August 1930
month of 1930
The following events occurred in August 1930:
Friday, August 1, 1930
The British airship R100 completed an east–west crossing of the Atlantic Ocean when it was secured at St. Hubert Airport in Montreal, 78 hours and 51 minutes after its departure from Cardington, UK – a new speed record.
Born: Pierre Bourdieu, sociologist, in Denguin, France (d. 2002)
Died: Jack Zuta, 42, Chicago underworld figure (shot)
Saturday, August 2, 1930
Italy authorized Vatican City to issue currency of up to 1 million lire per year.
Sunday, August 3, 1930
Italy and the Soviet Union signed a commercial treaty.
Monday, August 4, 1930
The first supermarket in the United States, "King Kullen" (recognized by the Smithsonian Institution based on being “the first to fulfill all five criteria that define the modern supermarket: separate departments; self-service; discount pricing; chain marketing; and volume dealing," was founded by Michael J. Cullen with a location at the corner of 171st Street and Jamaica Avenue in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens borough in New York City.
Born: Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, one of the 12 Marja' of Iranian Shia Islam.
Died: Siegfried Wagner, 61, German composer and conductor, son of Richard Wagner
Tuesday, August 5, 1930
U.S. President Herbert Hoover held a press conference announcing the appointment of Douglas MacArthur as Chief of Staff of the United States Army.
Born: Neil Armstrong, American astronaut and the first man to set foot on the Moon, in Wapakoneta, Ohio (d. 2012)
Wednesday, August 6, 1930
New York City Judge Joseph Crater disappeared in Manhattan and became the subject of one of the biggest missing persons cases in American history.
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