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1930
 
    
The airship R101, designed by a UK Air Ministry team, explodes on its maiden vogage, killing all but four of those on board       
1930
 
     
'Garbo talks' and breaks box office records in her first sound film, Anna Christie, directed by Clarence Brown        
1930
 
    
In his novel As I Lay Dying William Faulkner follows the journey of a coffin in a mule-drawn wagon       
1930
 
   
The Camargo Society, founded to promote British dancers and choreographers, presents its first evening of ballet in London      
1930
 
    
The New Zealand racehorse Phar Lap wins huge popularity after an easy victory in the Melbourne Cup       
c. 1930
 
    
The Rastafarian cult evolves in Jamaica, viewing Ras Tafari, the emperor of Ethiopia, as the black Messiah    See in Google maps   
1930
 
   
English composer John Ireland's Piano Concerto has its first performance      
1930
 
    
US inventor Richard Drew develops Scotch Brand Cellulose Tape, the world's first transparent tape       
1930
 
    
Wallace D. Fard founds the Nation of Islam as a black separatist movement in the USA       
1930
 
    
Australian-born composer Percy Grainger writes variations on Handel's tune The Harmonious Blacksmith