WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO NOVEMBER 1930
Find out what all happened February to November 1930

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

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

Soka Kyoiku Gakkai, a Buddhist association later renamed Soka Gakkai, is founded by Japanese educators Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and Josei Toda. (18. November 1930)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

British Airship R101 crashes in France en route to India on its maiden voyage. (5. October 1930)

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

Bobby Jones wins the U.S. Amateur Championship to complete the Grand Slam of golf. The old structure of the grand slam was the U.S. Open, British Open, U.S. Amateur, and British Amateur. (27. September 1930)

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

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