1930 CE

The Salt March, led by Mahatma Gandhi, begins as nonviolent civil disobedience against the British salt monopoly, inspiring the Indian independence movement; the 1930 FIFA World Cup in Uruguay inaugurates the world’s premier international football tournament, with the host nation defeating Argentina; Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto at Lowell Observatory, expanding knowledge of the solar system; the Revolution of 1930 overthrows Brazilian President Washington Luís, bringing Getúlio Vargas to power; the 1930 Argentine coup d'état deposes President Hipólito Yrigoyen, starting the "Infamous Decade"; and the Musha Incident sees the Seediq people rise against Japanese colonial rule in Taiwan, resulting in a brutal suppression.

In the 1930s, the 20th century.

1930 at a glance

World population: about 2.07 billion Our World in Data
United States: Herbert Hoover (President) Wikipedia rev. 1377869146
United Kingdom: George V (King); Ramsay MacDonald (Prime minister) Wikipedia rev. 1377869146
Soviet Union: Joseph Stalin (General Secretary); Mikhail Kalinin (Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Congress of Soviets); Alexei Rykov, then Vyacheslav Molotov (Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars) Wikipedia rev. 1377869146
Republic of China (1916–1949): Chiang Kai-shek (Chairmen); Tan Yankai, then T. V. Soong, then Chiang Kai-shek (Premier) Wikipedia rev. 1377869146
French Third Republic: Gaston Doumergue (President); André Tardieu, then Camille Chautemps, then Théodore Steeg (President of the Council of ministers) Wikipedia rev. 1377869146
Weimar Republic of Germany: Paul von Hindenburg (President); Hermann Müller, then Heinrich Brüning (Chancellor) Wikipedia rev. 1377869146
$1 in 1930: $20.18 in September 2026 dollars BLS CPI-U

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Geopolitics & Diplomacy

21 January – Domingos Oliveira becomes Prime MinisterPortugal source
January 26 – The Indian National Congress declares this date as Independence Day, or as the day for Purna Swaraj (Complete Independence).source
5 February – Women vote for the first time in Romanian elections.Romania source
February 20 – 1930 Japanese general election: The Rikken Minseitō party, led by Prime Minister Osachi Hamaguchi, won an overall majority in the House of Representatives. Voter turnout was 83.34%.Japan source
March 2 – André Tardieu begins his second term as Prime Minister of France.source
March 28 – The government of Turkey requests the international community to adopt Istanbul and Ankara, as the official names for Constantinople and Angora. The U.S. State Department adopts the "Istanbul" form in May.source
March 29 – Heinrich Brüning is appointed Chancellor of Germany.source
April 22 – The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty to regulate submarine warfare and limit naval shipbuilding.source
6 May — China signed tariff treaties with Japan. The Republic of China government obtained itself right of tariff autonomy. Some Japanese goods do not need to pay tariffs.China source
May 16 – Rafael Trujillo is elected president of the Dominican Republic.source
June 7 – Carl Gustaf Ekman becomes Prime Minister of Sweden, for the second and final time.source
10 June – Agreement between Turkey and Greece concerning the population exchange problems in the 1920s.Turkey source
June 15 – Iceland held a parliamentary election to elect members to the Althing (Alþingi), Iceland's parliament.Iceland source
July 28 – R. B. Bennett defeats William Lyon Mackenzie King in federal elections and becomes the Prime Minister of Canada.source
August 7 – R. B. Bennett takes office as the eleventh Prime Minister of Canada.source
September 14 – 1930 German federal election: National Socialists win 107 seats in the German Parliament, the Reichstag (18.3% of all the votes), making them the second largest party.source
September 27 – İsmet İnönü forms a new government in Turkey (6th government).source
October 1 – British rule of Weihaiwei ends, as it is returned to China.source
21 October - Lord Passfield, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, issues a white paper, a formal statement of the British policy in Palestine, outlining a more restrictive british policy towards jewish immigration and land settlement.Mandatory Palestine source
October 27 – Ratifications are exchanged in London on the first London Naval Treaty signed in April, modifying the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922. Its arms limitation provisions go into effect immediately, hence putting more limits on the expensive naval arms race between its five signatories (the United Kingdom, the United States, the Empire of Japan, France and Italy.)source
October – The Indochinese Communist Party is formed.source
1 November - Beginning of the Vargas Era: the ruling junta hands power and the presidential palace to Getúlio Vargas.Brazil source
November 3 – Getúlio Vargas becomes president of Brazil.source
December 29 – Sir Muhammad Iqbal's presidential address in Allahabad introduces the two-nation theory, outlining a vision for the creation of Pakistan.source
December – All adult Turkish women are given the right to vote in elections.source

