The following events occurred in February 1930:

Saturday, February 1, 1930

*The Soviet Union continued its crackdown on kulaks as it issued a decree forbidding kulak households to sell their property and leave their district before authorities got around to

expropriating Eminent domain (United States, Philippines), land acquisition (India, Malaysia, Singapore), compulsory purchase/acquisition (Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, United Kingdom), resumption (Hong Kong, Uganda), resumption/compulsory acquisition (Austr ...

their assets. *A bomb was found at the British Museum, and was attributed to Indian nationalists. *Born: Hussain Muhammad Ershad, President of Bangladesh from 1983 to 1990; in Dinhata, British India (d. 2019)

Sunday, February 2, 1930

* William Howard Taft resigned as Chief Justice of the United States due to failing health. *A controversial plaque was unveiled in Sarajevo honoring Gavrilo Princip, the assassin of

Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria Archduke Franz Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Joseph Maria of Austria, (18 December 1863 – 28 June 1914) was the heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary. His assassination in Sarajevo was the most immediate cause of World War I. F ...

. The plaque was located at the site of the assassination and bore an inscription saying that Princip had initiated liberty there on June 28, 1914. The Yugoslav government disavowed any connection to the plaque and said it was a private memorial.

Monday, February 3, 1930

*The

Communist Party of Vietnam The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), also known as the Vietnamese Communist Party (VCP), is the founding and sole legal party of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Founded in 1930 by Hồ Chí Minh, the CPV became the ruling party of North ...

was established by merger of the

Communist Party of Indochina The Communist Party of Indochina (Vietnamese: ''Đông Dương Cộng sản Đảng'' 1929–1930) is one of three predecessors of the Communist Party of Vietnam. Other two predecessors are the Communist Party of Annam (An Nam cộng sản Đảng ...

, the

Communist Party of Annam Communist Party of Annam (''An Nam cộng sản Đảng'') was a Vietnamese political party that existed from August 1929 until February 1930. (Annam was the common name of Vietnam at that time.) It was created by leaders of the Communist Youth L ...

and the

Communist League of Indochina The Indochinese Communist League (Đông Dương Cộng sản Liên đoàn) was one of the three communist groups of 1929–1930 which formed the base of the Vietnamese Communist Party in Vietnam, and within colonial French Indochina. It was form ...

. *U.S. President Herbert Hoover nominated Charles Evans Hughes to be the new Chief Justice of the United States. *Born: Akbar Etemad, Iranian nuclear physicist who pioneered that nation's nuclear program; in Hamadan. *Died: Michele Bianchi, 46, Italian Fascist leader

Tuesday, February 4, 1930

*The Prussian Minister of the Interior, Albert Grzesinski, forbade members of subversive parties and organizations to hold leading positions in local government. The regulation was mainly aimed at Nazis and Communists. *'' The American School of the Air'', the first half-hour educational radio program, made its debut on the CBS Radio Network at 2:30 in the afternoon Eastern time, to be listened to on radios in school classrooms nationwide. Jim Cox, ''This Day in Network Radio: A Daily Calendar of Births, Debuts, Cancellations and Other Events in Broadcasting History'' (McFarland & Company, 2008) p. 29 The program would run until 1948.

Wednesday, February 5, 1930

* Pascual Ortiz Rubio became President of Mexico. Two hours after Ortiz took the oath of office, a gunman fired six shots at the presidential car, wounding him in the jaw. The assailant was quickly arrested. Serving in a figurehead role for Plutarco Elias Calles, Ortiz would resign the presidency on September 4, 1932. *The World Figure Skating Championships ended in New York City. Sonja Henie of Norway won the ladies' competition for the fourth straight year, while Karl Schäfer of Austria won the men's competition. *Died: Naum Faiq Palak, 63, prominent

Syrian Syrians ( ar, سُورِيُّون, ''Sūriyyīn'') are an Eastern Mediterranean ethnic group indigenous to the Levant. They share common Levantine Semitic roots. The cultural and linguistic heritage of the Syrian people is a blend of both indi ...

nationalist (lung disease)

Thursday, February 6, 1930

*The

Bank of England The Bank of England is the central bank of the United Kingdom and the model on which most modern central banks have been based. Established in 1694 to act as the English Government's banker, and still one of the bankers for the Government of ...

lowered its discount rate from 5 to 4.5% to encourage trade; the

Federal Reserve Bank of New York The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is one of the 12 Federal Reserve Banks of the United States. It is responsible for the Second District of the Federal Reserve System, which encompasses the State of New York, the 12 northern counties of New ...

