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United States of America in 1930

Historical records for United States of America in 1930, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

40Records
26Events
26Named people
10Places
16Categories

Historical records

January

19 January 1930Birth of Buzz AldrinBuzz Aldrin

Science / Astronomy

Birth of Buzz Aldrin

23 January 1930Discovery of PlutoClyde Tombaugh

Science / Astronomy

Tombaugh exposes one of the photographic plates later used, with the January 29 plate, to identify Pluto's motion.

29 January 1930Discovery of PlutoClyde Tombaugh

Flagstaff, Arizona · Science / Astronomy

Tombaugh exposes the second of the two photographic plates later used to identify Pluto's motion against background stars.

January 1930Bank for International SettlementsOwen Young

Politics / Democratic Party

The Young Plan calls for an international bank of settlements to handle the reparations transfers, the resulting Bank for International Settlements was duly established at the Hague Conference

January 1930Conference of HagueOwen Young

Hague · Politics / Democratic Party

The Young Plan is formally adopted at the second Hague Conference

January 1930Dawes PlanOwen Young

Politics / Democratic Party

The Young Plan sets the total reparations at $26,350,000,000 to be paid over a period of 58 years & is adopted by the Allied Powers to supersede the Dawes Plan

January 1930London Naval ConferenceHenry L. Stimson

London · Government / Government of USA

Leads the American delegation seeking agreement with Britain and Japan on auxiliary naval forces.

January 1930Young PlanOwen Young

Warfare / World War, 1st

Germany would know the exact extent of German obligations and to reduce the payments appreciably, the Young Plan divided the annual payment, set at about $473 million, into two elements-an unconditional part (one third of the sum)

January 1930Young PlanOwen Young

Warfare / World War, 1st

The Young Plan calls for an international bank of settlements to handle the reparations transfers, the resulting Bank for International Settlements was duly established at the Hague Conference.

January 1930Young PlanOwen Young

Warfare / World War, 1st

The Young Plan sets the total reparations at $26,350,000,000 to be paid over a period of 58 years & is adopted by the Allied Powers to supersede the Dawes Plan. The Young Plan is formally adopted at the second Hague Conference.

February

18 February 1930Discovery of PlutoClyde Tombaugh

Science / Astronomy

Tombaugh identifies Pluto as a moving object while comparing photographic plates taken on January 23 and January 29.

18 February 1930Discovery of PlutoClyde Tombaugh

Flagstaff, Arizona · Science / Astronomy

Using a blink comparator, Tombaugh identifies a moving object on plates taken January 23 and January 29, discovering Pluto.

23 February 1930Death of Mabel NormandMabel Normand

Arts / Cinema

Death of Mabel Normand

March

8 March 1930Death of William Howard TaftWilliam Howard Taft

Politics / Republican Party

Death of William Taft

13 March 1930Discovery of PlutoClyde Tombaugh

Science / Astronomy

News of Pluto's discovery is telegraphed from Lowell Observatory to the Harvard College Observatory.

April

22 April 1930Cruiser TonnageHenry L. Stimson

London · Government / Government of USA

Accepts treaty limits setting total American cruiser tonnage at 323,500 tons by the end of 1936.

22 April 1930London Naval TreatyHerbert Clark Hoover

London · Government / Government of USA

His administration supports the naval limitation agreement signed in London by the United States, Britain, Japan, France and Italy.

22 April 1930London Naval TreatyHerbert Clark Hoover

London · Government / Government of USA

Supports the treaty extending naval limitation to cruisers, destroyers and submarines.

22 April 1930London Naval Treaty SignatureCharles Francis Adams

London · Government / Government of USA

Signs the treaty for the United States while serving as Secretary of the Navy.

22 April 1930London Naval Treaty SignatureCharles G. Dawes

London · Government / Government of USA

Signs the naval limitation treaty as a member of the United States delegation.

22 April 1930London Naval Treaty SignatureHugh S. Gibson

London · Government / Government of USA

Signs the naval limitation agreement as a member of the American delegation.

22 April 1930London Naval Treaty SignatureDwight W. Morrow

London · Government / Government of USA

Signs the London Naval Treaty as part of the United States delegation.

22 April 1930London Naval Treaty SignatureDavid A. Reed

London · Government / Government of USA

Signs the London Naval Treaty as an American delegate and senator.

22 April 1930London Naval Treaty SignatureJoseph T. Robinson

London · Government / Government of USA

Signs the treaty as one of the United States Senate members in the American delegation.

22 April 1930London Naval Treaty SignatureHenry L. Stimson

London · Government / Government of USA

Signs the London Naval Treaty as chairman of the American delegation.

22 April 1930Naval ArmamentHerbert Clerk Hoover

London · Government / Government of USA

The London Naval Treaty limits American cruiser, destroyer and submarine tonnage while establishing agreed ratios with Britain and Japan.

May

1 May 1930Naming of PlutoVesto Melvin Slipher

Flagstaff, Arizona · Science / Astronomy

Lowell Observatory director Vesto Slipher announces Pluto as the proposed name for the newly discovered world.

31 May 1930Birth of Clinton Clint EastwoodClinton "Clint" Eastwood

San Francisco · Arts / Cinema

Birth of Clinton "Clint" Eastwood.

June

17 June 1930Smoot-Hawley TariffHerbert Clark Hoover

Washington · Economy / Tariff Policy

Hoover signs legislation raising duties on thousands of imported products.

July

17 July 1930First World Cup Hat-TrickBert Patenaude

Montevideo · Sport / Football

Scores the first hat-trick in World Cup history as the United States defeat Paraguay.

August

4 August 1930Chief of StaffDouglas MacArthur

Warfare / Military

Appointed Chief of Staff

5 August 1930Birth of Neil ArmstrongNeil Armstrong

Science / Astronomy

Birth of Neil Armstrong

26 August 1930Death of Lon ChaneyLon Chaney

Arts / Cinema

Death of Lon Chaney

November

November 1930Banking PanicsHerbert Clark Hoover

Washington · Economy / Banking Crisis

A wave of bank failures intensifies contraction, deflation and public demand for currency.

December

10 December 1930Nobel Prize in LiteratureSinclair Lewis

Stockholm · Arts / Literature

Is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for vivid description, wit, and original characters.

Other Events

1930Aircraft DetectionLawrence A. Hyland

Anacostia · Science / Technology

Detects aircraft by radio interference while working for the Naval Research Laboratory.

1930Birth of Burton RichterBurton Richter

Science / Physics

Birth of Burton Richter

1930Daily NewsRaymond Mathewson Hood

Daily News · Arts / Architecture

Designs the Daily News Building

1930London Naval ConferenceCharles Gates Dawes

London · Government / Republican Party Government

Serves as a delegate to the London Naval Conference.

1930Western Union EmploymentClay LaVerne Shaw

New Orleans · Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Shaw worked for Western Union in New Orleans before the company later transferred him to New York City.

Names involved

Bert PatenaudeBurton RichterBuzz AldrinCharles Francis AdamsCharles G. DawesCharles Gates DawesClay LaVerne ShawClinton "Clint" EastwoodClyde TombaughDavid A. ReedDouglas MacArthurDwight W. MorrowHenry L. StimsonHerbert Clark HooverHerbert Clerk HooverHugh S. GibsonJoseph T. RobinsonLawrence A. HylandLon ChaneyMabel NormandNeil ArmstrongOwen YoungRaymond Mathewson HoodSinclair LewisVesto Melvin SlipherWilliam Howard Taft

Places involved

AnacostiaDaily NewsFlagstaff, ArizonaHagueLondonMontevideoNew OrleansSan FranciscoStockholmWashington

Provenance

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