Explore 2180 historical events from 1930–1939.
The London Naval Treaty, officially the Treaty for the Limitation and Reduction of Naval Armament, was an agreement between the United Kingdom, Japan, France, Italy, and the United…
The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting s
The Independence Producers were a minor league baseball team based in Independence, Kansas, United States, that played from 1921 to 1925 and from 1928 to 1932. From 1921 to 1924, t…
The Independence Producers host the first night game in the history of Organized Baseball in Independence, Kansas
Pluto is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune. It is the ninth-largest and tenth-most-massive known object to directly orbit the Sun. It …
"Pluto" is officially proposed for the name of the newly discovered dwarf planet by Vesto Slipher in the Lowell Observat
An earthquake affected Myanmar on 5 May 1930 with a moment magnitude (Mw ) of 7.4. The shock occurred 35 km (22 mi) beneath the surface with a maximum Rossi–Forel intensity of IX. …
The 1930 Bago earthquake, the former of two major earthquakes in southern Burma kills as many as 7,000 in Yangon and Bag
Amy Johnson was a pioneering English pilot who was the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia.
Amy Johnson lands in Darwin, Northern Territory, becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia (she lef
The Council of People's Commissars (CPC), commonly known as the Sovnarkom (Совнарком), were the highest executive authorities of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (R…
Sovnarkom establishes decree time in the USSR
Herbert Clark Hoover was the 31st president of the United States, serving from 1929 to 1933. As a member of the Republican Party, he served as the third United States secretary of …
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The 1930 Salmas earthquake occurred on 7 May at 01:34:26 IRST in West Azerbaijan province, Iran. The earthquake, which was among Iran's largest, measured 7.1 on the moment magnitud…
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The Chrysler Building is a 1,046-foot-tall (319 m), Art Deco skyscraper in the East Midtown neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States. Located at the intersection of …
The 1,046 feet (319 m) Chrysler Building in New York City, the tallest man-made structure at the time, opens to the publ
The Chicago Tribune is an American daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1847, it was formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper", a sl…
A Chicago Tribune reporter, Jake Lingle, is killed during rush hour at the Illinois Central train station by Leo Vincent
Conscription, also known as the draft in American English, is the practice in which the compulsory enlistment in a national service, mainly a military service, is enforced by law. …
One-year conscription comes into force in France
Henry John Kaiser was an American industrialist who became known for his shipbuilding and construction projects, then later for his involvement in fostering modern American health …
Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam).
Montevideo, is the capital and largest city of Uruguay. As of the 2023 census, the city proper has a population of 1,287,452, making up about 36.8% of the country's total populatio…
In Montevideo, Uruguay wins the first FIFA World Cup by beating Argentina.
Douglas Edward Beasy was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Doug Beasy, Australian footballer and educator (died 2013)
Herbert Jay Solomon, known by his stage name Herbie Mann, was an American jazz flute player and important early practitioner of world music. Early in his career, he also played ten…
Herbie Mann, American flute player and composer (died 2003)
Clive Selsby Revill was a New Zealand actor and singer, best known for his performances in musical theatre and the London stage. A veteran of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he also…
Clive Revill, New Zealand actor and singer (died 2025)
The Lapua Movement was a radical Finnish nationalist, fascist, pro-Nazi and anti-communist political movement founded in and named after the town of Lapua. Led by Vihtori Kosola, i…
The Finnish far-right Lapua Movement organises the Peasant March demonstration in Helsinki to put pressure on the…
The 1930 FIFA World Cup was the first FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national football teams. It took place in Uruguay from 13 to 30 July 1930. FIFA, football's i…
The inaugural FIFA World Cup begins in Uruguay.
Donald Christopher Barber was an English jazz musician, best known as a bandleader and trombonist. He helped many musicians with their careers and had a UK top twenty trad jazz hit…
Chris Barber, English trombonist and bandleader (died 2021)
Jean Victor Arthur Guillou was a French composer, organist, pianist, and pedagogue. Principal Organist at Saint Eustache in Paris, from 1963 to 2015, he was widely known as a compo…
Jean Guillou, French organist (died 2019)
Dwight Leonard Gustafson was an American composer, conductor, and dean of the School of Fine Arts at Bob Jones University.
Dwight Gustafson, American composer and conductor (died 2014)
Sir Antony Rupert Jay was an English writer and broadcaster. With Jonathan Lynn, he co-wrote the British political-satirical comedies Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister (1980–88)…
Antony Jay, English director and screenwriter (died 2016)
Hilda de Almeida Prado Hilst was a Brazilian poet, novelist, and playwright. Her work touches on the themes of mysticism, insanity, the body, eroticism, and female sexual liberatio…
Hilda Hilst, Brazilian author, poet, and playwright (died 2004)
Silvana Mangano was an Italian film actress. She was one of a generation of thespians who arose from the neorealist movement, and went on to become a major female star, regarded as…
Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (died 1989)