followed the same day with a reduction to 4.5 to 4%. *Austria and Italy signed a treaty of friendship. *The new Spanish government announced an amnesty for all political prisoners. *Born:

Allan King Allan Winton King, (February 6, 1930 – June 15, 2009), was a Canadian film director. Life Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, during the Great Depression, King attended Henry Hudson Elementary School, in Kitsilano.Vancouver (d. 2009)

Friday, February 7, 1930

Fernando de Melo Viana Fernando de Melo Viana (15 March 1878 – 10 February 1954) was a Brazil, Brazilian politician who was the 11th vice president of Brazil from 15 November 1926 to 24 October 1930 serving under President Washington Luís. As vice president, he al ...

, the Vice President of Brazil since 1926, was seriously wounded after being shot three times, and five other people were killed, in Montes Claros during campaigning for the nationwide March 1

general election A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...

. Melo Viana would recover from his wounds and live until 1954. *The Opium Commission of the League of Nations adopted a global resolution that only enough

opium Opium (or poppy tears, scientific name: ''Lachryma papaveris'') is dried latex obtained from the seed capsules of the opium poppy ''Papaver somniferum''. Approximately 12 percent of opium is made up of the analgesic alkaloid morphine, which i ...

would be produced as was necessary for medicinal purposes. *Born: David Kahn, American historian, journalist and writer, known for the history of cryptography, ''

The Codebreakers - The Story of Secret Writing ''The Codebreakers – The Story of Secret Writing'' () is a book by David Kahn, published in 1967, comprehensively chronicling the history of cryptography from ancient Egypt to the time of its writing. The United States government attempted to ha ...

''; in New York City (d. 2024)

Saturday, February 8, 1930

Pope Pius XI Pope Pius XI ( it, Pio XI), born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti (; 31 May 1857 – 10 February 1939), was head of the Catholic Church from 6 February 1922 to his death in February 1939. He was the first sovereign of Vatican City fro ...

published a letter in '' L'Osservatore Romano'' condemning the persecution of Christians in the Soviet Union. *Born: Alejandro Rey, Argentine-born U.S. film and TV actor and television director, in Buenos Aires (died of lung cancer, 1987)

Sunday, February 9, 1930

*A riot broke out at Vincennes race track in Paris when an angry crowd stormed the track and began tearing it down, believing that certain races were being

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. * Enrique Olaya Herrera won the Colombian presidential election, defeating two other major candidates. and took office for a 4-year term on August 7.

Monday, February 10, 1930

*The Yên Bái mutiny occurred in French Indochina. The French crushed an uprising of Vietnamese soldiers against their officers. *Born: Robert Wagner, American TV and film actor; in Detroit

Tuesday, February 11, 1930

*At the London Naval Conference, the United States and Britain proposed the abolition of submarines, but France and Japan resisted. * Born: Mary Quant, fashion designer, in Blackheath, London, England; (d. 2023)

Wednesday, February 12, 1930

*At the Convocations of Canterbury and York, the

Archbishop of Canterbury The archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and a principal leader of the Church of England, the ceremonial head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. The current archbishop is Justi ...

attacked the Soviet Union for "the imprisonment, the exile, the deliberate putting to death of prelates and parish priests, of monks and nuns, and of the humblest folk." *Born: John Doyle, Irish hurler and politician, in Holycross, County Tipperary (died 2010)

Thursday, February 13, 1930

*Charles Evans Hughes was confirmed as Chief Justice by the Senate by a vote of 52 to 26. He would take office on February 24. *The film '' The Green Goddess'', a talking remake of the 1923 silent film of the same name and starring George Arliss, was released.

Friday, February 14, 1930

*The engagement of

Edda Mussolini Edda Ciano, Countess of Cortellazzo and Buccari (''née'' Mussolini; 1 September 1910 – 9 April 1995) was the daughter of Benito Mussolini, Italy's fascist dictator from 1922 to 1943. Her husband, the fascist propagandist and Foreign Minister ...

and Galeazzo Ciano was announced. *The Vatican sent a note to bishops and clergy around the world instructing them to deny rites such as holy communion, baptism and confirmation to women dressed in immodest attire. *Died: Sir Thomas Mackenzie, 75, Scottish-born politician who served as Prime Minister of New Zealand from March 28 to July 10 in 1912. He later served as New Zealand's diplomatic representative, the High Commissioner, until 1920.

