What Happened in April 1930

Historical Events

The Blue Angel

Apr 1 "The Blue Angel" starring Marlene Dietrich in her breakthrough role premieres in Germany

Jones' 13 Stroke Win

Apr 1 American golfer Bobby Jones starts his Grand Slam season by winning the Southeastern Open by 13 strokes over Horton Smith at the Forest Hills-Ricker Golf Course in Atlanta, Georgia

Apr 1 Chicago Cubs catcher Leo Hartnett breaks the altitude record for a catch by gloving a baseball dropped from the Goodyear blimp 800 feet over Los Angeles, California
Apr 2 1st NY-Bermuda airplane flight lands in Bermuda

Haile Selassie

Apr 2 Ras Tafari Makonnen proclaimed Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)

2nd Academy Awards

Apr 3 2nd Academy Awards: "The Broadway Melody", Warner Baxter & Mary Pickford win. First time Academy Awards are broadcast on the radio.

Montreal Canadiens vs Boston Bruins

Apr 3 Stanley Cup Final, Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec: Montreal Canadiens beat Boston Bruins, 4-3 for a 2-0 series sweep and their 3rd Championship

Apr 4 England cricket batsman Andy Sandham ends Day 2 of 4th Test against West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica unbeaten on 309; 1st triple century in Test history; out for 325
Apr 4 Les Ames makes the 1st Test Cricket century by a wicketkeeper (149)
Apr 4 The Communist Party of Panama is founded
Apr 5 England cricketers dismissed for then record 849 v West Indies in 4th Test in Kingston, Jamaica; Andy Sandham out for 325

Apr 5 Mahatma Gandhi and thousands of followers reach the sea at Dandi and boil seawater to make illegal salt, marking the end of his famous 200 mile (300km) protest march against the widely hated British salt tax

Mahatma Gandhi during the Salt March to abolish the British salt laws

Apr 6 1st transcontinental glider tow completed
Apr 6 Hostess Twinkies invented by bakery executive James Dewar

Headley Forces Draw

Apr 10 Brilliant West Indian cricket batsman George Headley scores patient 223 in drawn 4th Test against England at Kingston, Jamaica

Apr 10 Thiokol synthetic rubber 1st produced in Yardley, New Jersey
Apr 12 4th Test Cricket WI v England ends in a draw after nine days
Apr 12 Wilfred Rhodes ends Test Cricket career aged 52 years 165 days
Apr 14 Philip Barry's play "Hotel Universe" premieres in NYC
Apr 17 Abkhazian ASSR forms in Georgian SSR
Apr 17 DuPont scientist Elmer K. Bolton invents neoprene using Julius Nieuwland's divinyl acetylene
Apr 18 Attempted raid on the armoury of police and auxiliary forces in Chittagong in Bengal province, British India by armed pro-independence revolutionaries led by Surya Sen popularly known as Master-da
Apr 18 BBC news announcer announces "there is no news" at 20:45 news bulletin, plays music instead

All Quiet on the Western Front

Apr 21 "All Quiet on the Western Front" based on the novel by Erich Maria Remarque, directed by Lewis Milestone, starring Louis Wolheim and Lew Ayres premieres in Los Angeles (Academy Awards Outstanding Production 1930)

34th Boston Marathon

Apr 21 34th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar in 2:34:48.2; his 7th victory in the event

Apr 21 Fire at Ohio State Penitentiary kills 322
Apr 22 British troops battle pro-independence revolutionaries in the Jalalabad hills near Chittagong, Bengal province, British India, 80 troops and 12 revolutionaries killed
Apr 22 US, Britain & Japan sign London Naval Treaty
Apr 27 White Sox 1st baseman Bud Clancy didn't handle ball at all in a 9 inning game vs St Louis Browns [1]
Apr 28 1st night organized baseball game played in Independence, Kansas
Apr 29 123 runs are scored in 7 major league games
Apr 29 North Sea floodgate at Ijmuiden (biggest in world) officially opens
Apr 29 Telephone connection Britain-Australia goes into service

