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 The Year You Were Born: 1930
Some fun and interesting facts about the year you were brought into this world. Happy Birthday!

Chinese Year: Horse

World Population: 2 billion
US Population: 122 million

US President: Herbert Hoover
US Vice-President: Charles Curtis

Cost of a Stamp: 3 cents
US Unemployment Rate: 8.70%
Per Capita Personal Income: $500.00

Most Popular Birth Names of 1930
Girls: Mary, Betty, Dorothy, Helen
Boys: Robert, James, John, William

Notable Events:

  • Over 1,300 American banks default and unemployment grows to over 4 million as the Depression deepens
  • Pluto, the 9th planet from the Sun, discovered by Clyde Tombaugh
  • White women are allowed to vote in South Africa but blacks are excluded under apartheid
  • By defeating Argentina, 4-2, Uruguay wins the first World Cup for soccer

Number #1 Song:
Blue Yodel - Jimmie Rodgers

Oscar Winners of 1930:

Best Picture: All Quiet on the Western Front
Best Actor: George Arliss - Disraeli
Best Actress: Norma Shearer - The Divorcee
Best Director: Lewis Milestone - All Quiet on the Western Front

Top Grossing Film of 1930:
The Indians are Coming

Best-Selling Books (title, author):
Fiction: Cimarron, Edna Ferber
Non-fiction: The Story of Sean Michele, Axle Munthe

World Series Champion: Philadelphia A's

National Spelling Bee Winning Word: Fracas

Most important birth of 1930:
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