Conflict & Security

February 10 – The Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng launch the Yên Bái mutiny in the hope of ending French colonial rule in Vietnam.source
March 2 – Mahatma Gandhi informs the British Viceroy of India that civil disobedience will begin the following week.source
March - The Commission on the Palestine disturbances of August, 1929 presents the Shaw Report to the british parliament. The Report investigates the disturbances in 1929 and gives recommendations for preventing further disturbances and addresses the causes of the conflict.Mandatory Palestine source
April 18 – The Chittagong Rebellion begins in India with the Chittagong armoury raid.source
May 17 – French Prime Minister André Tardieu decides to withdraw the remaining French troops from the Rhineland (they depart by June 30).source
8 June – In a coup d'état by parliament, King Carol II takes the throne.Romania source
26 June – 13 July – 16th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks).Soviet Union source
July 3–10 – The First Eastern Women's Congress takes place in Damascus in Syria.source
July 7 – The far-right Lapua Movement marches in Helsinki, Finland.source
August 12 – Turkish troops move into Persia to fight Kurdish insurgents.source
August 27 – A military junta takes over in Peru.source
September 6 – 1930 Argentine coup d'état: José Félix Uriburu carries out a military coup, overthrowing Hipólito Yrigoyen, President of Argentina.source
6 September – 1930 Argentine coup d'état: José Félix Uriburu leads troops into Buenos Aires and carries out a military coup, ousting incumbent president Hipólito Yrigoyen.Argentina source
September 17 – The Kurdish Ararat rebellion is suppressed by the Turks.source
September - The state capital of Paraíba, formerly Parahyba, is renamed João Pessoa, in memory of its assassinated governor.Brazil source
October 24 – Revolution of 1930: Getúlio Vargas overthrows Washington Luís.source
27 October – Start of Musha Incident.Taiwan source
November 14 – Prime Minister Osachi Hamaguchi is shot inside Tokyo Station by Tomeo Sagoya in a failed assassination attempt. The wounds kept Hamaguchi hospitalized for several months.Japan source
23 December – Menemen Incident in which a group of reactionaries who opposed Atatürk's reforms killed Mustafa Fehmi Kubilay a young lieutenant.Turkey source

Exploration & Expansion

3 May to 3 November – Exposition internationale held in Liège with simultaneous International Exhibition of Colonies, Shipping and Flemish Art held in Antwerp.Belgium source
13 May – Fridtjof Nansen, explorer, scientist and diplomat, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922 (born 1861)Norway source
July 26 – Charles Creighton and James Hargis leave New York City for Los Angeles on a roundtrip journey, driving 11,555 km using only a reverse gear; the trip lasts the next 42 days.United States source
October – First Round Table Conference opens in London.India source
6 November – South West Africa – Witvlei to Gobabis, 31 mi 44 ch.South Africa source
The Australia national rugby league team completed the 1929–30 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain.Australia source
The founding of the kibbutz Na'an by 42 members of the Noar HaOved youth group, on lands purchased from the Arabic village Al-Na'ani.Mandatory Palestine source
Bank for International Settlements was founded, based in BaselSwitzerland source

