1930

Year 1930 () was a (link will display 1930 calendar) of the.

January-February

 * - The first diesel-engine automobile trip is completed (, Indiana, to New York City).
 * - The comic strip makes its first appearance.
 * - The declares 26th January as Independence Day or as the day for Poorna Swaraj (Complete Independence).
 * - is launched in ,
 * - The company markets.
 * While studying photographs taken in January, discovers, a heavenly body that was once listed as a planet
 * becomes the first to fly in an  and also the first cow to be milked in an airplane.
 * becomes the first to fly in an  and also the first cow to be milked in an airplane.

March-April

 * - informs British  that  would begin nine days later
 * - Danish painter Einar Wegener goes through a surgery and takes the name
 * - first s of go on sale in ,
 * - Former and current   dies in
 * - sets off to a 200-mile protest march towards the sea with 78 followers to protest the British monopoly on  - more will join them during the  that ends on
 * - and Angora change their names to  and.
 * - is appointed German .
 * - The is instituted, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in  for the next forty years
 * - The is founded.
 * - In an act of, breaks British law after marching to the sea and making.
 * - Hostess s are invented.
 * - Chittagong Rebellion begins in.
 * - The Service from, somewhat infamously, reports on this day that "There is no news".
 * - Fire in near  kills 320.
 * April 21 - The is completed.
 * - The, and the  sign the  regulating  warfare and limiting building.
 * - The first night game in organized baseball history takes place in.

May-June

 * / - is arrested again.
 * - The Great Earthquake in ; 7.3 on the Richter Scale and killed 4,000 people.
 * - is founded.
 * - Aboard a tri-motor,  becomes the first  (the flight was from  to ).
 * - is elected president of the.
 * - French Prime Minister decides to withdraw the remaining French troops from the . They depart by.
 * - arrives in New York City.
 * - lands in  becoming the first woman to fly solo from  to  (she left on  for the 11,000 mile flight).
 * - arrives in  to work for ; they part ways by October.
 * -  journalist is shot in, , USA. Newspapers promise $55,000 reward for information. Liddle is later found to have had contacts to.
 * U.S. President signs the  into law.
 * Around a thousand veterans mass at the  as the  considers a bill that would give them certain benefits.
 * - One-year comes into force in.
 * - One-year comes into force in.

July-August

 * - The of Anglican Christian bishops opens.  This conference approved the use of artificial  in limited circumstances, marking a controversial turning point in.
 * marches in,.
 * Building of the Boulder Dam (now known as ) is started.
 * - The first starts:  scores the first goal, for  against.
 * - and  of Missouri begin their return journey to  - driving 11 555 km using only a ; the trip lasts the next 42 days.
 * - defeats  in federal elections and becomes the.
 * beat 4-2 in the first.
 * station,, is put in charge of.
 * - The program  airs for the first time.
 * - becomes 's eleventh.
 * - premiers in the animated film .
 * - troops move into  to fight  insurgents.
 * - takes over in.
 * - troops move into  to fight  insurgents.
 * - takes over in.

September-October

 * - carries out a successful military coup, overthrowing,  of.
 * - 3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape.
 * - end his 1110-game first-class career by taking 5 for 95 for H.D.G. Leveson Gower's XI against the Australians.
 * - win 107 seats in German parliament - 18.3% of all the votes makes them second largest party.
 * - British crashed in France en-route to India on its maiden voyage.
 * - -  by.

November-December

 * - is crowned emperor of.
 * - An in the  of  kills 223 people and destroys 650 buildings.
 * December -  given the right to vote.
 * - : US President goes before  Congress and asks for a US$150 million public works program to help generate jobs and stimulate the.
 * - in,  broadcasts video from the  radio orchestra program, . The broadcast also includes the first  in the , an advertisement for , who sponsored the radio show.
 * - volcano erupts - 1300 dead.
 * - In, demonstrates his device to project pictures to the clouds.
 * - leaves for Britain for negotiations.
 * - 's presidential address in introduces the  and outlines a vision for the creation of.

Undated

 * British White Paper demands restrictions on ish immigration into.
 * The Federal Bureau of Narcotics replaces the Narcotics Division of the Prohibition Unit.
 * and H. Becker discover the.
 * and, autonomous republics of the , are merged.
 * The starts the.
 * outbreak occurs in United States.
 * invents the.
 * A massive hurricane in the Caribbean almost demolishes the city of, Dominican Republic.
 * in, broadcasts the U.S. senatorial election returns, which was the first time a senatorial race, with non-stop vote tallies, was ever televised.

