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1930 Mar, 17

Paul Horn (musician)

Paul Horn, American-Canadian flute player and saxophonist (d. 2014)
Paul Horn (March 17, 1930 – June 29, 2014) was an American flautist, saxophonist, composer and producer. He became a pioneer of world and new age music with his 1969 album Inside. He received five Grammy nominations between 1965 and 1999, including three nominations in 1965.

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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".