What Happened In August 1930 In History

Historical Events for August, 1930

• 6th » Judge Joseph Force Crater steps into a Taxicab named taxi in New York and disappears never to be seen again.
• 7th » The last confirmed lynching of blacks in the Northern United States occurs in Marion, Indiana. Two men, Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, are killed.
• 9th » Betty Boop makes her cartoon debut in 'Dizzy Dishes'.
• 16th » The first color sound cartoon, called 'Fiddlesticks (film) or Fiddlesticks', is made by Ub Iwerks.
• 16th » The first Commonwealth Games or British Empire Games were opened in Hamilton, Ontario by the Governor General of Canada, the Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon named Viscount Willingdon.
• 29th » The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda, Scotland named St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland.

Famous Birthdays on August in 1930

• 1st » Lionel Bart, English composer (d. 1999)
• 1st » Pierre Bourdieu, French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher (d. 2002)
• 1st » Julie Bovasso, American actress (d. 1991)
• 1st » Lawrence Eagleburger, American lieutenant and politician, 62nd United States Secretary of State (d. 2011)
• 1st » Károly Grósz, Hungarian politician, 51st Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1996)
• 2nd » Vali Myers, Australian painter and dancer (d. 2003)
• 3rd » James Komack, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1997)
• 4th » Ali al-Sistani, Iranian-Iraqi cleric and scholar
• 5th » Neil Armstrong, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut (d. 2012)
• 5th » Richie Ginther, American race car driver (d. 1989)
• 5th » Michal Kováč, Slovakian politician, 1st President of Slovakia
• 6th » Abbey Lincoln, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2010)
• 7th » Togrul Narimanbekov, Azerbaijani-French painter (d. 2013)
• 7th » Veljo Tormis, Estonian composer
• 8th » Joan Mondale, American wife of Walter Mondale, 32nd Second Lady of the United States (d. 2014)
• 8th » Terry Nation, Welsh-American author and screenwriter (d. 1997)
• 8th » Jerry Tarkanian, American basketball player and coach
• 9th » Milt Bolling, American baseball player (d. 2013)
• 9th » Jacques Parizeau, Canadian economist and politician, 26th Premier of Quebec
• 10th » Barry Unsworth, English-Italian author and academic (d. 2012)
• 11th » Paul Soles, Canadian actor and producer
• 12th » George Soros, Hungarian-American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Soros Fund Management
• 12th » Kanagaratnam Sriskandan, Sri Lankan engineer and civil servant (d. 2010)
• 12th » Jacques Tits, Belgian-French mathematician and academic
• 13th » Wilfried Hilker, German footballer and referee
• 13th » Don Ho, American singer and ukulele player (d. 2007)
• 13th » Bernard Manning, English comedian (d. 2007)
• 13th » Wilmer Mizell, American baseball player and politician (d. 1999)
• 13th » Bob Wiesler, American baseball player (d. 2014)
• 14th » Earl Weaver, American baseball player and manager (d. 2013)
• 15th » Ageeda Paavel, Estonian activist
• 16th » Robert Culp, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
• 16th » Frank Gifford, American football player and sportscaster
• 16th » Leslie Manigat, Haitian educator and politician, 43rd President of Haiti (d. 2014)
• 16th » Tony Trabert, American tennis player and sportscaster
• 17th » Harve Bennett, American screenwriter and producer
• 17th » Ted Hughes, English poet, author, and playwright (d. 1998)
• 18th » Liviu Librescu, Romanian-American engineer and academic, victim of the Virginia Tech massacre (d. 2007)
• 18th » Rafael Pineda Ponce, Honduran academic and politician (d. 2014)
• 19th » David G. Compton, English author
• 19th » Frank McCourt, American author and educator (d. 2009)
• 20th » Mario Bernardi, Canadian pianist and conductor (d. 2013)
• 20th » Peter Randall (GM) e.g Peter Randall, English sergeant (d. 2007)
• 21st » Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (d. 2002)
• 21st » Frank Perry, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1995)
• 22nd » Gylmar dos Santos Neves, Brazilian footballer (d. 2013)
• 23rd » Michel Rocard, French politician, 160th Prime Minister of France
• 24th » Roger McCluskey, American race car driver (d. 1993)
• 25th » Bruce Allpress, New Zealand actor
• 25th » Sean Connery, Scottish actor and producer
• 25th » György Enyedi (geographer) or György Enyedi, Hungarian economist and geographer (d. 2012)
• 25th » Graham Jarvis, Canadian-American actor (d. 2003)
• 25th » Crispin Tickell, English academic and diplomat
• 26th » Joe Solomon, Guyanese cricketer and coach
• 27th » Gholamreza Takhti, Iranian wrestler (d. 1968)
• 28th » Windsor Davies, English actor
• 28th » Ben Gazzara, American actor, singer, and director (d. 2012)
• 29th » Jacques Bouchard, Canadian businessman (d. 2006)
• 31st » Charles Kay, English actor
• 31st » Big Tiny Little, American pianist (d. 2010)

Famous Deaths for August 1930

• 8th » Launceston Elliot, Scottish weightlifter (b. 1874)
• 20th » Charles Bannerman, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1851)
• 24th » Tom Norman, English businessman and showman (b. 1860)
• 25th » Frankie Campbell, American boxer (b. 1904)
• 26th » Lon Chaney, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 29th » William Archibald Spooner, English priest and author (b. 1844)

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