Events in 1930

Famous Birthdays

Apr 1 Dennis Young, New Zealand rugby union hooker (22 caps; Canterbury 139 games), born in Christchurch, New Zealand (d. 2020)
Apr 1 Grace Lee Whitney, American singer and actress (Star Trek - "Yeoman Rand"), born in Ann Arbor, Michigan (d. 2015)
Apr 1 Joan Franks Williams, American contemporary classical composer, and promoter (founder of New Dimensions in Music (NDM)), born in Brooklyn, NYC (d. 2003)
Apr 2 Bill McColl, American College Football Hall of Fame end (Stanford University; Chicago Bears 1952-59), born in San Diego, California (d. 2023)
Apr 2 Girolamo Arriego, Italian composer, born in Palermo, Italy

Helmut Kohl (1930-2017)

Apr 3 German chancellor (West Germany, 1982-90, unified Germany, 1990-98), born in Ludwigshafen, Weimar Republic

Apr 3 Lawton Chiles, U.S. Senator from Florida (1971-89) and Governor of Florida (1991-98), born in Lakeland, Florida (d. 1998)
Apr 3 Max Frankel, American journalist (Tables of Id of Organic Compounds), born in Gera, Germany
Apr 3 Wally Moon, American baseball player, born in Bay, Arkansas (d. 2018)
Apr 5 Mary Costa, American actress (Sleeping Beauty; The Great Waltz), and singer, born in Knoxville, Tennessee
Apr 5 Nabil Totah, Palestinian-American jazz double bassist, born in Ramallah, Palestine Territory (d. 2012)
Apr 6 David Sexton, English football manager, born in Islington, London (d. 2012)
Apr 7 Andrew Sachs, German-born British actor (Manuel in Fawlty Towers), born in Berlin (d. 2016)
Apr 8 Carlos Hugo [Charles Hugues], French-Spanish nobleman of the Bourbon-Parma family, Duke of Parma (1977-2010), and Carlist politician, born in Paris, France (d. 2010)
Apr 8 Dorothy Tutin, British actress (Importance of Being Earnest; Cromwell), born in London, England (d. 2001)
Apr 8 John Reardon, American stage actor and operatic baritone (Metropolitan Opera, 1965-77), born in New York City (d. 1988)
Apr 8 Julien Van Remoortere [Piet Mortelman], Flemish writer (Fist), born in Beveren, Belgium (d. 2018)
Apr 8 Mary Moore, English principal (St Hilda's College, Oxford) (d. 2017)
Apr 9 F. Albert Cotton, American chemist, born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 2007)
Apr 9 John Bartholomew Tucker, American TV host (Candid Camera, 1974-75; Treasure Island, 1967-68), and author, born in Pennsylvania (d. 2014)
Apr 9 Nathaniel Branden, Canadian-American psychotherapist, born in Brampton, Ontario, Canada (d. 2014)
Apr 10 Claude Bolling, French jazz and classical cross-over pianist and composer (Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio), born in Cannes, France (d. 2020) [1]
Apr 10 Dolores Huerta, American civil rights activist (co-founded United Farm Workers), born in Dawson, New Mexico
Apr 10 Hugh Morton, Baron Morton of Shuna, Scottish lawyer and judge, born in Mukden, Manchuria, China (d. 1995)
Apr 10 Norma Candal, Puerto Rican actress and comedian (La criada malcriada), born in Fajardo, Puerto Rico (d. 2006)
Apr 10 Shujauddin Butt, Pakistani cricket all-rounder (19 Tests, 20 wickets; Combined Services, Bahawalpur), born in Lahore, Pakistan (d. 2006)
Apr 10 Spede Pasanen, Finnish film director and comedian, born in Kuopio, Finland (d. 2001)
Apr 11 Anton LaVey, American founder of the Church of Satan, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1997)
Apr 11 Bill Hefner, American politician, Democratic U.S. Congressman from North Carolina, born in Elora, Tennessee (d. 2009)
Apr 11 Clive Exton, British scriptwriter (Poirot; Jeeves and Wooster), and playwright, born in Islington, London (d. 2007)
Apr 11 James Ferman, American director and secretary (British Board of Film Classification), born in New York (d. 2002)
Apr 11 Joseph Burnett-Stuart, British CEO (Robert Fleming Holdings), born in the UK (d. 2010)
Apr 11 Kazuo Fukushima, Japanese composer, born in Tokyo
Apr 11 Nicholas F. Brady, American politician and U.S. Secretary of Treasury (1988-93), born in New York City
Apr 12 Betty Clooney, American singer (Jack Paar Show), born in Maysville, Kentucky (d. 1976)
Apr 12 Bryan Magee, British philosopher, politician (Member of Parliament, 1974-83), writer (Modern British Philosophy), and broadcaster (Thinking Aloud), born in Hoxton, London (d. 2019)
Apr 12 John Landy, Australian athlete (2nd man to run sub-4 min mile; WR mile (3:58.0) and 1500m (3:41.8+) 1954; Olympic bronze 1956), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 2022)
Apr 12 Johnny Antonelli, American baseball pitcher (6 × MLB All-Star 1954, 56–59²; World Series, NL ERA leader 1954; SF Giants), born in Rochester, New York (d. 2020)
Apr 12 Louw de Graaf, Dutch politician and bureaucrat (Member of Parliament; Secretary of Social Affairs (VDA), born in Kootstertille, Netherlands (d. 2020)
Apr 12 Manuel Neri, American sculptor (life-size figurative sculptures), born in Sanger, California (d. 2021)
Apr 12 Patrick Edmund Pery, 6th Earl of Limerick, Irish peer and public servant, born in London (d. 2003)
Apr 13 Jeremiah Harman, British jurist, known as "the kicking Judge", born in Kensington, London (d. 2021)
Apr 14 Bradford Dillman, American actor (Compulsion, Piranha, Sudden Impact, Enforcer), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2018)
Apr 14 George Gekas, American politician (Rep-R-PA, 1983-2003), born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (d. 2021)
Apr 14 Jay Robinson, American actor (Born Again, Malibu Bikini Shop), born in New York City (d. 2013)
Apr 15 Elijah Barayi, head of South Africa union centre (COSATU), born in Lingelihle, Eastern Cape (d. 1994)
Apr 15 Richard Davis, American jazz double bassist described as "the greatest bass ever heard on a rock album" (Van Morrison's Astral Weeks), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2023)

