What Happened In February 1930 In History

Historical Events for February, 1930

• 10th » Yên Bái mutiny in French Indochina
• 16th » The Romanian Football Federation joins FIFA.
• 18th » While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto.
• 18th » Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cattle named cow to fly in a fixed-wing aircraft and also the first cow to be milked in an aircraft.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1930

• 1st » Shahabuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi judge and politician, 11th President of Bangladesh
• 1st » Mario Beaulieu (Canadian senator) named Mario Beaulieu, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1998)
• 1st » Hussain Muhammad Ershad, Indian-Bangladeshi politician, 9th President of Bangladesh
• 1st » Peter Tapsell (British politician) known as Peter Tapsell, English politician
• 3rd » Gillian Ayres, English painter
• 4th » Tibor Antalpéter, Hungarian volleyball player and diplomat (d. 2012)
• 4th » Stan Newens, English politician
• 5th » John A. Gambling, American radio host (d. 2004)
• 5th » Rostislav Yankovsky, Ukrainian-Russian actor
• 6th » Lionel Blue, English rabbi and journalist
• 6th » Jun Kondo, Japanese physicist
• 8th » James Deetz, American anthropologist (d. 2000)
• 8th » Alejandro Rey, Argentinian actor (d. 1987)
• 8th » Arlan Stangeland, American politician (d. 2013)
• 9th » Garner Ted Armstrong, American evangelist (d. 2003)
• 10th » E. L. Konigsburg, American author and illustrator (d. 2013)
• 10th » Robert Wagner, American actor
• 11th » Roy De Forest, American painter (d. 2007)
• 12th » John Doyle (hurler) or John Doyle, Irish hurler (d. 2010)
• 12th » Arlen Specter, American politician (d. 2012)
• 13th » Derek Burke, English academic
• 13th » Ernst Fuchs (artist) e.g Ernst Fuchs, Austrian painter and sculptor
• 13th » Israel Kirzner, English-American economist
• 13th » Yves Michaud, Canadian journalist
• 15th » Bruce Dawe, Australian poet
• 15th » Nico Minardos, Greek-American actor (d. 2011)
• 17th » Roger Craig (baseball) e.g Roger Craig, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 17th » Benjamin Fain, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist (d. 2013)
• 17th » Doug Hoyle, Baron Hoyle, English politician
• 17th » Ruth Rendell, English author
• 17th » Frank Wappat, English singer and radio host (d. 2014)
• 18th » Gahan Wilson, American author and illustrator
• 19th » John Frankenheimer, American director and producer (d. 2002)
• 19th » Kasinathuni Viswanath, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter
• 20th » Willie Cunningham (Northern Irish footballer) called Willie Cunningham, Irish footballer (d. 2007)
• 20th » Ken Jones (actor) named Ken Jones, English actor (d. 2014)
• 21st » Pedro R. Dean, Filipino archbishop
• 22nd » James McGarrell, American painter
• 22nd » Bill Mitchell (ice hockey) known as Bill Mitchell, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 2014)
• 22nd » Marni Nixon, American soprano and actress
• 24th » Barbara Lawrence, American actress and singer (d. 2013)
• 25th » Wendy Beckett, South African-Scottish nun and historian
• 26th » Lazar Berman, Russian pianist (d. 2005)
• 26th » Carl Haas, American businessman
• 27th » Jovan Krkobabić, Serbian politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia (d. 2014)
• 27th » Martin Lönnebo, Swedish bishop
• 27th » Peter Stone, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2003)
• 27th » Paul von Ragué Schleyer, American chemist and academic
• 27th » Joanne Woodward, American actress
• 28th » Leon Cooper, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics called Nobel Prize laureate

Famous Deaths for February 1930

• 9th » Richard With, Norwegian captain and businessman, founded Hurtigruten (b. 1846)
• 22nd » William Jeremiah Tuttle, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1882)
• 23rd » Horst Wessel, German Sturmabteilung named SA officer (b. 1907)
• 26th » Mary Calkins, American philosopher and psychologist (b. 1863)

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