Saturday, February 15, 1930

*The Soviet newspapers '' Izvestia'' and '' Pravda'' declared that foreign attacks on the government for its suppression of churches were part of a concerted international movement against the USSR. *Born:

Bruce Bolt Bruce Alan Bolt (February 15, 1930 – July 21, 2005) was an Australian-born American seismologist and a professor of earth and planetary science at the University of California, Berkeley. Professor Bolt was known as a pioneer of engineering se ...

, Australian seismologist, in

Largs, New South Wales Largs is a developing township adjacent to Bolwarra Heights and is a suburb in the City of Maitland in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the eastern side of the Hunter River, 6 km north of the Maitland CBD. A ...

(d. 2005) *Died: ** Giulio Douhet, 60, Italian general and air power theorist **

William Stearns Davis William Stearns Davis (April 30, 1877 – February 15, 1930) was an American educator, historian, and author. He has been cited as one who "contributed to history as a scholarly discipline, . . . utwas intrigued by the human side of history, w ...

, 52, American educator, historian and author, of pneumonia following an operation

Sunday, February 16, 1930

Cairine Wilson Cairine Reay Mackay Wilson (February 4, 1885 – March 3, 1962) was Canada's first woman to become senator. She served as a Senator for Quebec from 1930 until her death. Personal life Cairine Reay Mackay was born in Montreal on February 4, ...

was appointed to the

Senate of Canada The Senate of Canada (french: region=CA, Sénat du Canada) is the upper house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the House of Commons, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada. The Senate is modelled after the B ...

, the first female senator of the entire British Empire.

Monday, February 17, 1930

André Tardieu André Pierre Gabriel Amédée Tardieu (; 22 September 1876 – 15 September 1945) was three times Prime Minister of France (3 November 1929 – 17 February 1930; 2 March – 4 December 1930; 20 February – 10 May 1932) and a dominant figure of F ...

resigned as

Prime Minister of France The prime minister of France (french: link=no, Premier ministre français), officially the prime minister of the French Republic, is the head of government of the French Republic and the leader of the Council of Ministers. The prime minister ...

after his government was defeated by six votes in the

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. The defeat was over a minor bill involving the taxation of married women sharing a business with their husbands. *Born: Ruth Rendell, English author, in South Woodford, Essex, as Ruth Barbara Grasemann (d.

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)

Tuesday, February 18, 1930

*Astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovered the ninth planet, Pluto. In 2006, the International Astronomical Union would reclassify the definition of planets and declare that Earth was one of only eight, rather than nine, planets in our solar system. *Representatives of the United States, Britain, Norway, the Netherlands and Brazil signed a pact in Nanjing bringing foreign lawyers under the jurisdiction and control of the Chinese government. *The bodies of explorer

Carl Ben Eielson Carl Benjamin "Ben" Eielson (July 20, 1897 – November 9, 1929) was an American aviator, bush pilot and explorer. Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska is named in his honor. In 1997 Carl Ben Eielson was inducted into the North Dakota Aviation Ha ...

and his mechanic, Earl Borland, were recovered from the site of their plane crash in Siberia. The plane went down on November 9 while trying to reach the stranded ship ''

Nanuk Nanook, in Inuit mythology, is the master of bears. Nanook, Nanuk, or Nanuq may also refer to: Art, entertainment, and media * Nanook (band), Greenlandic pop rock band * ''Nanook'' (TV series), whose title character is named Nanook * ''Nanook o ...

''. *

Elm Farm Ollie Elm Farm Ollie (known as "Nellie Jay" and post-flight as "Sky Queen") was the first cow to fly in an airplane, doing so on 18 February 1930, as part of the International Air Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. On the same trip, whi ...

became the first cow to fly in an airplane, as part of the International Air Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri. * Ho Chi Minh gave the speech "Appeal Made on the Occasion of the Founding of the Indochinese Communist Party" calling for a people's communist revolution.

Wednesday, February 19, 1930

*The London Naval Conference was adjourned for a week to give France time to form a new government. *Born: John Frankenheimer, American film director, in Queens, New York (d. 2002)

Thursday, February 20, 1930

* Voting was held for the 466 seats of Japan's House of Representatives. The Constitutional Democratic Party (the Minseitō), led by Prime Minister Osachi Hamaguchi, won 273 of the seats for a majority. In the previous election, no party had the 234 seats necessary for control, with the Minseitō having 217 and the rival Seiyūkai having 218.