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir (94 years old)

Apr 15 4th President of Iceland (1980-96) and the world's 1st woman democratically elected president, born in Reykjavík, Iceland

Apr 16 Herbie Mann, American jazz flutist ("Hijack"; Push Push; Memphis Underground), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2003)
Apr 17 Albert "Al" Schmitt, American Grammy Award-winning recording engineer and record producer (Sam Cooke, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2021) [1]
Apr 17 Chris Barber, English jazz trombonist ("Petite Fleur"), born in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire (d. 2021)
Apr 18 Clive Revill, New Zealand singer and actor (Legend of Hell House), born in Wellington, New Zealand
Apr 19 Ângelo Martins, Portuguese soccer defender (20 caps; Benfica 231 games), born in Porto, Portugal (d. 2020)
Apr 19 Dick Sargent [Richard Stanford Cox], American actor (Bewitched), born in Carmel, California (d. 1994)
Apr 20 Alan Oakman, English cricket all-rounder (2 Tests; Sussex CCC), born in Hastings, England (d. 2018)
Apr 21 Don Tyson, American businessman, founder of Tyson Foods, born in Olathe, Kansas (d. 2011)
Apr 21 Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (Death in Venice, Barabbas), born in Rome, Italy (d. 1989)
Apr 23 Alan Oppenheimer, American actor (6 Million Dollar Man, Eischied), born in New York City
Apr 23 Michael Bowen, British clergyman (Roman Catholic Archbishop of Southwark. 1977-2003; Bishop of Arundel and Brighton, 1971–77), born in Gibraltar (d. 2019)
Apr 24 Conn Findlay, American rower (Olympic gold coxed pair 1956, 64) and sailor (Olympic bronze Tempest 1976), born in Stockton, California (d. 2021)
Apr 24 Jerome Callet, American musician and designer of brass instruments, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2019)
Apr 24 Richard Donner [Schwartzberg], American television and film director (Twilight Zone; The Omen, Superman; Lethal Weapon; Scrooged), and producer (X-Men; Tales From The Crypt), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2021)
Apr 24 Rodolfo Micheli, Argentine soccer striker (13 caps; topscorer Copa América 1955; CA Independiente), born in Munro, Argentina (d. 2022)
Apr 25 Paul Mazursky, American writer/director (Moscow on the Hudson), born in Brooklyn, New York, (d. 2014)
Apr 25 Roy Marshall, West Indian cricket batsman (4 Tests; Hampshire CCC, Barbados), born in Saint Thomas, Barbados (d. 1992)
Apr 26 Derek Waring [Barton-Chapple], British actor (Z-Cars, Barnacle Bill, Arthur-Heart of the Country), born in Mill Hill, London (d. 2007)
Apr 26 Roger Moens, Belgian middle distance runner (800m world record 1955), born in Aalst, Belgium

