What Happened in 1930 — Events, Births & Deaths

The Indian National Congress declares 26 January as Independence Day or as the day for Poorna Swaraj ("Complete Independence") which occurred 17 years later.

The Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union orders the confiscation of lands belonging to the Kulaks in a campaign of Dekulakization, resulting in the executions and forced deportations of millions.

The Communist Party of Vietnam is founded at a "Unification Conference" held in Kowloon, British Hong Kong.

The Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng launches the failed Yên Bái mutiny in hope of overthrowing French protectorate over Vietnam.

The Romanian Football Federation joins FIFA.

While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto.

Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly in a fixed-wing aircraft and also the first cow to be milked in an aircraft.

International Unemployment Day demonstrations globally initiated by the Communist Party USA.

Mahatma Gandhi begins the Salt March, a 200-mile (320 km) march to the sea to protest the British monopoly on salt in India.

The news of the discovery of Pluto is announced by Lowell Observatory.

The Motion Picture Production Code is instituted, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in film, in the U.S., for the next thirty-eight years.

After the mysterious death of Empress Zewditu, Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia.

At the end of the Salt March, Gandhi raises a lump of mud and salt and declares, "With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire."

A fire kills 118 people at a wooden church in the small Romanian town of Costești, most of them schoolchildren, after starting during Good Friday services.

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

The Independence Producers host the first night game in the history of Organized Baseball in Independence, Kansas.

The 1930 Bago earthquake, the first of two major earthquakes in southern Burma, kills as many as 7,000 in Yangon and Bago.

The 7.1 Mw Salmas earthquake shakes northwestern Iran and southeastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Up to three-thousand people were killed.

Amy Johnson lands in Darwin, Northern Territory, becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia (she left on May 5 for the 11,000 mile flight).

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

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

Sovnarkom establishes decree time in the USSR.

U.S. president Herbert Hoover signs the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act into law.

One-year conscription comes into force in France.

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

The Finnish far-right Lapua Movement organises the Peasant March demonstration in Helsinki to put pressure on the government to prohibit communist activities.

The inaugural FIFA World Cup begins in Uruguay.

In Montevideo, Uruguay wins the first FIFA World Cup by beating Argentina.

The last confirmed lynching of black people in the Northern United States occurs in Marion, Indiana; two men, Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, are murdered.

The first color sound cartoon, Fiddlesticks, is released by Ub Iwerks.

The first British Empire Games are opened in Hamilton, Ontario, by the Governor General of Canada, the Viscount Willingdon.

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

The Kurdish Ararat rebellion is suppressed by the Turks.

Bobby Jones wins the (pre-Masters) Grand Slam of golf.

British airship R101 crashes in France en route to India on its maiden voyage killing 48 people.

A bloodless coup d'état in Brazil ends the First Republic, replacing it with the Vargas Era.

Ratifications are exchanged in London for the first London Naval Treaty go into effect immediately, further limiting the expensive naval arms race among its five signatories.

Getúlio Vargas becomes Head of the Provisional Government in Brazil after a bloodless coup on October 24.

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

Great Depression: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Herbert Hoover proposes a $150 million public works program to help generate jobs and stimulate the economy.

W1XAV in Boston, Massachusetts telecasts video from the CBS radio orchestra program, The Fox Trappers. The telecast also includes the first television advertisement in the United States, for I.J. Fox Furriers, which also sponsored the radio show.

Sir Muhammad Iqbal's presidential address in Allahabad introduces the two-nation theory and outlines a vision for the creation of Pakistan.