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Births on October 19

1930 Oct, 19

Mavis Nicholson

Mavis Nicholson, Welsh-English journalist
Mavis Nicholson (born 19 October 1930) is a Welsh writer and radio and television broadcaster, born in Wales, her career has worked throughout the United Kingdom.

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Events on 1930

  • 12 Mar

    Salt March

    Mahatma Gandhi begins the Salt March, a 200-mile march to the sea to protest the British monopoly on salt in India
  • 6 Apr

    Salt Satyagraha

    Gandhi raises a lump of mud and salt and declares, "With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire," beginning the Salt Satyagraha.
  • 7 Jul

    Hoover Dam

    Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam).
  • 6 Sep

    Hipólito Yrigoyen

    Democratically elected Argentine president Hipólito Yrigoyen is deposed in a military coup.
  • 24 Oct

    Getúlio Vargas

    A bloodless coup d'état in Brazil ousts Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa, the last President of the First Republic. Getúlio Vargas is then installed as "provisional president".