Carolyn Jones (1930-1983)

Apr 28 American actress (Morticia-Addams Family), born in Amarillo, Texas

Apr 28 Christopher Headington, English composer, musicologist and pianist, born in London (d. 1996)
Apr 28 James Baker, American Secretary of the Treasury (1985-88), Secretary of State (1989-92), born in Houston, Texas
Apr 28 Richard C. Sarafian, American director and actor (Foley Square), born in New York City (d. 2013)
Apr 29 Alf Valentine, Jamaican cricketer (great West Indian lefty spinner)
Apr 29 Jean Rochefort, French actor (Man on the Train, The Artist and the Model), born in Paris, France (d. 2017)
Apr 29 Joe Porcaro, American jazz and session drummer and percussionist (Lalo Schifrin; Rosemary Clooney; Toto), and educator (Los Angeles College of Music), born in New Britain, Connecticut (d. 2020)
Apr 30 Jackie McLeod, Canadian ice hockey right wing (World C'ship gold 1961; New York Rangers) and coach (Canada 1966-69, Olympic bronze 1968), born in Regina, Saskatchewan (d. 2022)
Apr 30 Raoul de Keyser, Flemish painter, born in Deinze, Belgium (d. 2012)

Born in 1930

Famous Deaths

Apr 1 Cosima Liszt, Austrian wife of composer Richard Wagner (founded Bayreuth Festival together), daughter of Franz Liszt and Marie d'Agoult, dies at 92
Apr 1 Zawditu, 1st reigning female monarch of Ethiopia, dies
Apr 2 Zewditu, Empress of Ethiopia (1916-30), dies at 53
Apr 3 Emma Albani, Canadian operatic soprano, dies at 82
Apr 4 Vladimir Majakovski, Russian poet, dies

Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930)

Apr 14 Russian poet and playwright (Ode to Revolution, The Bathhouse), commits suicide by shooting himself through the heart at 36

Apr 16 José Carlos Mariátegui, Peruvian journalist, political philosopher and activist (b. 1894)
Apr 17 Alexander Golovin, Russian painter and stage designer, dies at 67
Apr 19 Charles Scribner II, American magazine and book publisher, dies at 75
Apr 19 Georges-Casimir Dessaulles, Canadian senator (b. 1827)
Apr 21 Alex Smith, Scottish-American golfer (US Open 1906, 10), dies at 56
Apr 21 Robert Bridges, English poet (Testament of beauty) and British Poet Laureate (1913-30), dies at 85
Apr 22 Jeppe Aakjær, Danish poet and novelist (Bondens Søn), dies at 63
Apr 24 Henry Ernest Dudeney, English mathematician and puzzle maker, dies at 73

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