Timeline April 1930

Events in April 1930 12

• 1837 – 1930 Cosima Wagner (1837-1930) Died 1 April 1930, aged 92 Daughter of Franz Liszt and wife of Richard Wagner. After his death she directed the Bayreuth Festival for more than twenty years.
• 1844 – 1930 Robert Bridges (1844-1930) Died 21 April 1930, aged 85 English poet who was Poet Laureate from 1913 until his death. He published the poetry of his friend Gerard Manley Hopkins after Hopkins died. His best-known work is The Testament of Beauty.
• 1876 – 1930 Zewditu (1876-1930) Died 2 April 1930, aged 53 Empress of Ethiopia from 1916 and the first woman to rule Ethiopia in her own right. The regent Ras Tafari succeeded her and was crowned Haile Selassie.
• 1893 – 1930 Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930) Died 14 April 1930, aged 36 Russian Futurist poet and playwright who became the leading poetic voice of the early Soviet state. His works include The Bedbug and The Bathhouse. He died by suicide in Moscow.
• 1930 Gandhi's Salt March Mass civil disobedience against the British salt tax Mohandas Gandhi led a march of about 385 kilometres from Sabarmati Ashram to the coastal village of Dandi to defy the British monopoly on salt. On 6 April he made salt from seawater, which set off a campaign of civil disobedience across India. Tens of thousands were arrested, and the march drew international attention to the Indian independence movement.
• 1930 Freon, in three days And the candle trick Asked to find a refrigerant that will not poison families in their sleep — ammonia, methyl chloride and sulphur dioxide had all been killing people in their homes — Midgley settles on dichlorodifluoromethane within days. At the American Chemical Society meeting in Atlanta he demonstrates it by inhaling a lungful and exhaling onto a candle flame, showing in one gesture that it is neither toxic nor flammable. It is a genuinely great invention that saves many lives before anyone thinks about the stratosphere.
• 1930 The Blue Angel premieres Marlene Dietrich becomes an international star Josef von Sternberg's film The Blue Angel premiered in Berlin, with Emil Jannings and Marlene Dietrich. It was one of the first major German sound films and was shot in both German and English versions. Dietrich left for Hollywood the night of the premiere.
• 1930 – 2017 Helmut Kohl Chancellor of Unity The architect of German reunification and a driving force behind the creation of the European Union.
• 1930 – 2017 Helmut Kohl (1930-2017) Died 16 June 2017, aged 87 German statesman who served as chancellor from 1982 to 1998 and presided over the reunification of Germany in 1990. He was a driving force behind European integration, including the creation of the euro. He remains one of the most consequential European leaders of the postwar era.
• 1930 Chittagong armoury raid Indian revolutionaries seize British armouries in Bengal Revolutionaries led by Surya Sen raided the police and auxiliary forces armouries in Chittagong and declared a provisional revolutionary government. British forces defeated them in fighting at Jalalabad Hill a few days later. The raid became a celebrated episode of armed resistance to British rule.
• 1930 London Naval Treaty signed Major naval powers limit submarines and cruisers The United Kingdom, the United States, Japan, France and Italy signed a treaty on naval armaments that extended the limits set at Washington in 1922. Britain, the US and Japan agreed to limits on cruisers, destroyers and submarines. The treaty caused bitter political controversy in Japan.
• 1930 Qissa Khwani Bazaar massacre British troops fire on unarmed protesters in Peshawar British troops opened fire on nonviolent protesters of the Khudai Khidmatgar movement in the Qissa Khwani Bazaar in Peshawar. Many people were killed. Soldiers of the Garhwal Rifles who refused to fire were court-martialled.