August 1930

August 1, 1930 (Friday)

  • The British airship R100 completed an east-west crossing of the Atlantic Ocean when it was secured at St. Hubert Airport in Montreal, 78 hours and 51 minutes after its departure from Cardington, UK – a new speed record.[1]
  • Born: Pierre Bourdieu, sociologist, in Denguin, France (d. 2002);[2]
  • Died: Jack Zuta, 42, Chicago underworld figure (shot)[3]

August 2, 1930 (Saturday)

  • Italy authorized Vatican City to issue currency of up to 1 million lire per year.[4]

August 3, 1930 (Sunday)

  • Italy and the Soviet Union signed a commercial treaty.[5]

August 4, 1930 (Monday)

August 5, 1930 (Tuesday)

August 6, 1930 (Wednesday)

  • Unemployment in Britain topped 2 million.[7]
  • Britain signed a commerce treaty with Romania.[4]
  • New York City judge Joseph Force Crater disappeared in Manhattan and became the subject of one of the biggest missing persons cases in American history. The mystery even entered the pop culture of the day with the phrase "pulling a Crater", meaning to go missing.[8]
  • Born: Abbey Lincoln, singer, in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2010)[9]

August 7, 1930 (Thursday)

August 8, 1930 (Friday)

August 9, 1930 (Saturday)

August 10, 1930 (Sunday)

  • A Scandanvian anti-fascist conference was held in Stockholm. 154 delegates, mainly communist and youth organizations, formed a committee to coordinate efforts to fight the spread of right-wing movements in northern Europe.[17]
  • The Hankow garrison commander in China beheaded 16 communists in the street to discourage any further unrest.[18]
  • Born: Jorma Panula, Finnish conductor and composer, in Kauhajoki[19]

August 11, 1930 (Monday)

  • Germany marked Republic Day, the eleventh anniversary of the creation of the Weimar Republic. During celebrations at the Reichstag, Interior Minister Joseph Wirth made a nationally broadcast radio address saying that republican Germany "may boast of being the freest country in the world."[20]

August 12, 1930 (Tuesday)

August 13, 1930 (Wednesday)

August 14, 1930 (Thursday)

  • President Hoover met with the governors of thirteen states or their representatives at the White House to discuss a relief program for Americans affected by a serious drought.[24]
  • The Church of England approved birth control in an Encyclical Letter from the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Letter called for strict control over the sale and advertising of contraceptives, however.[4]
  • Died: Florian Cajori, 71, Swiss-American historian[25]

August 15, 1930 (Friday)

  • Canada announced it was halting immigration from continental Europe with the exception of "experienced farmers of a suitable type" due to the country's unemployment problem.[26]
  • The British ocean liner RMS Tahiti lost its starboard propeller and sprang a leak about 400 miles southwest of Rarotonga, Cook Islands. The crippled ship began to slowly sink as it drifted in the Pacific Ocean while rescue efforts began.[27]
  • Born: Selma James, feminist writer, in Brooklyn, New York

August 16, 1930 (Saturday)

August 17, 1930 (Sunday)

August 18, 1930 (Monday)

August 19, 1930 (Tuesday)

August 20, 1930 (Wednesday)

August 21, 1930 (Thursday)

August 22, 1930 (Friday)

  • The Bengal legislative council passed a bill giving authorities the right to imprison terrorists for five years without trial.[43]
  • Australia won the Ashes series.[4]
  • Albert Einstein made the opening speech of the Seventh German Radio Show in Berlin. It began with the famous words, "Ladies and gentlemen who are present and who are not! When you hear the radio, think also about how people have come to possess such a wonderful tool of communication."[44]
  • Copenhagen newspapers reported the discovery of the remains of explorer Salomon August Andrée, who went missing along with two companions in 1897 during a balloon expedition to the North Pole.[45]
  • Born: Gylmar dos Santos Neves, footballer, in Santos, São Paulo, Brazil (d. 2013)[46]

August 23, 1930 (Saturday)

  • Three were killed and ten injured in Bolesławiec, Silesia when police clashed with communists who tried to forcibly enter a pre-election meeting of Nazis.[47]

August 24, 1930 (Sunday)

  • The Sunday Express, a weekly publication looking for a fresh angle to write on the birth of Princess Margaret three days earlier, published an astrology-themed article titled "What the Stars Foretell For The New Princess". The article drew so much interest that the Express made horoscopes a regular column and the newspaper horoscope was born.[48]
  • Died: Tom Norman, 70, English business and showman

August 25, 1930 (Monday)

August 26, 1930 (Tuesday)

August 27, 1930 (Wednesday)

August 28, 1930 (Thursday)

August 29, 1930 (Friday)

August 30, 1930 (Saturday)

  • The Federal Trade Commission building in Washington was heavily damaged by fire, destroying many documents.[61]
  • A semi-official government newspaper in Yugoslavia announced new rights for German-speaking minorities. Parents would have the right to decide whether to send their children to German or Yugoslavian schools, and the Serbo-Croatian language would not be taught before third year in the German schools.[62]
  • The comedy film Doughboys starring Buster Keaton was released.[63]
  • Born: Warren Buffett, business magnate, investor and philanthropist, in Omaha, Nebraska

August 31, 1930 (Sunday)

  • The sunken cargo ship SS Egypt was positively identified by Italian divers. The ship sank in the English Channel in May 1922 with $5 million U.S. worth of gold and silver in its hull and efforts to locate it had been ongoing for the past six months.[64]
  • Died: Vladan Đorđević, 85, Serbian physician, writer and Prime Minister of Serbia

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