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1930
The 20th Century Almanac · The Thirties

1930

Major Events · Sports · Music · Screen · Prizes

The Depression deepened with mass unemployment as the Smoot-Hawley Tariff worsened global trade. Gandhi led the Salt March against British rule in India, Pluto was discovered, and the sweeping frontier epic Cimarron won Best Picture.

A Year in Review
Best Picture
Cimarron
Nobel · Literature
Lewis
World Series
Philadelphia A's vs. St. Louis Cardinals
No. 1 Song
Top TV
Academy · Actor
Lionel Barrymore

Sports Highlights

Champions of 1930

Champions

Stanley CupMontreal Canadiens vs. Chicago Blackhawks Series: 2-0 US Open (Golf): Robert T. Jones, Jr. score: 287 Course: Interlachen CC Location: Hopkins, Minn World Cup Soccer: Uruguay vs. Argentina Score: 4-2
World SeriesPhiladelphia A's vs. St. Louis Cardinals Series: 4-2

Academy Awards

Honoring 1930
Best Picture
Cimarron
Best Director
Norman Taurog
Skippy
Best Actor
Lionel Barrymore
A Free Soul
Best Actress
Marie Dressler
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Nobel & Pulitzer Prizes

The year in letters & science

Nobel Prizes

Chemistry
FISCHER, HANS, Germany, Technische Hochschule (Institute of Technology), Munich, b. 1881, d. 1945: "for his researches into the constitution of haemin and chlorophyll and especially for his synthesis of haemin"
Literature
LEWIS, SINCLAIR, U.S.A., b. 1885, d. 1951: "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humour, new types of characters"
Peace
S…DERBLOM, LARS OLOF NATHAN (JONATHAN), Sweden, b. 1866, d. 1931: Archbishop. Leader of the ecumenical movement
Physiology or Medicine
LANDSTEINER, KARL, Austria, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, New York, NY, U.S.A., b. 1868, d. 1943: "for his discovery of human blood groups"
Physics
RAMAN, Sir CHANDRASEKHARA VENKATA, India, Calcutta University, b. 1888, d. 1970: "for his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the effect named after him"

Pulitzer Prizes

Drama
Marc Connelly ... "The Green Pastures" Fiction; Oliver LaFarge ... "Laughing Boy"
History
Claude H. Van Tyne ... "The War of Independence"