Date: May 7, 1930
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 → 📅 Other events on May 24 📅 Events on this day in 1930 📅 On This Day (Today)…
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. Date: December 7, 1930 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 7 📅 Events on…
While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto. Date: February 18, 1930 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 18 📅 Events on this day in 1930 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1930Romanian Football Federation Joins FIFA – February 16, 1930First London Naval Treaty Ratifications Exchange in…
The former and first President of Finland, K. J. Ståhlberg, and his wife, Ester Ståhlberg, are kidnapped from their home by members of the far-right Lapua Movement. Date: October 14, 1930 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 14 📅 Events on this day in 1930 📅 On This Day (Today) More…
Mahatma Gandhi begins the Salt March, a 200-mile (320 km) march to the sea to protest the British monopoly on salt in India. Date: March 12, 1930 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 12 📅 Events on this day in 1930 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1930Haile Selassie Proclaimed…
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 → 📅 Other events on April 22 📅 Events on this day in 1930 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1930Getúlio Vargas Becomes Brazil’s Provisional Government…