First British Empire Games Open in Hamilton, Ontario – August 16, 1930
Date: August 16, 1930
Date: August 16, 1930
Mahatma Gandhi begins the Salt March, a 200-mile (320Β km) march to the sea to protest the British monopoly on salt in India. Date: March 12, 1930 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 12 π Events on this day in 1930 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1930Mahatma Gandhi Begins…
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). Date: May 24, 1930 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 24 π Events on this day in 1930 π On This Day (Today)…
The inaugural FIFA World Cup begins in Uruguay. Date: July 13, 1930 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 13 π Events on this day in 1930 π On This Day (Today) More events from 19301930 Bago Earthquake Kills 7,000 in Southern Burma, May 5, 1930Motion Picture Production Code Instituted, Hollywood Censorship…
A fire kills 118 people at a wooden church in the small Romanian town of CosteΘti, most of them schoolchildren, after starting during Good Friday services. Date: April 18, 1930 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 18 π Events on this day in 1930 π On This Day (Today) More events…
The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding. Date: April 22, 1930 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 22 π Events on this day in 1930 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1930Elm Farm Ollie First Cow to…
Bobby Jones wins the (pre-Masters) Grand Slam of golf. Date: September 27, 1930 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on September 27 π Events on this day in 1930 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1930CosteΘti Church Fire Kills 118, Mostly Schoolchildren, April 18, 1930First Night Game in Organized Baseball History,…