Born in 1930

What things cost in 1930

1930 figures are annual averages of the published monthly (or quarterly) values. “Today’s dollars” uses the Consumer Price Index for September 2026; “latest” is the most recent published price. Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor, via FRED. Average retail prices are only published from 1976 on; 1930 has the CPI alone.

Who was in charge in 1930

United States

Herbert Hoover (President)

United Kingdom

George V (King); Ramsay MacDonald (Prime minister)

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)

Republic of China (1916–1949)

Chiang Kai-shek (Chairmen); Tan Yankai, then T. V. Soong, then Chiang Kai-shek (Premier)

French Third Republic

Gaston Doumergue (President); André Tardieu, then Camille Chautemps, then Théodore Steeg (President of the Council of ministers)

Weimar Republic of Germany

Paul von Hindenburg (President); Hermann Müller, then Heinrich Brüning (Chancellor)

Empire of Japan

Hirohito (Emperor); Osachi Hamaguchi (Prime minister)

From Wikipedia’s List of state leaders in the 20th century (1901–1950) (revision 1377869146), each name checked against Wikidata. Every country in 1930 →

Famous people born in 1930

• May 31 – Clint Eastwood, American actor, director, and producer source
• May 13 – Mike Gravel, American politician, former Senator of Alaska and Presidential candidate (died 2021) source
• March 22 – Stephen Sondheim, American composer and lyricist (died 2021) source
• February 8 – Alejandro Rey, Argentine-American actor (died 1987) source
• 8 February – Alejandro Rey, film and TV actor and television director (died 1987) source
• June 11 – Charles Rangel, African-American politician (died 2025) source
• April 28 – James Baker, former United States Secretary of State and United States Secretary of the Treasury source
• August 30 – Warren Buffett, American billionaire entrepreneur source
• August 5 – Neil Armstrong, astronaut, mission commander on Apollo 11 and the first person to walk on the Moon (died 2012) source
• 29 December – Lilliane Brady, Mayor of Cobar (died 2021) source
• October 6 – Hafez al-Assad, President of Syria (died 2000) source
• 21 August – Princess Margaret Rose, later Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (died 2002) source
• 29 September – Richard Bonynge, conductor and pianist source
• September 29 – Billy Strange, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2012) source
• 6 January – Oscar Camilión, lawyer and diplomat (died 2016) source

What happened in 1930

• 21 January – Domingos Oliveira becomes Prime Minister source
• February 10 – The Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng launch the Yên Bái mutiny in the hope of ending French colonial rule in Vietnam. source
• 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. source
• January 1 – The Ministry of Rail adopts the metric system for all of Japan's railways. source
• 3 May to 3 November – Exposition internationale held in Liège with simultaneous International Exhibition of Colonies, Shipping and Flemish Art held in Antwerp. source
• 22 January – SS Monte Cervantes struck a rock off Ushuia, Chile and sank with the loss of her captain. source
• 3 March – The Romanian Society of Geology is founded with Ludovic Mrazek as president. source
• 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). source