November 1930 in History

Events in History

Royal Coronation

Nov 2 Coronation of Ras Tafari Makonnen as Haile Selassie I, 225th Emperor of Ethiopian Solmonic Dynasty

Event of Interest

Nov 3 Bank of Italy renamed Bank of America

Nov 3 First vehicular tunnel to a foreign country (Detroit-Windsor) opens

Coup d'état

Nov 3 Getúlio Dornelles Vargas became Head of the Provisional Government in Brazil after a bloodless coup on October 24.

President and Dictator of Brazil Getulio Vargas

Nov 5 Nobel for literature awarded to Sinclair Lewis for "Babbitt"
Nov 8 Friedrich Wolf's "Die Matrosen von Cattaro" premieres in Berlin
Nov 9 1st nonstop airplane flight from NY to Panama

Historic Invention

Nov 11 Patent number US1781541 is awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention of the Einstein refrigerator

Nov 13 WA Drake's "Grand Hotel" premieres in NYC
Nov 18 Sōka Kyōiku Gakkai, a Buddhist association later renamed Soka Gakkai, is founded by Japanese educators Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and Josei Toda.
Nov 22 1st Irish Sweepstake run
Nov 22 1st US football game broadcast to England (Harvard 13, Yale 0)

Event of Interest

Nov 22 Elijah Muhammad forms Nation of Islam in Detroit

Nov 23 NY Giant Hap Moran runs 91 yards for a TD from a scrimmage
Nov 24 Ruth Nichols sets women's transcontinental air flight record (Mineola, NY to California), in a Lockheed-Vega
Nov 25 Ito, Japan records 690 earthquake shocks in 1 day

Birthdays in History

Nov 1 A. R. Gurney, American playwright (The Dining Room), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 2017)
Nov 2 Denis Gerald Barrington, artist
Nov 3 D. James Kennedy, American theologian (d. 2007)
Nov 3 Philip M. Crane, American politician (Rep-R-IL, 1969-2005), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2014)
Nov 3 William H Dana, pilot (X-15)
Nov 5 Clifford Irving, American novelist and investigative reporter (hoax autobiography of Howard Hughes), born in NYC, New York (d. 2017)
Nov 7 Peter Woods, British journalist and newsreader, born in Romford, Essex, England (d. 1995)
Nov 7 Rudy Boschwitz, American politician (U.S. Senator from Minnesota, 1978-91), born in Berlin, Weimar Germany
Nov 8 Edmund Happold, British structural engineer (founder of Buro Happold), born in Leeds, England (d. 1996)
Nov 9 Ignacio Ellacuría, Spanish-Salvadoran Jesuit priest, philosopher and human rights activist, born in Portugalete, Spain (d. 1989) [1]
Nov 10 Clarence M. Pendleton Jr., African-American chairman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights (1981-88), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1988)
Nov 11 Hugh Everett, American physicist (many-worlds-interpretation of quantum physics), born in Washington D.C. (d. 1982)
Nov 11 Kenneth Fleetwood, English fashion designer (Hardy Amies, dressed Queen Elizabeth II), born in Wigan, England (d. 1996)
Nov 12 Tonke Dragt, Dutch children's author (Towers of February), born in Jakarta, Dutch East Indies
Nov 13 Fred Harris, American politician (Sen-D-Okla, 1964-73), born in Walters, Oklahoma
Nov 13 Nico Scheepmaker, Dutch columnist and poet, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1990)

Nov 14 Dame Elisabeth Frink, Thurlow, Suffolk, English sculptor and printmaker
Nov 14 Edward H White II, Lt Col USAF/astronaut (Gemini 4), born in San Antonio, Texas
Nov 14 Ham Kee-yong, South Korean runner (Boston Marathon 1950), born in Chuncheon, South Korea (d. 2022)
Nov 14 Ornelio Martina, Antillian author/governor of Curacao
Nov 14 Pierre Bergé, French industrialist and co-founder of Yves Saint Laurent Couture House, born in Oléron, France (d. 2017)
Nov 15 J.G. Ballard, British novelist (Empire of the Sun; Crash), born in 1930 Shanghai International Settlement, Republic of China (d. 2009)
Nov 15 Olene Walker, politician (R), 1st female Governor of Utah (2003-2005), born in Ogden, Utah (d. 2015)
Nov 16 Alice Adams, American sculptor, born in NYC, New York

Chinua Achebe (1930-2013)

Nov 16 Nigerian poet and novelist (Things Fall Apart, Christmas in Biafra), born in Ogidi, Anambra, Nigeria

Nov 16 Salvatore Riina, Italian mobster and chief of the Sicilian Mafia, born in Corleone, Sicily, Italy (d. 2017)
Nov 16 Walter Cole [stage name Darcelle XV] American drag performer (Portland's Darcelle XV Showplace, aged 85 became world’s oldest drag performer), born in Portland, Oregon (d. 2023) [1]
Nov 17 Brian Lenihan, snr, Irish politician and minister, born in Dundalk, County Louth (d. 1995)
Nov 22 John P. Schiffer, American nuclear physicist, born in Budapest
Nov 22 Owen Kay Garriott, American electrical engineer and NASA astronaut (Skylab 3; STS-9), born in Enid, Oklahoma (d. 2019)
Nov 23 Bill Brock, American Republican politician (Senator from Tennessee 1971-77) and US Secretary of Labor (1985-87), born in Chattanooga, Tennessee (d. 2021)
Nov 26 Berthold Leibinger, German entrepreneur (Trumpf) and philanthropist, born in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (d. 2018)
Nov 27 James M. Taylor, American USAF/astronaut, born in Stamps, Arkansas (d. 1970)
Nov 27 Joe DeNardo, American Meteorologist, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Nov 27 Vladimir Maksimov, Russian writer and dissident, born in Moscow, Soviet Union (d. 1995)
Nov 29 Shirley Porter, English politician
Nov 30 G. Gordon Liddy, American Watergate felon and radio host, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2021)
Nov 30 William H Dana, test pilot (X-15), born in Pasadena, California