Births on December 10

Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling

Born on December 10, 1930

Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling, English farmer and politician, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Thomas Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling, PC, DL (born 10 December 1930) is a politician in the United Kingdom, and sits in the House of Lords as a member of the Conservative Party.

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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".

Births on December 10

Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling

Born on December 10, 1930

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Events on 1930

Salt March

Salt Satyagraha

Hoover Dam

Hipólito Yrigoyen

Getúlio Vargas