1930
Gandhi's Salt March
Mohandas Gandhi, sixty years old and thin as a reed, walked 240 miles from Sabarmati to the Gujarat coast and scooped up a handful of salt in defiance…
Smoot-Hawley Tariff signed
Herbert Hoover signed a protectionist tariff bill that raised duties on thousands of imported goods.
Ras Tafari crowned Haile Selassie
In a twelve-hour Addis Ababa ceremony laced with Biblical pageantry, Ras Tafari Makonnen was crowned emperor of Ethiopia and took the name Haile Selassie…
Pluto discovered from Arizona
A twenty-four-year-old farm boy named Clyde Tombaugh, staring through a blink comparator at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, noticed a faint dot…
Grant Wood paints American Gothic
An Iowa artist painted his dentist and his sister posing in front of a small white farmhouse…
Daylight saving time becomes federal
After years of patchwork local observance, daylight saving time became a consistent practice in the United States.
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Frequently asked
What happened in the year 1930?
Saeculum lists 6 events from 1930. The most significant is Gandhi's Salt March.
What era was 1930 part of?
1930 falls within the Modern Era (1901-2000). World wars, cold war, and the splitting of the atom.
Which regions saw notable events in 1930?
The events from 1930 span South Asia, North America and Africa.