January-February

 * -, American singer
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * , Asian-American actor (d. )
 * , American actor (d. )
 * -, American film and television executive
 * -, Irish writer
 * -, American pilot and astronaut
 * -, West Indian writer, laureate
 * -, British serial killer
 * -, American singer
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actor
 * -, American singer and actress
 * , American actress
 * , American writer (d. )
 * -, American physicist, laureate
 * , American writer (d. )
 * -, American physicist, laureate

March-April

 * -, American author and novelist
 * -, German politician
 * , American actress (d. )
 * , French-born conductor
 * -, Lord Snowdon
 * -, French jazz pianist and composer
 * -, Russian physicist, laureate
 * -, astronaut (d. )
 * -, American musician
 * -, American football player
 * , American televangelist
 * , American composer and lyricist
 * , first (d. )
 * , American actor, film director, and producer (d. )
 * -, American author
 * -, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1981-2006)
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, American physicist, laureate
 * , American actor
 * , Australian-born entertainer
 * , American game show host
 * , U.S. Senator and Governor of Florida (d. )
 * -, Finnish television personality (d. )
 * -, American religious leader (d. )
 * -, Polish technician (d. )
 * -, American jazz flutist (d. )
 * -, American actor and gay activist (d. )
 * -, Italian actress (d. )
 * -, American film director and producer
 * -, American director and writer
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, French actor
 * -, American jazz flutist (d. )
 * -, American actor and gay activist (d. )
 * -, Italian actress (d. )
 * -, American film director and producer
 * -, American director and writer
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, French actor
 * -, French actor

May-June

 * -, American musician
 * -, American soprano
 * -, Irish soprano
 * -, English actress (d. )
 * -, American football player and broadcaster
 * -, American stuntman (d. )
 * -, American painter
 * -, American playwright (d. )
 * -, 22nd
 * , American writer
 * , American politician and civil rights activist (d. )
 * -, American actor, director, and producer
 * -, astronaut (d. )
 * -, American actress
 * -, German-born mathematician, recipient of the
 * -, French musician (d. )
 * -, American politician
 * -, American actor, musician, and comedian
 * -, English cricketer (d. )
 * -, American actress
 * -, cosmonaut (d. )
 * -, American publishing executive (d. )
 * -, American billionaire and politician
 * -, American billionaire and politician

July-August

 * -, Austrian conductor (d. )
 * , Armenian actor
 * , baseball team owner
 * -, American musical arranger
 * -, American literary critic
 * -, Algerian-born French literary critic (d. )
 * , Canadian contralto
 * , New Zealand cricketer (d. )
 * -, Belgian comics author (d. )
 * -, French sociologist
 * -, astronaut
 * -, American singer
 * -, Hungarian-born businessman
 * -, English poet (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, Scottish actor
 * -, The most famous wrestler in Iranian history (d. )
 * -, American investor
 * -, Scottish actor
 * -, The most famous wrestler in Iranian history (d. )
 * -, American investor

September-October

 * -, New Zealand author (d. )
 * - King  (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, American actress
 * , American singer and musician (d. )
 * , English actor (d. )
 * -, Maltese actor (d. )
 * -, American author, poet, and humorist (d. )
 * , American actor
 * , German tenor (d. )
 * , Irish actor (d. )
 * , French actor (d. )
 * , Australian actress (d. )
 * , cosmonaut
 * , German economist, laureate
 * -,  (d. )
 * -, Japanese composer (d. )
 * , French chemist, laureate
 * , English playwright, laureate
 * -, American politician
 * -, Salvadoran politician (d. )
 * , American nutritionist (d. )
 * , American welterweight boxer and long distance runner
 * -, English auto racing tycoon
 * , Dutch athlete (d. )
 * , American composer (d. )
 * , American jazz trumpeter (d. )
 * , Canadian author (d. )
 * -, astronaut
 * -, English auto racing tycoon
 * , Dutch athlete (d. )
 * , American composer (d. )
 * , American jazz trumpeter (d. )
 * , Canadian author (d. )
 * -, astronaut
 * , Canadian author (d. )
 * -, astronaut

November-December

 * -, American evangelist (d. )
 * -, American actress
 * , British professional wrestler (d. )
 * , astronaut (d. )
 * -, English writer
 * -, Nigerian writer
 * -, baseball player
 * -, German historian (d. )
 * -, American economist, laureate
 * -, jazz guitarist
 * -, (d. )
 * -, Former actor (d. )
 * , French actor
 * , American antique dealer and preservationist
 * -, Irish writer
 * , Nigerian UN official
 * , prime minister of Finland (d. )
 * -, English-born American writer
 * -, American singer
 * date unknown -, American sociologist
 * -, English-born American writer
 * -, American singer
 * date unknown -, American sociologist

January - March

 * -, New Zealand Prime Minister and High Commissioner (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, Nazi ideologue and composer (b. )
 * -, English writer (b. )
 * -, German politician and admiral (b. )
 * -, 27th , (b. )
 * -, Canadian pilot
 * -, (b. )
 * -, Belgian painter (b. )

April - June

 * - Empress (b. )
 * -, English poet (b. )
 * -, Russian poet (b. )
 * -, Danish poet and novelist (b. )
 * -, Norwegian explorer, recipient of the  (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, Bulgarian painter (b. )

July - September

 * -, British author (b. )
 * - Sir, 17th (b. )
 * -, Swedish ophthalmologist, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, Swiss-born businessman and founder of (b. )
 * -, Swiss-born historian of mathematics (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, British scholar and Anglican priest (b. )
 * -, Governor of West Virginia (b. )

October - December

 * -, American businessman and horse breeder (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )
 * -, Dutch physician and pathologist, recipient of the (b. )
 * , baseball player
 * , Canadian painter (b. )
 * -, Russian politician and the last foreign minister of the Russian Empire (b. )
 * -, Austrian chemist, laureate (b. )
 * -, Austrian chemist, laureate (b. )

Nobel prizes

 * - Archbishop
 * - Archbishop
 * - Archbishop
 * - Archbishop
 * - Archbishop