WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO NOVEMBER 1930
Find out what all happened January to November 1930

Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Franklin Institute are held. (18. June 1930)

The last confirmed lynching of blacks in the Northern United States occurs in Marion, Indiana. Two men, Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, are killed. (7. August 1930)

Constantinople and Angora change their names to Istanbul and Ankara. (28. March 1930)

3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape. (8. September 1930)

After the mysterious death of Empress Zewditu, Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia. (2. April 1930)

Getúlio Dornelles Vargas becomes Head of the Provisional Government in Brazil after a bloodless coup on October 24. (3. November 1930)

Sovnarkom establishes decree time in the USSR. (16. June 1930)

Syro-Malankara Catholic Church is formed by Archbishop Mar Ivanios. (20. September 1930)

A Chicago Tribune reporter, Jake Lingle, is killed during rush hour at the Illinois Central train station by Leo Vincent Brothers, allegedly over a $100,000 gambling debt owed to Al Capone. (9. June 1930)

Haile Selassie is crowned emperor of Ethiopia. (2. November 1930)

One-year conscription comes into force in France. (21. June 1930)

The Romanian Football Federation joins FIFA. (16. February 1930)

The 1,046 feet (319 m) Chrysler Building in New York City, the tallest man-made structure at the time, opens to the public. (27. May 1930)

While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto. (18. February 1930)

The first diesel-engined automobile trip is completed, from Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York, New York. (6. January 1930)

Ratifications exchanged in London for the first London Naval Treaty, signed in April modifying the 1925 Washington Naval Treaty and the arms limitation treaty's modified provisions, go into effect immediately, further limiting the expensive naval arms race among its five signatories. (27. October 1930)

Democratically elected Argentine president Hipólito Yrigoyen is deposed in a military coup. (6. September 1930)

U.S. President Herbert Hoover signs the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act into law. (17. June 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). (24. May 1930)

The Indian National Congress declares 26 January as Independence Day or as the day for Poorna Swaraj ("Complete Independence") which occurred 17 years later. (26. January 1930)