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1930 facts for kids
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 19th century – 20th century – 21st century |
| Decades: | 1900s 1910s 1920s – 1930s – 1940s 1950s 1960s |
| Years: | 1927 1928 1929 – 1930 – 1931 1932 1933 |
Contents
Events
- November 2 – Haile Selassie became King of Ethiopia
- The Trump Building is built in New York City which is at the time the world's tallest building
- The Chrysler Building surpasses The Trump Building and also claims world's tallest building
Births
- January 3 - Robert Loggia, American actor
- January 10 - Roy E. Disney, American businessman (d. 2009)
- January 20 – Buzz Aldrin, American astronaut
- February 19 – Milenko Stefanovic, Serbian clarinet player
- March 22 – Pat Robertson, American preacher and television host
- March 26 – Sandra Day O'Connor, US Supreme Court justice
- April 3 – Helmut Kohl, former Chancellor of Germany
- April 7 – Andrew Sachs, German born British actor
- April 13 - Sergiu Nicolaescu, Romanian movie director (d. 2013)
- April 15 – Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, 4th President of Iceland
- April 28 - James Baker, former United States Secretary of State
- May 8 – Gary Snyder, American writer
- May 13 – Mike Gravel, former US Senator from Alaska
- May 21 – Malcolm Fraser, 22nd Prime Minister of Australia
- May 31 – Clint Eastwood, American actor, director, producer
- July 2 – Carlos Menem, President of Argentina
- July 4 – Frunzik Mkrtchyan, Soviet – Armenian actor (d. 1993)
- July 4 – Johnny Saxton, American boxer
- July 30 – Captain Lou Albano, Italian – American professional wrestler and manager (d. 2009)
- August 1 - Lawrence Eagleburger, American diplomat (d. 2011)
- August 5 – Neil Armstrong, American astronaut (d. 2012)
- August 10 - Barry Unsworth, British writer (d. 2012)
- August 14 - Earl Weaver, American baseball manger (d. 2013)
- August 21 – Princess Margaret of the United Kingdom (d. 2002)
- August 25 – Sean Connery, Scottish actor
- August 28 - Ben Gazzara, American actor (d. 2012)
- August 30 - Warren Buffett, American businessman
- September 7 – Baudouin I, King of Belgium (d. 1993)
- September 7 - Sonny Rollins, American musician
- September 23 – Ray Charles, American singer and musician (d. 2004)
- September 29 - Colin Dexter, British writer
- October 1 – Philippe Noiret, French actor (d. 2006)
- October 6 – Hafez al-Assad, President of Syria (d. 2000)
- October 10 - Harold Pinter, British playwright (d. 2008)
- October 14 - Mobutu Sese Seko, leader of Zaire (d. 1998)
- October 28 - Bernie Ecclestone, British racing executive
- October 31 - Michael Collins, American astronaut
- November 15 - J. G. Ballard, British writer (d. 2009)
- November 16 - Chinua Achebe, Nigerian writer (d. 2013)
- December 2 - Gary Becker, American economist
- December 8 - Maximilian Schell, Swiss-Austrian actor
- December 17 - Armin Mueller-Stahl, German actor
Deaths
- March 8 - William Howard Taft, 27th President of the United States (b. 1857)
- March 19 – Arthur Balfour, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1848)
- July 7 – Arthur Conan Doyle, Scottish writer and doctor (b. 1859)
- September 29 - Ilya Repin, Ukrainian painter (b. 1844)
- October 26 – Mary Harrison McKee, American First Lady, daughter of Benjamin Harrison (b. 1858)
- after November 2 - Alfred Wegener, German geologist (b. 1880)
- November 22 - Paul Raud, Estonian painter (b. 1865)
Movies released
- All Quiet on the Western Front
- Little Caesar
Nobel Prizes