21 January 1930Conference of LondonJames Ramsey MacDonald
Opens the London conference on naval disarmament
Historical records for Great Britain in 1930, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Opens the London conference on naval disarmament
Answers questions on housing provision and policy affecting London County Council estates.
Addresses government action and local authority responsibilities for slum clearance on Tyneside.
Answers questions concerning a patient death at Harton Hospital.
Explains the relationship between insurance benefits and Poor Law relief.
Deals with questions concerning refuse disposal and public health in London.
Answers Commons questions concerning administration of the Nurses Registration Act.
Responds to public-health questions concerning the outbreak of psittacosis.
Defends Labour government policy on slum clearance and housing conditions.
The tonnage ratio for US, British & Japanese cruiser fleets will be 10:10:7. The resolutions of the Washington conference of 1922 are reinforced
Eleven-year-old Venetia Burney suggests the name Pluto after hearing of the newly discovered world.
Eleven-year-old Venetia Burney suggests the name Pluto during breakfast after hearing news of the newly discovered planet.
Oxford astronomer Herbert Hall Turner forwards Venetia Burney's proposed name Pluto to astronomers at Lowell Observatory.
Supervises implementation of the Local Government Act 1929 as Poor Law functions, including many infirmaries, pass to local authorities.
Composes, "Concerto for Two Violins & Orchestra"
Scores Arsenal's opening goal as the club defeat Huddersfield Town to win their first major trophy.
Scores Arsenal's second goal in the 2-0 FA Cup final victory over Huddersfield Town.
Captains Arsenal to the club's first major trophy in the FA Cup final victory over Huddersfield Town.
Takes off in a gypsy moth seeking to become the 1st woman to fly solo to Australia
Death of Sackville Hamilton Carden
England debut against Italy, which finished a 11 draw, Hapgood became England captain and wore the armband 21 times
Dismissed from the Labour Government
Reaches Darwin, the first woman to fly solo to Australia
Birth of Edward Woodward
Produces the Simon Report
Talks with Indian rulers on the future of central Government. Recommends responsible Government in the provinces. Produces the Simon Report
Talks with Indian rulers on the future of central Government. Recommends responsible Government in the provinces. Produces the Simon Report
Triumphant return to London after being the first woman to fly to Australia
Unemployment reaches 2,000,000
Attends Cheam School
The Irish demand independence
Opening day of the Imperial Conference
Recommends an end to Jewish immigration into Palestine in the Passfield White Paper
Recommends an end to Jewish immigration into Palestine in the Passfield White Paper
Recommends an end to Jewish immigration into Palestine in the Passfield White Paper
Supports the idea of "Dominion Status" for India
Supports the idea of "Dominion Status" for India
A conference on India opens in London
Concluding day, agrees on the nature of Dominion status
Birth of James Graham Ballard
Abadan refinery capacity reaches roughly one hundred thousand barrels per day after sustained expansion.
Joins the Air Council
George VI & Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon have a daughter, Princess Margaret
George VI & Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon have a daughter, Princess Margaret
Birth of Margaret, 2nd child & daughter of George VI & Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Appointed Chairman of the Conservative Party
Composes, "Choral Fantasia"
After Christopher Morcom dies, Turing becomes increasingly interested in questions linking mind, matter, mathematics and scientific explanation.
Bates becomes chairman of Cunard and promotes construction of larger express liners.
Enters Trinity College, Cambridge, as an Entrance Scholar to study classics.
Travels in Germany and observes the political tensions weakening the Weimar Republic.
Haft Kel production reaches roughly twenty thousand barrels per day as the field becomes a major producer.
Appointed Party Leader of the Liberal Party
Appointed Permanent Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
Combined production from major Persian fields reaches roughly one hundred twenty-five thousand barrels per day.
More than twenty thousand people are employed by Anglo-Persian in Persia as production and refining expand.
Venetia Burney's proposed name Pluto is forwarded to Lowell Observatory and becomes the preferred name for the newly discovered world.
Publication of "Poems For Children"
Publication of "Poems For Children"
Develops a quantum treatment of electron scattering by atoms that includes electron spin and relativistic effects.
Selected by the War Office to re-write the manual of Infantry Training
Studies poverty by tramping and staying in lodging houses.
Attacks government policy on unemployment and poverty.
Publication of "Vile Bodies"
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