Abadan Refinery Reaches 100000 Barrels Daily
Abadan refinery capacity reaches roughly one hundred thousand barrels per day after sustained expansion.
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1930 in Great Britain — Page 2
Explore 75 historical events and records for Great Britain in 1930.
Historical records for Great Britain in 1930
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Air Council
Joins the Air Council
Birth of daughter
George VI & Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon have a daughter, Princess Margaret
Birth of daughter
George VI & Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon have a daughter, Princess Margaret
Birth of Margaret
Birth of Margaret, 2nd child & daughter of George VI & Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Chairman
Appointed Chairman of the Conservative Party
Choral Fantasia
Composes, "Choral Fantasia"
Christopher Morcom Influence
After Christopher Morcom dies, Turing becomes increasingly interested in questions linking mind, matter, mathematics and scientific explanation.
Clifton Displays French Week Electric Lights
During Bristol French Week in 1930, electric lights in French national colours illuminate the suspension bridge, reflecting its developing role in civic festivities.
Cunard Line
Bates becomes chairman of Cunard and promotes construction of larger express liners.
Early Paris Writing Experiments
Orwell experimented with prose about deprivation and work that would later inform his first book.
Entrance to Trinity College
Enters Trinity College, Cambridge, as an Entrance Scholar to study classics.
Germany
Travels in Germany and observes the political tensions weakening the Weimar Republic.
Haft Kel Production Reaches 20000 Barrels Daily
Haft Kel production reaches roughly twenty thousand barrels per day as the field becomes a major producer.
Late Literary Essays
Strachey continued literary commentary while coping with declining health.
Marriage to Henry Maxwell Andrews
West married the banker Henry Maxwell Andrews while maintaining her literary career.
My Early Life Published
Churchill published My Early Life, a memoir of his childhood and early military and political experiences.
Party Leader
Appointed Party Leader of the Liberal Party
Permanent Under Secretary
Appointed Permanent Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
Persian Output Reaches 125000 Barrels Daily
Combined production from major Persian fields reaches roughly one hundred twenty-five thousand barrels per day.
Persian Workforce Exceeds 20000
More than twenty thousand people are employed by Anglo-Persian in Persia as production and refining expand.
Pluto
Venetia Burney's proposed name Pluto is forwarded to Lowell Observatory and becomes the preferred name for the newly discovered world.
Poems
Publication of "Poems For Children"
Poems For Children
Publication of "Poems For Children"
Powerful Villa Forward Emerges
Eric Houghton broke into Aston Villa's senior team and soon became known for extraordinary power when striking the ball.
Relativistic Electron Scattering
Develops a quantum treatment of electron scattering by atoms that includes electron spin and relativistic effects.
Second Consecutive League Title
Allen contributed to Sheffield Wednesday's attack as the team retained the English First Division championship under Robert Brown.
Selected by the War Office to re-write the
Selected by the War Office to re-write the manual of Infantry Training
The Autocracy of Mr Parham
Wells published The Autocracy of Mr Parham, a political satire.
The Science of Life
Wells collaborated on The Science of Life, a popular scientific survey.
Tramping
Studies poverty by tramping and staying in lodging houses.
Unemployment Debate
Attacks government policy on unemployment and poverty.
Vile Bodies
Publication of "Vile Bodies"
Wednesday Championship Attack
Rimmer scored prolifically for Sheffield Wednesday during the period in which the club won consecutive top-flight league titles.
Wednesday Retain First Division Title
Brown managed Sheffield Wednesday to a second successive league championship, confirming the club among English football's dominant sides.
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