WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO SEPTEMBER 1930
Find out what all happened March to September 1930

Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of the Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam). (7. July 1930)

Constantinople and Angora change their names to Istanbul and Ankara. (28. March 1930)

The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding. (22. April 1930)

International Unemployment Day demonstrations globally initiated by the Comintern (6. March 1930)

One-year conscription comes into force in France. (21. June 1930)

Betty Boop makes her cartoon debut in Dizzy Dishes. (9. August 1930)

U.S. President Herbert Hoover signs the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act into law. (17. June 1930)

A Chicago Tribune reporter, Jake Lingle, is killed during rush hour at the Illinois Central train station by Leo Vincent Brothers, allegedly over a $100,000 gambling debt owed to Al Capone. (9. June 1930)

Syro-Malankara Catholic Church is formed by Archbishop Mar Ivanios. (20. September 1930)

Gandhi raises a lump of mud and salt and declares, "With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire," beginning the Salt Satyagraha. (6. April 1930)

The first color sound cartoon, called Fiddlesticks, is made by Ub Iwerks. (16. August 1930)

The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland. (29. August 1930)

After the mysterious death of Empress Zewditu, Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia. (2. April 1930)

The 1,046 feet (319 m) Chrysler Building in New York City, the tallest man-made structure at the time, opens to the public. (27. May 1930)

Heinrich Brüning is appointed German Reichskanzler. (29. March 1930)

The dwarf planet Pluto is officially named. (1. May 1930)

The radio mystery program The Shadow airs for the first time. (31. July 1930)

Bobby Jones wins the U.S. Amateur Championship to complete the Grand Slam of golf. The old structure of the grand slam was the U.S. Open, British Open, U.S. Amateur, and British Amateur. (27. September 1930)

The Motion Pictures Production Code is instituted, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in film, in the U.S., for the next thirty eight years. (31. March 1930)

Amy Johnson lands in Darwin, Northern Territory, becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia (she left on May 5 for the 11,000 mile flight). (24. May 1930)