Religion & Belief

5 June – The papal bull Solemni conventione defines the boundaries of the Catholic Church in Romania,Romania source
June 29 – Eight Jesuit martyrs become the first Canadian saintsCanada source
July 5 – The Seventh Lambeth Conference of Anglican bishops opens. This conference approves the use of birth control in limited circumstances, a move away from the Christian views on birth control expressed by the Sixth Conference a decade earlier.source
16 July - Our Lady of Aparecida is proclaimed the Patroness of Brazil, by decree of Pope Pius XI.Brazil source
13 August – The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Berlin is established.Germany source
September 20 – The Eastern Catholic Rite Syro-Malankara Catholic Church is formed.source
11 November – The Shrine of Remembrance in Brisbane is dedicated.Australia source
November 18 – the Buddhist religious movement Soka Gakkai is formed by educator Tsunesaburō Makiguchi.Japan source
December 31 – The Papal encyclical Casti connubii, issued by Pope Pius XI, stresses the sanctity of marriage, prohibits Roman Catholics from using any form of artificial birth control, and reaffirms the Catholic prohibition on abortion.source
Kowhai Gold, an anthology of New Zealand poetry edited by Quentin Pope published in London and New YorkNew Zealand source
The Education (Northern Ireland) Act restores 50% government funding to Voluntary (chiefly Catholic) schools and allows religious instruction in controlled schools.Northern Ireland source

Economy & Finance

5 January - The left-wing political party Mapai is founded by the merger of the Hapoel Hatzair (founded by A. D. Gordon) and the original Ahdut HaAvoda (founded in 1919 from the more moderate, right-wing of the Marxist Zionist socialist Russian party Poale Zion, led by David Ben-Gurion).Mandatory Palestine source
June 17 – President Herbert Hoover signs the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act into law, implementing protectionist trade policies in the United States. It has the incidental effect of defining an antique as older than 1830.source
9 July – SNNA (Serviciul Național de Navigație Aeriană, The National Air Navigation Service) becomes LANES (Liniile Aeriene Române Exploatate de Stat, Romanian State-Operated Air Lines) representing its status as a state enterprise.Romania source
20 November – Kjell Storvik, economist and former Governor of the Central Bank of NorwayNorway source
December 21 – The First Gōdō Bank and Sanyō Bank were merged, that became name for Okayama Chūgoku Bank.Japan source
Premier of Tasmania – John McPheeAustralia source
Economic Depression in Estonia.Estonia source
The Communist Party of Iceland is founded.Iceland source
Increase since previous 31 December 1929: 20,700 (1.39%).New Zealand source

Technology & Infrastructure

January 1 – The Ministry of Rail adopts the metric system for all of Japan's railways.Japan source
January 28 – The first patent for a field-effect transistor is granted in the United States, to Julius Edgar Lilienfeld.source
January 30 – Pavel Molchanov launches a radiosonde from Slutsk in the Soviet Union.source
21 March – The Chilean Air Force is established.Chile source
April 21 – The Turkestan–Siberia Railway is completed.source
May 15 – Nurse Ellen Church becomes the world's first flight attendant, working on a Boeing Air Transport trimotor.source
July 7 – Building of the Boulder Dam (later known as the Hoover Dam) is started on the Colorado River, in the United States.source
12 July – A streetcar accident occurs near Buenos Aires, when the vehicle's operator fails to notice that the moveable bridge for the tracks has been raised to allow a crossing of the Río de la Plata. The car plunges into the river and its passengers are drowned.Argentina source
20 July – Louis Chiron wins the 1930 Belgian Grand Prix at Spa–Francorchamps.Belgium source
30 July – The Order of Aeronautical Virtue is established as a military order.Romania source
September 8 – Scotch Tape, invented by Richard Gurley Drew, is sold by the 3M company in the United States for the first time.source
12 September – Sound newsreels appear for the first time in German cinemas.Germany source
The Icelandic State Radio named RUV begins broadcasting.Iceland source
One Class 8X 2-8-0 locomotive is rebuilt to a 4-8-0 configuration and reclassified to the only member of Class 8R.South Africa source

