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1930
 
     
Edward G. Robinson gives a chilling portrayal of a gangster loosely based on Al Capone in the film Little Caesar        
1930
 
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The Nazis become the second largest party in the Reichstag, winning 107 seats       
c. 1930
 
   
The steel-band tradition begins to develop in Trinidad, with adapted metal objects taking the place of traditional skin drums      
c. 1930
 
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A pregnant female hamster, captured in Syria, becomes the ancestor of every pet hamster in the world      
1930
 
    
Agatha Christie's Miss Marple makes her first appearance, in Murder at the Vicarage       
1930
 
    
The airship R101, designed by a UK Air Ministry team, explodes on its maiden vogage, killing all but four of those on board       
1930
 
     
'Garbo talks' and breaks box office records in her first sound film, Anna Christie, directed by Clarence Brown        
1930
 
    
In his novel As I Lay Dying William Faulkner follows the journey of a coffin in a mule-drawn wagon       
1930
 
   
The Camargo Society, founded to promote British dancers and choreographers, presents its first evening of ballet in London      
1930
 
    
The New Zealand racehorse Phar Lap wins huge popularity after an easy victory in the Melbourne Cup