WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1930
Find out what all happened January to September 1930

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

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

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

The first color sound cartoon, called Fiddlesticks, is made by Ub Iwerks. (16. August 1930)

The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland. (29. August 1930)

The news of the discovery of Pluto is telegraphed to the Harvard College Observatory. (13. March 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)

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)

Judge Joseph Force Crater steps into a taxi in New York and disappears never to be seen again. (6. August 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)

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

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

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

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

3M begins marketing Scotch Tape. (31. January 1930)

Yên Bái mutiny in French Indochina (10. February 1930)

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

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