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The following events occurred in August 1930:

Friday, August 1, 1930

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  • The British airship R100 completed an east–west crossing of the Atlantic Ocean when it was secured at St. Hubert Airport in Montreal, 78 hours and 51 minutes after its departure from Cardington, UK – a new speed record.[1]
  • Born: Pierre Bourdieu, sociologist, in Denguin, France (d. 2002);[2]
  • Died: Jack Zuta, 42, Chicago underworld figure (shot)[3]

Saturday, August 2, 1930

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  • Italy authorized Vatican City to issue currency of up to 1 million lire per year.[4]

Sunday, August 3, 1930

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  • Italy and the Soviet Union signed a commercial treaty.[5]

Monday, August 4, 1930

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Tuesday, August 5, 1930

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General MacArthur being sworn in as Army Chief of Staff

Wednesday, August 6, 1930

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  • New York City Judge Joseph Crater disappeared in Manhattan and became the subject of one of the biggest missing persons cases in American history. Under investigation for corruption, Judge Crater was last seen in public exiting a restaurant, Billy Haas's Chophouse, at 332 West 45th Street in New York City after having gone through his office files and cashing two checks for $5,150 (equivalent to $80,000 in 2021).[9]
  • Unemployment in Britain topped 2 million.[10]
  • Britain signed a commerce treaty with Romania.[4]
  • Born: Abbey Lincoln, singer, in Chicago (d. 2010)[11]

Thursday, August 7, 1930

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Prime Minister Bennett

Friday, August 8, 1930

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Saturday, August 9, 1930

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Sunday, August 10, 1930

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  • A Scandinvian anti-fascist conference was held in Stockholm. 154 delegates, mainly communist and youth organizations, formed a committee to coordinate efforts to fight the spread of right-wing movements in northern Europe.[19]
  • The Hankow garrison commander in China beheaded 16 communists in the street to discourage any further unrest.[20]
  • Born: Jorma Panula, Finnish conductor and composer, in Kauhajoki[21]

Monday, August 11, 1930

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  • Germany marked Republic Day, the eleventh anniversary of the creation of the Weimar Republic. During celebrations at the Reichstag, Interior Minister Joseph Wirth made a nationally broadcast radio address saying that republican Germany "may boast of being the freest country in the world."[22]

Tuesday, August 12, 1930

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Wednesday, August 13, 1930

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Thursday, August 14, 1930

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  • President Hoover met at the White House with the Governors of 13 U.S. states to discuss a relief program for Americans affected by a serious drought.[26]
  • The Church of England approved birth control, and made the announcement in an Encyclical Letter from the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Letter called for strict control over the sale and advertising of contraceptives, however.[4]
  • Died: Florian Cajori, 71, Swiss-American historian[27]

Friday, August 15, 1930

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  • Canada announced it was halting immigration from continental Europe with the exception of "experienced farmers of a suitable type" due to the country's unemployment problem.[28]
  • The British ocean liner RMS Tahiti lost its starboard propeller and sprang a leak about 400 miles southwest of Rarotonga, Cook Islands. The crippled ship began to slowly sink as it drifted in the Pacific Ocean while rescue efforts began.[29]
  • Born: Selma James, feminist writer, in Brooklyn

Saturday, August 16, 1930

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Sunday, August 17, 1930

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  • The Matson liner Ventura reached the disabled Tahiti and took aboard all 175 of its passengers.[29]
  • Born: Ted Hughes, poet and children's writer, in Mytholmroyd, England (d. 1998)[33]

Monday, August 18, 1930

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  • The remaining 142 officers and crew of the British ocean liner Tahiti were rescued, three days after the ship sent its distress call, and only after all the passengers had been saved first. The vessel sank soon after the last crewmember had been safely evacuated.[34]
  • The Noël Coward play Private Lives opened at the King's Theatre, Edinburgh.[35]
  • Born: Rafael Pineda Ponce, Honduran politician and presiding officer of the National Congress from 1998 to 2002; in San Miguelito, Intibucá (d. 2014)[36]
  • Died: Van Lear Black, 54, American publisher and civil aviation pioneer, was lost at sea. Black fell overboard and into the Atlantic Ocean after losing his balance while sitting on the rail of his yacht, the Sabalo, off the coast of New Jersey[37]

