Editing 1930

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== Events ==
* February 3 - The [[Communist Party of Vietnam|Indochinese Communist Party]] is founded by [[Ho Chi Minh]].
* February 26 - Beginning of the Castellammarese War.
* April 30 - The [[Communist Party of Malaya]] is founded.
* July 4 - The [[Nation of Islam]] is founded by [[Wallace Fard Muhammad]].
* August 7 - Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith are lynched by a mob of thousands of people in Marion, Indiana; James Cameron survives. This will be the last recorded [[lynching]] of African Americans in the Northern United States.
* August 12 - The Federal Bureau of Narcotics is established, with [[Harry J. Anslinger]] being named commissioner.
* August 16 - [[Rafael Trujillo]] is elected President of the Dominican Republic.
* September 14 - The [[Nazi Party]] wins 107 seats in the Reichstag (18.3% of all the votes), making them the second largest party.
* November 3 - [[Getúlio Vargas]] takes power as President of Brazil after leading a revolution against incumbent President Washington Luís.

== Births ==
=== Villain births ===
* January 16 - [[Clarence Ray Allen]]
* March 3 - [[Ion Iliescu]]
* March 30 - [[Rolf Harris]]
* May 6 - [[David Carpenter]]
* July 2 - [[Carlos Menem]]
* August 1 - [[Juozas Kuolelis]]
* August 20 - [[Carl Robert Brown]]
* September 9 - [[Frank Lucas]]
* October 6 - [[Hafez al-Assad]]
* October 14 - [[Mobutu Sese Seko]]
* October 24 - [[Ahmad Abu Bakar of Pahang]]
* November 16 - [[Salvatore Riina]]
* November 30 - [[G. Gordon Liddy]]
* December 9 - [[Óscar Humberto Mejía Victores]]
* December 11 - [[Nguyễn Ngọc Loan]]

=== Victim births ===
* May 22 - Harvey Milk
* June 22 - Charles Lindbergh, Jr.
* November 22 - Thora Chamberlin

== Deaths ==
=== Villain deaths ===
* February 23 - [[Horst Wessel]]
* June 25 - [[James Kimble Vardaman]]
* September 5 - [[Carl Panzram]]
* October 2 - [[Gordon Northcott]]
=== Victim deaths ===
* August 7 - Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith