WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO AUGUST 1930
Find out what all happened March to August 1930

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

Betty Boop makes her cartoon debut in Dizzy Dishes. (9. August 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)

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

International Unemployment Day demonstrations globally initiated by the Comintern (6. March 1930)

The news of the discovery of Pluto is telegraphed to the Harvard College Observatory. (13. March 1930)

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

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

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

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

Australian cricketer Donald Bradman scores a world record 309 runs in one day, on his way to the highest individual Test innings of 334, during a Test match against England. (11. July 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)

Judge Joseph Force Crater steps into a taxi in New York and disappears never to be seen again. (6. August 1930)

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

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

The first British Empire Games were opened in Hamilton, Ontario by the Governor General of Canada, the Viscount Willingdon. (16. August 1930)

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

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