Tuesday, August 19, 1930

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Wednesday, August 20, 1930

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Thursday, August 21, 1930

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Friday, August 22, 1930

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Photo of the crashed balloon Ornen, developed 33 years after it had been taken
  • Copenhagen newspapers reported the discovery in the Arctic of the remains of explorer Salomon August Andrée, along with two partners, Knut Frænkel and photographer Nils Strindberg, almost 33 years after they had last been seen alive. The three had disappeared in 1897, after embarking on an attempt to reach the North Pole in a balloon. Strindberg's undeveloped photograph of the crashed balloon, Ornen, was found and would be printed.[45]
  • The Bengal legislative council passed a bill giving authorities the right to imprison terrorists for five years without trial.[46]
  • Australia won the Ashes series (the best 3 of 5 Test Cricket series between the teams of England and Australia), taking the fifth Test by an innings and 39 runs, or 695 runs to 405.[4]
  • Albert Einstein made the opening speech of the Seventh German Radio Show in Berlin. It began with the famous words, "Ladies and gentlemen who are present and who are not! When you hear the radio, think also about how people have come to possess such a wonderful tool of communication."[47]
  • Born: Gylmar dos Santos Neves (known popularly as "Gilmar"), Brazilian national team goalkeeper in three World Cups; in Santos, São Paulo (d. 2013)[48]

Saturday, August 23, 1930

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  • Three were killed and ten injured in Bolesławiec, Silesia, when police clashed with communists who tried to forcibly enter a pre-election meeting of Nazis.[49]

Sunday, August 24, 1930

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Monday, August 25, 1930

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President Leguia

Tuesday, August 26, 1930

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Chaney as the Phantom of the Opera
  • Died: Lon Chaney, 47, American silent film actor known as "The Man of a Thousand Faces" for his ability to use makeup to transform himself into various characters on film, died of a throat hemorrhage following a long bout with lung cancer.[56]

Wednesday, August 27, 1930

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Thursday, August 28, 1930

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Advertisement for Animal Crackers

Friday, August 29, 1930

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Saturday, August 30, 1930

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  • The Federal Trade Commission building in Washington was heavily damaged by fire, destroying many documents.[63]
  • A semi-official government newspaper in Yugoslavia announced new rights for German-speaking minorities. Parents would have the right to decide whether to send their children to German or Yugoslavian schools, and the Serbo-Croatian language would not be taught before third year in the German schools.[64]
  • The comedy film Doughboys, starring Buster Keaton, was released.[65]
  • Born: Warren Buffett, American billionaire, business magnate, investor and philanthropist; in Omaha, Nebraska

Sunday, August 31, 1930

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  • The sunken cargo ship SS Egypt was positively identified by Italian divers. The ship sank in the English Channel in May 1922 with $5 million U.S. worth of gold and silver in its hull and efforts to locate it had been ongoing for the past six months.[66]
  • Died: Vladan Đorđević, 85, Serbian physician and writer, Prime Minister of Serbia from 1897 to 1900

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  5. ^ "Russians Sign Trade Pact Favoring Italian Purchases". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 4, 1930. p. 18.
  6. ^ "Nation's First Supermarket Attempts to Stay Competitive", by Florence Fabricant The New York Times, September 28, 1997
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  8. ^ Hansen, James R. (April 2018). First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong. Simon & Schuster Paperbacks. p. 14. ISBN 978-1-5011-5306-8.
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  10. ^ "Over 2,000,000 Without Work in Great Britain". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 7, 1930. p. 2.
  11. ^ Fordham, John. "Abbey Lincoln obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
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  23. ^ "Drought Crisis Causes Hoover to Give up Trip". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 13, 1930. p. 1.
  24. ^ "Unpaid Bill Charges Darken Honeymoon of Jack Pickford". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. August 13, 1930. p. 3.
  25. ^ "Hawks Makes Coast to Coast Trip in 12 Hours". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 14, 1930. p. 1.
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  38. ^ "Finish 28,000 Ton Arches on Sydney's Harbor Span". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 20, 1930. p. 8.
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  40. ^ "Gerard Names 59 as Real Rulers of United States". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 21, 1930. p. 1.
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  42. ^ "Viceroy of India Receives Gandhi Terms of Peace". Chicago Daily Tribune. August 22, 1930. p. 10.
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