Friday, February 21, 1930

Camille Chautemps Camille Chautemps (1 February 1885 – 1 July 1963) was a French Radical politician of the Third Republic, three times President of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister). He was the father-in-law of U.S. politician and statesman Howard J. ...

became the new

. *Richard Luttrell Pilkington Bethell, the 3rd

Baron Westbury Baron Westbury, of Westbury, Wiltshire, Westbury in the County of Wiltshire, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 27 June 1861 for the lawyer and Liberal Party (UK), Liberal politician Richard Bethell, 1st Baron Wes ...

, committed suicide by jumping from the seventh story window of his apartment. Believers in the supernatural attributed his death to the curse of Tutankhamun, as his son was an Egyptologist who had participated in the excavation of Tut's tomb and mysteriously died in his sleep in November 1929. *Born:

Joan Metge Dame Alice Joan Metge (born 21 February 1930) is a New Zealand social anthropologist, educator, lecturer and writer. Biography Metge was born in the Auckland suburb of Mount Roskill on 21 February 1930, the daughter of Alice Mary Metge (née Ri ...

, New Zealand social anthropologist, educator, lecturer and writer; in Auckland

Saturday, February 22, 1930

*Marking the fourteenth anniversary of the Battle of Verdun, a

lighthouse A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid, for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Lighthouses mar ...

was dedicated at the Douaumont Ossuary which would flash alternately a red and white light over the cemetery grounds. *Born: Marni Nixon, American soprano and playback singer who dubbed the singing for other actresses in film; in Altadena, California (d. 2016)

Sunday, February 23, 1930

*Sir

Edwin Lutyens Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens ( ; 29 March 1869 – 1 January 1944) was an English architect known for imaginatively adapting traditional architectural styles to the requirements of his era. He designed many English country houses, war memori ...

resigned from the Royal Institute of British Architects after endorsing an unpopular government plan to build a bridge across the Thames at

Charing Cross Charing Cross ( ) is a junction in Westminster, London, England, where six routes meet. Clockwise from north these are: the east side of Trafalgar Square leading to St Martin's Place and then Charing Cross Road; the Strand leading to the City; ...

. *Died: **

Mabel Normand Amabel Ethelreid Normand (November 9, 1893 – February 23, 1930), better known as Mabel Normand, was an American silent film actress, screenwriter, director, and producer. She was a popular star and collaborator of Mack Sennett in their K ...

, 37, American film actress, of tuberculosis ** Horst Wessel, 22, German Nazi Party activist, 40 days after being shot on January 14, celebrated as a martyr by the Nazis.

Monday, February 24, 1930

*While lying in his hospital bed, Chicago gangster Frank McErlane was shot three times by rival gang members. McErlane, whose fractured right leg was in a cast while recovering from a previous shootout, returned fire and the two assailants fled. *Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King said that he would immediately call a new federal election on the issue of the American tariff if the U.S. government boosted its tariff against Canada. *The U.S. Supreme Court decided '' United States v. Wurzbach''. *Born:

Anita Steckel Anita Slavin Arkin Steckel (February 24, 1930 – March 16, 2012) was an American feminist artist known for paintings and photomontages with sexual imagery. She was also the founder of the arts organization "The Fight Censorship Group", whose othe ...

, US artist and feminist, in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2012)

Tuesday, February 25, 1930

*The Camille Chautemps government fell on a confidence vote after less than a week in power. He had tried to form a left-wing coalition but the Socialist Party refused to support him when he vowed to continue the naval policy of the previous government at the London Conference instead of adopting a more conciliatory one. *The British bill to abolish blasphemy as a crime was dropped.

Wednesday, February 26, 1930

*President of the Dominican Republic Horacio Vásquez fled Santo Domingo as rebel forces led by General

Rafael Trujillo Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina ( , ; 24 October 189130 May 1961), nicknamed ''El Jefe'' (, "The Chief" or "The Boss"), was a Dominican dictator who ruled the Dominican Republic from February 1930 until his assassination in May 1961. He ser ...

toppled his government. *André Tardieu was asked by French President Gaston Doumergue to try to form a new government.

Thursday, February 27, 1930

*Prayers for former U.S. president William Howard Taft were broadcast across the nation as physicians frankly stated that he had been unconscious for most of the day and that there was no hope of recovery. *The Fox Theatre in Visalia, California, opened. *Born: Joanne Woodward, US actress and producer, in Thomasville, Georgia

Friday, February 28, 1930

*Spain restored censorship of the press and imposed a ban on all public meetings and speeches in an attempt to suppress republican agitation. *Born: Leon Cooper, American physicist and Nobel Prize laureate, in New York City *Died: Perceval Maitland Laurence, 75, English scholar and judge

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