What generation is 1930? Silent Generation

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About the Generation (1930)

The Silent Generation (1928-1945): Came of age during the post-war era, known for their conformist attitudes and silent approach to political and social issues.

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Famous People (Celebrities) Born in 1930

  • Neil Armstrong (Aug 5, 1930)
  • Clint Eastwood ( 31, 1930)
  • Ray Charles (Sep 23, 1930)
  • Sean Connery (Aug 25, 1930)
  • Princess Margaret (Aug 21, 1930)
  • Buzz Aldrin (Jan 20, 1930)
  • Warren Buffett (Aug 30, 1930)
  • Grandma Lill (Mar 18, 1930)
  • Richard Harris (Oct 1, 1930)
  • Katherine Jackson ( 4, 1930)

What Happened in 1930

  1. Jan 5 - Mao Zedong writes "A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire"
  2. Mar 12 - Mahatma Gandhi begins his famous 200 mile (300km) protest march against the widely hated British salt tax
  3. Mar 13 - Clyde Tombaugh announces discovery of Pluto at Lowell Observatory
  4. Apr 2 - Ras Tafari Makonnen becomes Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
  5. Jun 24 - 1st detection of airplane using reflected radio waves, a precursor to radar, by US Naval Research Laboratory engineers, Anacostia, Washington, D.C.
  6. Aug 16 - I British Empire Games open in Hamilton, Canada
  7. Nov 2 - Coronation of Ras Tafari Makonnen as Haile Selassie I, 225th Emperor of Ethiopian Solmonic Dynasty

Top Songs 1930

  1. Happy Days Are Here Again - Ben Selvin
  2. Puttin' on the Ritz - Harry Richman
  3. Ten Cents a Dance - Ruth Etting
  4. The Peanut Vendor - Don Azpiazu & his Havana Casino Orchestra
  5. Body & Soul - Paul Whiteman
  6. Three Little Words - Duke Ellington
  7. Stein Song (University of Maine) - Rudy Vallee & his Connecticut Yankees
  8. On the Sunny Side of the Street - Ted Lewis & his Orchestra
  9. Chant of the Jungle - Roy Ingraham
  10. Dancing With Tears in My Eyes - Nat Shilkret

Popular Movies 1930

  1. All Quiet on the Western Front - Director: Milestone, Lewis. Country: USA.
  2. The Blue Angel - Director: von Sternberg, Josef. Country: Germany.
  3. L'Âge d'Or - Director: Buñuel, Luis. Country: France.
  4. Earth - Director: Dovzhenko, Aleksandr. Country: Soviet Union.
  5. Morocco - Director: von Sternberg, Josef. Country: USA.
  6. Anna Christie - Director: Brown, Clarence. Country: USA.
  7. Hell's Angels - Director: Hughes, Howard / Goulding, Edmund. Country: USA.
  8. Under the Roofs of Paris - Director: Clair, René. Country: France.
  9. The Big House - Director: Hill, George W.. Country: USA.
  10. Animal Crackers - Director: Heerman, Victor. Country: USA.

Who Was US President 1930

Herbert Hoover
1929 1931