany
- April 8 - Carlos Hugo of Bourbon-Parma, Duke of Parma, Aristocrat
- April 10 - Pertti "Spede" Olavi Pasanen, Finnish television personality (d. 2001)
- April 11 - Anton LaVey, American religious leader (d. 1997)
- April 15 - Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, President of Iceland
- April 16 - Herbie Mann, American jazz flutist (d. 2003)
- April 21 - Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (d. 1989)
- April 25 - Paul Mazursky, American director and writer
- April 29 - Jean Rochefort, French actor
May-August
- May 4 - Roberta Peters, American soprano
- May 8 - Heather Harper, Irish soprano
- May 9 - Joan Sims, English actress (d. 2001)
- May 10 - Pat Summerall, American football player and broadcaster
- May 15 - Jasper Johns, American painter
- May 19 - Lorraine Hansberry, American playwright (d. 1965)
- May 21 - Malcolm Fraser, twenty-second Prime Minister of Australia
- May 22 - John Barth, American writer
- May 22 - Harvey Milk, American politician and civil rights activist (d. 1978)
- May 31 - Clint Eastwood, American actor, director, and producer
- June 2 - Charles Conrad, astronaut (d. 1999)
- June 8 - Robert Aumann, German-born mathematician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics
- June 9 - Monique Serf, French musician (d. 1997)
- June 12 - Jim Nabors, American actor, musician, and comedian
- June 17 - Brian Statham, English cricketer (d. 2000)
- June 22 - Yuri Artyukhin, cosmonaut (d. 1998)
- June 27 - Ross Perot, American billionaire and politician
- July 2 - Carlos Menem, President of Argentina
- July 3 - Carlos Kleiber, Austrian conductor (d. 2004)
- July 4 - George Steinbrenner, baseball team owner
- July 11 - Harold Bloom, American literary critic
- July 15 - Jacques Derrida, Algerian-born French literary critic (d. 2004)
- July 25 - Maureen Forrester, Canadian contralto
- July 25 - Murray Chapple, New Zealand cricket captain (d. 1985)
- August 1 - Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist
- August 5 - Neil Armstrong, astronaut
- August 12 - George Soros, Hungarian-born businessman
- August 17 - Ted Hughes, English poet (d. 1998)
- August 21 - Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (d. 2002)
- August 25 - Sir Sean Connery, Scottish actor
- August 30 - Warren Buffett, American investor
September-December
- September 3 - Cherry Wilder, New Zealand author (d. 2002)
- September 7 - King Baudouin I of Belgium (d. 1993)
- September 16 - Anne Francis, American actress
- September 25 - Shel Silverstein, American author, poet, and humorist (d. 1999)
- September 26 - Fritz Wunderlich, German tenor (d. 1966)
- September 30 - Ray Charles, American singer and musician (d. 2004)
- October 1 - Richard Harris, Irish actor (d. 2002)
- October 5 - Anne Haddy, Australian actress (d. 1999)
- October 5 - Pavel Popovich, cosmonaut
- October 5 - Reinhard Selten, German economist, Nobel Prize laureate
- October 6 - Hafez al-Assad, President of Syria (d. 2000)
- October 8 - Tōru Takemitsu, Japanese composer (d. 1996)
- October 10 - Yves Chauvin, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- October 10 - Harold Pinter, English playwright, Nobel Prize laureate
- October 11 - Sam Johnson, American politician
- October 17 - Robert Atkins, American nutritionist (d. 2003)
- October 28 - Bernie Ecclestone, English auto racing tycoon
- October 30 - Timothy Findley, Canadian author (d. 2002)
- November 4 - Doris Roberts, American actress
- November 14 - Edward White, astronaut (d. 1967)
- November 16 - Chinua Achebe, Nigerian writer
- November 24 - Bob Friend, baseball player
- December 1 - Joachim Hoffmann, German historian (d. 2002)
- December 2 - Gary Becker, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
- December 6 - Daniel Lisulo, Prime Minister of Zambia {d. 2000)
- December 11 - Jean-Louis Trintignant, French actor
- December 15 - Edna O'Brien, Irish writer/author
- December 21 - Adebayo Adedeji, Nigerian UN official
Date unknown
- Amelia Rosselli, Italian poet (d. 1996)
- Barney Glaser, American sociologist
Deaths
- February 23 - Horst Wessel, Nazi ideologue and composer (b. 1907)
- February 27 - Ahmad Shah Qajar, Shah of Persia (b. 1898)
- March 2 - D. H. Lawrence, English writer (b. 1885)
- March 8 - William Howard Taft, President of the United States, Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1857)
- March 19 - Arthur James Balfour, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1848)
- March 24 - Eugeen Van Mieghem, Belgian painter (b. 1875)
- April 2 - Empress Zawditu of Ethiopia (b. 1876)
- April 21 - Robert Bridges, English poet (b. 1844)
- April 22 - Jeppe Aakjær, Danish poet and novelist (b. 1866)
- May 13 - Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian explorer, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1861)
- May 25 - Randall Thomas Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1848)
- June 5 - Pascin, Bulgarian painter (b. 1885)
- July 7 - Arthur Conan Doyle, British author (b. 1859)
- July 28 - Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1862)
- August 15 - Florian Cajori, Swiss-born historian of mathematics (b. 1859)
- August 29 - William Archibald Spooner, British scholar and Anglican priest (b. 1844)
- September 24 - William A. MacCorkle, Governor of West Virginia (b. 1857)
- October 26 - Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman and horse breeder (b. 1872)
- November 4 - Buddy Bolden, American musician (b. 1877)
- November 5 - Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and pathologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1858)
- December 9 - Andrew "Rube" Foster, Negro League baseball player
- December 9 - Laura Muntz Lyall, Canadian painter (b. 1860)
- December 13 - Fritz Pregl, Austrian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
Nobel Prizes
- Physics - Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
- Chemistry - Hans Fischer
- Physiology or Medicine - Karl Landsteiner
- Literature - Sinclair Lewis
- Peace - Archbishop Lars Olof Nathan Söderblom
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