Science & Discovery

January 6 – An early literary character licensing agreement is signed by A. A. Milne, granting Stephen Slesinger U.S. and Canadian merchandising rights to the Winnie-the-Pooh works.Canada source
January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at 356,397 km in recent history, and the next one will be on January 1, 2257, at 356,371 km.source
February 18 – While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh confirms the existence of Pluto, a celestial body considered a planet until redefined as a dwarf planet in 2006.source
28 February - Sir C V Raman Received Nobel Prize in Physics.India source
14 April – Cape – Fort Knokke to Woltemade no. 1, 4 mi 5 ch.South Africa source
April 17 – Neoprene is invented by DuPont.source
May 24 – Amy Johnson lands in Darwin, Australia, becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia (she left on May 5 for the 11,000 mile flight).source
May 30 – Film director Sergei Eisenstein arrives in Hollywood to work for Paramount Pictures; they part ways by October.United States source
21 June – Trygve Reenskaug, computer scientistNorway source
July 11 – Australian cricketer Don Bradman scores a world record 309 runs in one day, on his way to the highest individual Test innings of 334, during a Test match against England.source
26 July – The cargo schooner Nobiskrug is launched from Rendsburg harbour.Germany source
July 29 – British airship R100 sets out for a successful 78-hour passage to Canada.source
December 24 – In London, inventor Harry Grindell Matthews demonstrates his device to project pictures on clouds.source
Bernhard Schmidt invents the Schmidt camera.source
NHK Science & Technology Research Laboratories was foundedJapan source
24,25,27 January Basin Reserve, Wellington. New Zealand (440 and 164/4dec.) drew with England (320 and 107/4).New Zealand source

Health & Medicine

6 January – Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings.Australia source
March 31 – The Motion Picture Production Code (Hays Code) is instituted by the studios in the United States, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in films for the next 40 years.source
March 31 – The Motion Pictures Production Code is instituted, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in motion pictures for the next 40 years.United States source
April 6 – In an act of civil disobedience, Mahatma Gandhi breaks the salt laws of British India by making salt by the sea at the end of the Salt March.source
6 April – In an act of civil disobedience, Mahatma Gandhi breaks British law after marching to the sea and taking salt.India source
June 14 – The Federal Bureau of Narcotics is established under the United States Department of the Treasury, replacing the Narcotics Division of the Prohibition Unit.source
June 19 – 1930 Alberta general election: Premier John Brownlee's United Farmers of Alberta win a third consecutive majorityCanada source
3 October - Nationwide outbreak of the Revolution of 1930.Brazil source
October 20 – The British Passfield white paper demands restrictions on Jewish immigration into Mandatory Palestine.source
24 October – Johan Galtung, sociologistNorway source
November 25 – Cecil George Paine, a pathologist at the Sheffield Royal Infirmary in England, achieves the first recorded cure (of an eye infection) using penicillin.source
29 December – The first and only census of Greater Romania reports that the population is 18,057,028, of which 28% are non-Romanian.Romania source
Estimated population as of 31 December: 1,506,800.New Zealand source

Crime & Justice

April 11 – Anglo-Indian hunter Jim Corbett shot the second of the man-eating tigers of Chowgarh.source
13 April – Corneliu Zelea Codreanu forms the Iron Guard out of the far right Legion of the Archangel Michael as a larger paramilitary organisation.Romania source
9 May - An elephant from the Monmouth mop fair escapes, and wades in the River Monnow before recapture.Wales source
22 June – The growth of the Nazi Party continues as they become the second biggest party in the Landtag of SaxonyGermany source
August 7 – Lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith in Marion, Indiana. They are hanged; James Cameron survives. This will be the last recorded lynching of African Americans in the Northern United States.United States source
October 14 – Ståhlberg kidnapping: The former and first President of Finland, Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, and his wife, Ester Ståhlberg, are kidnapped from their home by members of the far-right Lapua Movement but released unharmed.source
25 November – 7 December – The Industrial Party Trial is held.Soviet Union source
20 December – R v Betts and Ridley: a landmark case in English criminal law which establishes that it is not necessary for an accessory actually to be present when an offence is carried out in order to be convicted of a crime.United Kingdom source
4–5 May – Mohandas Gandhi is arrested again.India source
New Zealand Trotting Cup – WracklerNew Zealand source

