Timeline March 1930

Events in March 1930 14

• 1848 – 1930 Arthur Balfour (1848-1930) Died 19 March 1930, aged 81 British Conservative statesman who was Prime Minister from 1902 to 1905. As Foreign Secretary he issued the Balfour Declaration of 1917, which supported a Jewish national home in Palestine.
• 1857 – 1930 William Howard Taft 27th President — also Chief Justice William Howard Taft (Sep 15, 1857 – Mar 8, 1930) was the 27th President 1909-1913 and later Chief Justice of the Supreme Court 1921-1930 — the only person to hold both offices. He was the heaviest president at 340 pounds.
• 1870 – 1930 Miguel Primo de Rivera (1870-1930) Died 16 March 1930, aged 60 Spanish general who ruled Spain as dictator from 1923 to 1930 under King Alfonso XIII. He died in Paris less than two months after resigning.
• 1885 – 1930 D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930) Died 2 March 1930, aged 44 English novelist and poet whose works include Sons and Lovers, Women in Love and Lady Chatterley's Lover. His frank treatment of sexuality and class led to censorship battles. He died of tuberculosis in Vence, France.
• 1930 1930 World Snooker Championship Joe Davis Dominance Winner: Joe Davis; Runner-up: Tom Dennis. Score: 25–12.
• 1930 Stalin's "Dizzy with Success" article Soviet leader temporarily slows forced collectivisation Joseph Stalin published an article in Pravda blaming local officials for excesses in the forced collectivisation of agriculture. After it appeared, millions of peasants left the collective farms. Pressure to collectivise resumed later in the year.
• 1930 – 2018 Tom Wolfe (1930-2018) Died 14 May 2018, aged 88 American author and journalist who pioneered New Journalism and wrote novels including The Bonfire of the Vanities and The Right Stuff. His distinctive white suits and satirical eye made him a fixture of American letters. He chronicled American society across six decades of writing.
• 1930 – 2025 Ion Iliescu (1930-2025) Died 5 August 2025, aged 95 Romanian politician who twice served as president of Romania, from 1990 to 1996 and from 2000 to 2004.
• 1930 Birds Eye frozen foods go on sale First commercially sold quick-frozen foods Quick-frozen foods made with Clarence Birdseye's process went on sale in stores in Springfield, Massachusetts. This was the start of the retail frozen food industry.
• 1930 Gandhi's Salt March Mass civil disobedience against the British salt tax Mohandas Gandhi led a march of about 385 kilometres from Sabarmati Ashram to the coastal village of Dandi to defy the British monopoly on salt. On 6 April he made salt from seawater, which set off a campaign of civil disobedience across India. Tens of thousands were arrested, and the march drew international attention to the Indian independence movement.
• 1930 – 1980 Steve McQueen (1930-1980) Died 7 November 1980, aged 50 American actor and one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1960s and 1970s, known for films including The Great Escape, Bullitt, and The Magnificent Seven. His cool, understated screen persona and fondness for motorcycles and racing earned him the nickname "The King of Cool." He died of cancer in Mexico.
• 1930 – 2023 Sandra Day O'Connor (1930-2023) Died 1 December 2023, aged 93 American jurist who in 1981 became the first woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court, where she was for years its decisive vote.
• 1930 Brüning appointed German Chancellor Weimar Republic moves toward government by presidential decree President Paul von Hindenburg appointed Heinrich Brüning of the Centre Party as chancellor after Hermann Müller's coalition collapsed. Brüning had no majority in the Reichstag and governed through emergency decrees under Article 48. This weakened parliamentary democracy in Germany.
• 1930 Hays Code adopted Hollywood studios agree to a production code of moral standards The Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America adopted the Motion Picture Production Code, which set out what could and could not be shown on screen. It was not strictly enforced until 1934. After that it shaped American film content for more than three decades.