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c. 1930
 
    
The Rastafarian cult evolves in Jamaica, viewing Ras Tafari, the emperor of Ethiopia, as the black Messiah    See in Google maps   
1930
 
   
English composer John Ireland's Piano Concerto has its first performance      
1930
 
    
US inventor Richard Drew develops Scotch Brand Cellulose Tape, the world's first transparent tape       
1930
 
    
Wallace D. Fard founds the Nation of Islam as a black separatist movement in the USA       
1930
 
    
Australian-born composer Percy Grainger writes variations on Handel's tune The Harmonious Blacksmith       
1930
 
    
US author John Dos Passos publishes the first novel of his trilogy The 42nd Parallel       
1930
 
    
US choreographer Busby Berkeley moves to Hollywood to provide the first of his famous dance spectaculars, in Whoopee       
1930-1933
 
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Starting in 1930, the fourth Hampton Court Bridge is constucted, slightly downstream from the previous bridge, of ferro-concrete faced with red brick and portland stone in the Wren style See in Google maps   
1930
 
     
A spoof history text book, 1066 and all that, is justifiably described by its authors, Walter Sellar and Robert Yeatman, as a Memorable History of England        
1930
 
    
The British Broadcasting Corporation forms a Symphony Orchestra with Adrian Boult as the first music director