Born in 1930
Turns 96 in 2026
Gifts for someone born in 1930
1930 Front PageTheir name. The news from their year.Unframed from $30.00Add their name
Their birth chartThe sky as astrology reads it, cast for one birth.Unframed from $30.00
The Years We Were BornThe whole family, together in years.Unframed from $30.00
Our Story timelineTheir life, told in your words.Unframed from $30.00
Front Page: United States edition. The year is filled in; add their name in the editor. “Your name” is a placeholder. Light news is selected. A new keepsake, not an original newspaper.
BACK TO 1930 · United States
A little history to go with their gift.
Mahatma Gandhi’s Salt March challenged British rule in India, Uruguay won the first FIFA World Cup, and physicist C. V. Raman received the Nobel Prize. The year joined civil resistance with milestones in sport and science.
What happened in 1930?
Hoover signs the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act
President Herbert Hoover signed the Tariff Act of 1930 on June 17, 1930.
Uruguay hosts the first World Cup
The first FIFA World Cup took place in Uruguay from 13 to 30 July 1930, creating the international tournament that would define football’s global calendar.
The Census Counts Households by April First
The official date for the fifteenth United States census was April 1, 1930, and each schedule recorded people whose home was in that family on census day.
U.S. Census Bureau · National Archives and Records Administration
The Chrysler Building Opens in New York
New York’s Chrysler Building held its formal opening on May 27, 1930. Its Art Deco design made it one of the city’s best-known skyscrapers.
Firsts and new ideas
Clyde Tombaugh finds Planet X
At Lowell Observatory in Arizona, Clyde Tombaugh found the object then called Planet X on February 18, 1930. It was later named Pluto.
Buzz Aldrin is born
Buzz Aldrin was born in the United States on January 20, 1930.
Number ones and music in 1930
Chart positions belong to the country and chart named in each record.
A song moves from stage to record
Body and Soul appeared in Three's a Crowd and on multiple recordings.
Ray Charles is born
Ray Charles was born in the United States on September 23, 1930.
U.S. Government Publishing Office · Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
Prices and everyday money in 1930
United States figures in the money of the time. Units and sources matter: these are not today's prices.
| Item or measure | Then | Unit and source |
|---|---|---|
| Stamp, January 1 | 2¢ | first oz United States Postal Service |
| Chicago delivered milk | 14¢ | US quart Federal Trade Commission |
| Federal-aid road labor | 39¢ | hour U.S. Census Bureau |
| Cinema, US annual average | 30¢ | ticket Radio Retailing, McGraw-Hill Publishing Company; International Labor and Working-Class History |
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