WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO JULY 1930
Find out what all happened January to July 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)

Heinrich Brüning is appointed German Reichskanzler. (29. March 1930)

Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of the Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam). (7. July 1930)

Gandhi raises a lump of mud and salt and declares, "With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire," beginning the Salt Satyagraha. (6. April 1930)

Mahatma Gandhi leads a 200-mile march, known as the Salt March, to the sea in defiance of British opposition, to protest the British monopoly on salt (12. March 1930)

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

The radio mystery program The Shadow airs for the first time. (31. July 1930)

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

The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding. (22. April 1930)

The Communist Party of Panama is founded. (4. April 1930)

The dwarf planet Pluto is officially named. (1. May 1930)

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

The first night game in organized baseball history takes place in Independence, Kansas. (28. April 1930)

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

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

The Motion Pictures Production Code is instituted, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in film, in the U.S., for the next thirty eight years. (31. March 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)

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

In Montevideo, Uruguay wins the first FIFA World Cup. (30. July 1930)