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1930 Calendar

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•  January 26, 1930 – The Indian National Congress declares 26 January as Independence Day or as the day for Poorna Swaraj (Complete Independence) which occurred 20 years later.
•  January 30, 1930 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Horse in Chinese astrology.
•  March 31, 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.
•  May 28, 1930 – The Chrysler Building in New York City officially opens.
•  July 11, 1930 – Australian cricketer Don 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.
•  July 30, 1930 – In Montevideo, Uruguay wins the first Football World Cup.
•  August 6, 1930 – Judge Joseph Force Crater steps into a taxi in New York and disappears never to be seen again.
•  September 6, 1930 – Democratically elected Argentine president Hipólito Yrigoyen is deposed in a military coup.
•  November 11, 1930 – Patent number US1781541 is awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention, the Einstein refrigerator.
•  November 18, 1930 – Sōka Kyōiku Gakkai, a Buddhist association later renamed Sōka Gakkai, is founded by Japanese educators Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and Josei Toda.

•  January 15, 1930 – Eddie Graham, American professional wrestler (d. 1985)
•  February 27, 1930 – Peter Stone, American writer (d. 2003)
•  April 25, 1930 – Paul Mazursky, American film director and writer
•  May 1, 1930 – Little Walter, American blues singer (d. 1968)
•  May 22, 1930 – Kenny Ball, British musician
•  September 8, 1930 – Robert W. Firestone, American clinical psychologist, author and visual artist.
•  September 24, 1930 – Angelo Muscat, Maltese actor (d. 1977)
•  November 3, 1930 – Peggy McCay, American actress
•  November 16, 1930 – Salvatore Riina, Italian Mafia leader
•  November 27, 1930 – Rex Shelley, Singaporean author (d. 2009)