Disasters & Accidents

22 January – SS Monte Cervantes struck a rock off Ushuia, Chile and sank with the loss of her captain.Germany source
18 April – 118 people die in the Costești wooden church fire.Romania source
April 21 – A fire in the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus, United States kills 320 people.source
April 21 – A fire in the Ohio Penitentiary near Columbus kills 320 people.United States source
June 26 – John B. King ExplosionCanada source
October 5 – British airship R101, the world's largest flying craft, crashes in France en route to India, on its first overseas flight, resulting in the loss of 48 lives, with six survivors. Those killed include Britain's Air Minister, Christopher Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson.source
5 October – British airship R101 crashes in France en route to India on its maiden overseas voyage killing 48 of the 54 on board.United Kingdom source
17 November – SCF dissolved itselfTurkey source
21 November: A flying boat airliner I-RONY, operating on a passenger flight for Società Anonima Navigazione Aerea (SANA), disappears over the Mediterranean Sea during a flight from Barcelona, Spain, to Marseille, France; all six people on board are lost.Italy source
Production begins at Cefn Coed Colliery, the world's deepest anthracite mine.Wales source

Climate & Environment

March 6 – The first frozen foods of Clarence Birdseye go on sale in Springfield, Massachusetts.source
May 7 – The 7.1 Mw Salmas earthquake shakes northwestern Iran and southeastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Up to 3000 people were killed.Iran source
7 May – The 7.1 Mw Salmas earthquake shakes northwestern Iran and southeastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Up to three-thousand people were killed.Turkey source
13 August - 1930 Curuçá River event: The area of Curuçá River near latitude 5° S and longitude 71.5° W experiences a meteoric air burst (also known as the Brazilian Tunguska event).Brazil source
August – The volcanic island of Anak Krakatau begins to form permanently in the Sunda Strait.source
September 3 – The huge 1930 San Zenón hurricane in the Caribbean demolishes most of the city of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic.source
21 October - The Hope Simpson Royal Commission publishes the Hope Simpson Report, following the widespread 1929 Palestine riots, which recommends limiting Jewish immigration, claiming a lack of agricultural land to support such immigration.Mandatory Palestine source
November 25 – An earthquake in the Izu Peninsula of Japan kills 223 people and destroys 650 buildings.source
December 19 – Mount Merapi volcano in central Java, Indonesia, erupts, destroying numerous villages and killing 1,300 people.source
George Moore publishes Aphrodite in Aulis and A Flood.Ireland source
21,22,24 February at Eden Park: England (540 and 22/3) drew with New Zealand (387) – this fourth Test was arranged due to the rain washout of the third test.New Zealand source
10,11,13 January Lancaster Park, Christchurch. New Zealand (112 and 131) lost by eight Wickets to England (181 and 66/2).New Zealand source
A record drought in the eastern part of the nation sees Upper Tract, West Virginia record only 9.50 in of precipitation for the year – the record lowest for a calendar year in the US east of the Mississippi. Averaged over the contiguous US the twelve months from July 1930 to June 1931 remains the driest such period on record.United States source

