| January 24, 1930 |
Rebecca Latimer Felton dies, Atlanta
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Rebecca Latimer Felton |
| February 3, 1930 |
Lee Hugh Phillips born, Stockbridge, Georgia
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Corporal Lee Hugh Phillips
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| February 8, 1930 |
WSB begins to broadcast a radio signal at 5,000 watts
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WSB Atlanta |
| March 4, 1930 |
Blaze levels hanger at Atlanta Airport, destroying twenty aircraft
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| April 18, 1930 |
Atlanta's "new" Union Station opens for business. The facility on Forsyth Street replaced an earlier Union Station on the corner of Pryor and Wall Street. |
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| May 15, 1930 |
Painter Jasper Johns, Jr., a leader in the Pop Art movement, is born in Augusta, Georgia
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City of Augusta, Georgia
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| May 31, 1930 |
Bobby Jones wins the British Amateur open
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Bobby Jones |
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Bobby Jones wins the Grand Slam of golf |
| May 31, 1930 |
"Number 2" course opens at East Lake Country Club, Atlanta
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| June 12, 1930 |
Delta Air Lines begin regularly scheduled service to Atlanta from Dallas, Texas
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Delta Air Lines
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| June 20, 1930 |
Bobby Jones wins the British Open, Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, England |
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Bobby Jones wins the Grand Slam of golf |
| July 2, 1930 |
Following his victory in the British Open, golfer Bobby Jones is the guest of honor at a New Yok ticker type parade. |
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Bobby Jones |
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Bobby Jones wins the Grand Slam of golf |
| July 12, 1930 |
Golfer Bobby Jones wins the U. S. Open |
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Bobby Jones |
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Bobby Jones wins the Grand Slam of golf |
| August 12, 1930 |
Cason J. Callaway finds a plumleaf azelea near his home in Blue Springs, Georgia. The plant had been thought to be extinct. |
| September 10, 1930 |
Russell, running for Governor of Georgia against a field of five candidates, receives a plurality of votes, but less than 50%, forcing the election into a runoff.
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Richard B. Russell, Jr. |
| September 15, 1930 |
Hoagy Carmichael records Georgia on my Mind
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| September 23, 1930 |
Ray Charles (Robinson) born, Albany
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Ray Charles |
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Albany, Georgia |
| September 27, 1930 |
Bobby Jones completes the first Grand Slam in golf history by winning the U. S. Amateur Open at the Merion Golf Club in Pennsylvania. |
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Bobby Jones |
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Bobby Jones wins the Grand Slam of golf |
| October 1, 1930 |
Russell wins the gubernatorial run-off against George Carswell
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Richard B. Russell, Jr. |
| October 15, 1930 |
Plane leaves Atlanta on first leg of historic flight to Los Angeles along the so-called "southern route."
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| October 17, 1930 |
Plant Atkinson, a coal-fired power plant, is introduced by Georgia Power. It is named for Georgia Power President, Atlanta civic leader and philanthropist Henry Morrell Atkinson |
| November 2, 1930 |
Thunderbolt Casino and Amusement Park (Savannah) burns down. |
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
| December 9, 1930 |
Service from Atlanta to New York inaugurated with a who's who list of names including New York Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Georgia Gov-elect Richard B. Russell, U.S. Senator Walter George (Georgia), and Ernie Pyle. Regular service began the following day.
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
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Richard B. Russell, Jr. |
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| December 16, 1930 |
Bobby Jones wins the Sullivan trophy for becoming the first golfer to win the "Grand Slam." It was the first time the award, which goes to the top amateur athelete in the United States, was presented. |
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Bobby Jones |
| December 22, 1930 |
Georgia on my Mind, lyrics by Hoagy Carmichael and words by Stuart Gorrell, is copyrighted
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