What Happened In April 1930 In History

Historical Events for April, 1930

• 2nd » After the mysterious death of Empress Zewditu I known as Zewditu, Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia.
• 4th » The Communist Party of Panama is founded.
• 6th » 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.
• 18th » BBC reported there was no news, then played out with piano music.
• 22nd » The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding.
• 28th » The first night game in organized baseball history takes place in Independence, Kansas.

Famous Birthdays on April in 1930

• 1st » F. Joseph Gossman, American bishop (d. 2013)
• 1st » Eugene Weingand, German actor (d. 1986)
• 1st » Grace Lee Whitney, American actress and singer
• 2nd » Roddy Maude-Roxby, English actor
• 3rd » Lawton Chiles, American politician, 41st Governor of Florida (d. 1998)
• 3rd » Helmut Kohl, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (Federal Republic) e.g Chancellor of Germany
• 3rd » Wally Moon, American baseball player and coach
• 5th » Mary Costa, American actress and singer
• 7th » Jane Priestman, English interior designer
• 7th » Yves Rocher, French businessman, founded the Yves Rocher (company) named Yves Rocher Company (d. 2009)
• 7th » Andrew Sachs, German-English actor
• 8th » Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma (d. 2010)
• 9th » Nathaniel Branden, Canadian-American psychotherapist and author
• 9th » F. Albert Cotton, American chemist (d. 2007)
• 9th » Wallace McCain, Canadian businessman, founded McCain Foods (d. 2011)
• 10th » Claude Bolling, French pianist, composer, and actor
• 10th » Norma Candal, Puerto Rican actress (d. 2006)
• 10th » Dolores Huerta, American activist, co-founded the United Farm Workers
• 10th » Spede Pasanen, Finnish actor, director, and producer (d. 2001)
• 10th » Lee Weaver, American actor
• 11th » Nicholas F. Brady, American politician, 68th United States Secretary of the Treasury
• 11th » Anton LaVey, American occultist, founded the Church of Satan (d. 1997)
• 12th » Manuel Neri, American sculptor and painter
• 12th » Michał Życzkowski, Polish technician and educator (d. 2006)
• 12th » Bryan Magee, English philosopher and politician
• 14th » Martin Adolf Bormann, German theologian (d. 2013)
• 14th » Arnold Burns, American lawyer and politician, 21st United States Deputy Attorney General (d. 2013)
• 14th » René Desmaison, French mountaineer (d. 2007)
• 14th » Bradford Dillman, American actor and author
• 14th » Jay Robinson, American actor (d. 2013)
• 15th » Georges Descrières, French actor (d. 2013)
• 15th » Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, Icelandic educator and politician, 4th President of Iceland
• 16th » Doug Beasy, Australian footballer and educator (d. 2013)
• 16th » Herbie Mann, American flute player (d. 2003)
• 17th » Chris Barber, English trombonist and bandleader
• 18th » Clive Revill, New Zealand-English actor and singer
• 19th » Ewan Jamieson, New Zealand air marshal (d. 2013)
• 19th » Dick Sargent, American actor (d. 1994)
• 20th » Dwight Gustafson, American composer and conductor (d. 2014)
• 20th » Antony Jay, English director and screenwriter
• 21st » Hilda Hilst, Brazilian author, poet, and playwright (d. 2004)
• 21st » Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (d. 1989)
• 21st » Dieter Roth, Swiss artist (d. 1998)
• 21st » Jack Taylor (referee) e.g Jack Taylor, English footballer and referee (d. 2012)
• 22nd » Enno Penno, Estonian politician, Estonian government-in-exile known as Prime Minister of Estonia in exile
• 23rd » Michael Bowen (bishop) named Michael Bowen, Gibraltarian-English archbishop
• 23rd » Alan Oppenheimer, American actor
• 24th » Jerome Callet, American instrument designer, educator, and author
• 24th » Richard Donner, American actor, director, and producer
• 24th » José Sarney, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 25th President of Brazil
• 25th » Paul Mazursky, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
• 25th » Godfrey Milton-Thompson, English admiral and surgeon (d. 2012)
• 25th » Peter Schulz, German politician, List of mayors of Hamburg known as Mayor of Hamburg (d. 2013)
• 26th » Roger Moens, Belgian runner
• 28th » James Baker, American lawyer and politician, 61st United States Secretary of State
• 28th » Carolyn Jones, American actress (d. 1983)
• 28th » Richard C. Sarafian, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
• 29th » Jean Rochefort, French actor
• 30th » Félix Guattari, French psychotherapist and philosopher (d. 1992)

Famous Deaths for April 1930

• 1st » Cosima Wagner, Hungarian wife of Richard Wagner (b. 1837)
• 2nd » Zewditu I of Ethiopia (b. 1876)
• 3rd » Emma Albani, Canadian soprano (b. 1847)
• 14th » Vladimir Mayakovsky, Georgian-Russian actor, playwright, and poet (b. 1893)
• 16th » José Carlos Mariátegui, Peruvian journalist, philosopher, and activist (b. 1894)
• 16th » Liviu Librescu, Romanian-American academic and holocaust survivor (b. 1930)
• 17th » Aleksandr Golovin (artist) e.g Alexander Golovin, Russian painter (b. 1863)
• 19th » Georges-Casimir Dessaulles, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1827)
• 21st » Robert Bridges, English poet (b. 1844)

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