Month August 1930 Calendar

About Month of August Calendar

• August is the eighth month of the year (between July and September) in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and one of seven months with a length of 31 days. In the Southern Hemisphere, August is the seasonal equivalent of February in the Northern Hemisphere.
  
  August symbols: The birthstones of August are the peridot and sardonyx. Its birth flower is the gladiolus or poppy, meaning beauty, strength of character, love, marriage and family. The zodiac signs for the month of August are Leo (until August 22) and Virgo (from August 23 onwards).

Historical Events for August, 1930

• Day of Week 6th » Judge Joseph Force Crater steps into a Taxicab named taxi in New York and disappears never to be seen again.
• Day of Week 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.
• Day of Week 9th » Betty Boop makes her cartoon debut in 'Dizzy Dishes'.
• Day of Week 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.
• Day of Week 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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