WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO NOVEMBER 1930
Find out what all happened April to November 1930

Patent number US1781541 is awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention, the Einstein refrigerator. (11. November 1930)

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

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

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

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

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

In cricket Wilfred Rhodes ends his 1110-game first-class career by taking 5 for 95 for H.D.G. Leveson Gower's XI against the Australians. (12. September 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)

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

A bloodless coup d'état in Brazil ousts Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa, the last President of the First Republic. Getúlio Dornelles Vargas is then installed as "provisional president." (24. October 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 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland. (29. August 1930)

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

Betty Boop makes her cartoon debut in Dizzy Dishes. (9. August 1930)

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

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

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

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