Culture & Society

3 March – The Romanian Society of Geology is founded with Ludovic Mrazek as president.Romania source
March 6 – International Unemployment Day is observed in countries throughout the world.source
10 March – Goodbye Argentina (Adiós Argentina), the first Argentine film with a (musical) soundtrack, is released, giving Ada Cornaro her first starring role and Libertad Lamarque her film debut.Argentina source
March 12 – Mahatma Gandhi sets off on a 200-mile march towards the sea with 78 followers to protest against the British monopoly on salt in India; more will join them during the Salt March that ends on April 5.source
April 6 – The International Left Opposition (ILO) is founded in Paris, France.source
12 April – FC Wangen bei Olten is foundedSwitzerland source
April 19 - Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) foundedsource
May 10 – The National Pan-Hellenic Council is founded in Washington, D.C.source
July 4 – The dedication of George Washington's sculpted head is held at Mount Rushmore, South Dakota.source
July 13 – The inaugural FIFA World Cup begins: Lucien Laurent scores the first goal, for France against Mexico.source
July 19 – Georges Simenon's detective character Inspector Jules Maigret makes his first appearance in print under Simenon's own name, when the novel Pietr-le-Letton (known in English as The Strange Case of Peter the Lett) begins serialization in a French weekly magazine.source
July 30 – Uruguay beats Argentina 4–2 to win the first FIFA World Cup final in Association football, at Estadio Centenario in Montevideo.source
August 9 – The cartoon character Betty Boop debut in the Fleischer Studios short film Dizzy Dishes.source
12 August – Liberal Republican Party (SCF) was foundedTurkey source
August 16 – The first British Empire Games open in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.source
October 3 – The German Socialist Labour Party in Poland – Left is founded, following a split in the DSAP in Łódź.source
18 October – The opening of Changhua Wude Hall in Taichū Prefecture.Taiwan source
November 2 – Haile Selassie is crowned emperor of Ethiopia.source
date unknown - The National Institute of Metrology Standardization and Industrial Quality (INMETRO) is founded.Brazil source
C.D. Titán, a Salvadoran football club, was established.El Salvador source
The Technical University of Lisbon establishedPortugal source

Births

January 20 – Buzz Aldrin, American pilot, astronaut (Apollo 11), second person to set foot on the Moonsource
8 March – Douglas Hurd, seventh Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.Northern Ireland source
March 22 – Stephen Sondheim, American composer and lyricist (died 2021)source
April 3 – Helmut Kohl, Chancellor of Germany (died 2017)source
April 28 – James Baker, former United States Secretary of State and United States Secretary of the Treasurysource
May 13 – Mike Gravel, American politician, former Senator of Alaska and Presidential candidate (died 2021)source
May 22 – Harvey Milk, American politician and gay rights activist (died 1978)source
May 31 – Clint Eastwood, American actor, director, and producersource
31 May – Uno Loop, Estonian singerEstonia source
June 11 – Charles Rangel, African-American politician (died 2025)source
13 July - Naomi Shemer, leading Israeli songwriter and composer (died 2004).Mandatory Palestine source
August 5 – Neil Armstrong, American astronaut, first human to set foot on the Moon, commander of Apollo 11 (died 2012)source
August 12 – George Soros, Hungarian-born investorsource
August 21 – Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (died 2002)source
August 30 – Warren Buffett, American billionaire entrepreneursource
October 6 – Hafez al-Assad, President of Syria (died 2000)source
October 14 – Mobutu Sese Seko, President of Democratic Republic of the Congo (died 1997)source
21 October – Ivan Silayev, politician (died 2023)Soviet Union source

Deaths

26 February – Ahmet Rıza (born in 1858), politicianTurkey source
March 2 – D. H. Lawrence, British writer (born 1885)source
March 6 – Alfred von Tirpitz, German politician, admiral (born 1848)source
March 8 – William Howard Taft, 27th President of the United States, 10th Chief Justice of the United States (born 1857)source
March 19 – Arthur Balfour, British politician and statesman, 48th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1848)source
April 1 – Cosima Wagner, wife and inspiration of Richard Wagner (born 1837)source
April 14 – Vladimir Mayakovsky, Russian poet (born 1893)source
14 April – Vladimir Mayakovsky, poet (born 1893)Soviet Union source
May 6 – The 7.1 Mw Salmas earthquake shakes northwestern Iran and southeastern Turkey, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent); up to 3,000 people are killed.source
May 13 – Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian explorer, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (born 1861)source
May 25 – Randall Davidson, English clergyman, Archbishop of Canterbury (born 1848)source
July 7 – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, British fiction writer (Sherlock Holmes) (born 1859)source
10 August – May Crommelin, novelist and travel writer (born 1849/1850).Northern Ireland source
August 12 – Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien, English general (born 1858)source
August 26 – Lon Chaney, American actor (born 1883)source
28 November – Mona Rudao, Seediq chiefTaiwan source
November – Alfred Wegener, German geophysicist, meteorologist (born 1880)source
December 17 – Peter Warlock, British composer (born 1894)source