What Happened In January 1930 In History

Historical Events for January, 1930

• 6th » The first Diesel engine diesel-engined automobile trip is completed, from Indianapolis Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York City New York, New York.
• 26th » The Indian National Congress declares 26 January as Independence Day or as the day for Purna Swaraj named Poorna Swaraj ("Complete Independence") which occurred 17 years later.
• 31st » 3M begins marketing Scotch Tape.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1930

• 1st » Jean-Pierre Duprey, French poet and sculptor (d. 1959)
• 1st » Ty Hardin, American actor
• 1st » Gaafar Nimeiry, Sudanese politician, 4th President of the Sudan (d. 2009)
• 1st » Frederick Wiseman, American director and producer
• 2nd » Julius La Rosa, American singer
• 3rd » Mara Corday, American model and actress
• 3rd » Marcel Dubé, Canadian playwright
• 3rd » Robert Loggia, American actor and director
• 3rd » Barbara Stuart, American actress (d. 2011)
• 4th » Sorrell Booke, American actor (d. 1994)
• 4th » Don Shula, American football player and coach
• 4th » Herbert O. Sparrow, Canadian politician (d. 2012)
• 5th » Al Masini, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2010)
• 6th » W. Wallace Cleland, American biochemist and educator (d. 2013)
• 6th » Vic Tayback, American actor (d. 1990)
• 7th » Jack Greene, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
• 10th » Elaine Devry, American actress
• 10th » Roy E. Disney, American businessman (d. 2009)
• 11th » Ron Mulock, Australian lawyer and politician, 10th Deputy Premier of New South Wales (d. 2014)
• 11th » Rod Taylor, Australian-American actor
• 12th » Tim Horton, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1974)
• 12th » Jennifer Johnston, Irish author
• 12th » Glenn Yarbrough, American singer and actor (The Limeliters)
• 13th » Liz Anderson, American singer-songwriter (d. 2011)
• 13th » Frances Sternhagen, American actress
• 14th » Kenny Wheeler, Canadian-English trumpet player and composer (Azimuth (band) called Azimuth) (d. 2014)
• 15th » Eddie Graham, American wrestler (d. 1985)
• 16th » Clarence Ray Allen, American murderer (d. 2006)
• 16th » Mary Ann McMorrow, American judge (d. 2013)
• 16th » Norman Podhoretz, American author
• 16th » Paula Tilbrook, English actress
• 17th » Eddie LeBaron, American football player, amanager, and sportscaster
• 19th » Tippi Hedren, American actress
• 20th » Buzz Aldrin, American pilot and astronaut
• 20th » Blair Lent, American author and illustrator (d. 2009)
• 21st » Mainza Chona, Zambian politician, 3rd Vice President of Zambia (d. 2001)
• 22nd » Mariví Bilbao, Spanish actress (d. 2013)
• 22nd » Éamon de Buitléar, Irish accordion player and director (d. 2013)
• 23rd » William R. Pogue, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2014)
• 23rd » Derek Walcott, Saint Lucian poet and playwright, Nobel Prize in Literature e.g Nobel Prize laureate
• 24th » Terence Bayler, New Zealand actor
• 24th » Mahmoud Farshchian, Iranian-Persian painter
• 24th » Bernard Matthews, English businessman, founded Bernard Matthews Farms (d. 2010)
• 24th » John Romita, Sr., American illustrator
• 25th » Tanya Savicheva, Russian author (d. 1944)
• 26th » Napoleon Abueva, Filipino sculptor
• 27th » Bobby Bland, American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
• 28th » Jasraj, Indian singer
• 28th » Kurt Biedenkopf, German politician
• 28th » Roy Clarke, English screenwriter
• 29th » Derek Bailey (guitarist) named Derek Bailey, English guitarist (d. 2005)
• 29th » Christopher Collier (historian) called Christopher Collier, American historian and author
• 29th » John Junkin, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2006)
• 30th » Sandy Amorós, Cuban baseball player (d. 1992)
• 30th » Samuel Byck, American criminal (d. 1974)
• 30th » Gene Hackman, American actor and author
• 30th » Jānis Krūmiņš, Latvian basketball player (d. 1994)
• 30th » Magnus Malan, South African general and politician, Minister of Defence (South Africa) e.g South African Minister of Defence (d. 2011)
• 31st » Joakim Bonnier, Swedish race car driver (d. 1972)
• 31st » Lynn Carlin, American actress

Famous Deaths for January 1930

• 9th » Edward Bok, Dutch-American author (b. 1863)
• 22nd » Stephen Mather, American businessman and conservationist, co-founded the Thorkildsen-Mather Borax Company (b. 1867)
• 28th » Emmy Destinn, Czech soprano (b. 1878)

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