On this day

January 22, 1930

Revisit the news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.

Portrait 1080 × 1920 PNG · created on your device

Filter by:

Headlines from January 22, 1930

GLITTER IS LACKING AS PARLEY OPENS; Only Murals, Stained Glass and Gilt Throne Lend Color to the Scene. INVOCATION IS OMITTED Decision Is Believed to Be Due to Variety of Religious Beliefs Represented. Little Color In Scene. GLITTER IS LACKING AS PARLEY OPENS Americans View Nelson's Death. Only 300 Spectators Present. WOMEN ADD COLOR NOTE. Wives and Daughters of Delegates Cluster Together at Conference.

By Charles A. Selden. Special Cable To the New York Times

LONDON, Jan. 21.--Platitudes were reduced almost to the vanishing point and there were no prayers whatever as the five-power naval conference began work today.

None0 words
Continue reading...
Share

LOBBY INQUIRY LINKS TARIFF LEAGUE FUND TO HOOVER CAMPAIGN; W.W. Barbour Admits 'HookUp' With Republicans Was Arranged, but Was Abandoned.RAISED AND SPENT $35,000No Report Required Under Law,Witness Says, Because theWork Was 'Educational.'WALSH SEES IT OTHERWISETwo Congressional Employes AreNamed as Receiving PayFrom the League. No Report in New York State. Letter to League Members. LINKS TARIFF FUND TOHOOVER CAMPAIGN Calls for Funds for the Campaign. Denies It Was a Political Fund. Says Project Was Abandoned. Appealed to Roads for Funds. Messages Ask About Senators. Looked to Aid by Republicans.

By Special to The New York Times

W W Barbour tells Sen lobby com of agreement between League and Natl Repub Com for handling of tariff phase of Pres campaign which was abandoned

None0 words
Continue reading...
Share

Notable Births

Mariví Bilbao

1930Mariví Bilbao, Spanish actress (died 2013)[†]

María Victoria Bilbao-Goyoaga Álvarez better known by her stage name Mariví Bilbao was a Spanish actress, especially famous for her roles as Marisa Benito in Aquí no hay quien viva and Izaskun Sagastume in La que se avecina TV series.

Daniel Camargo Barbosa

1930Daniel Camargo Barbosa, Colombian serial killer (died 1994)[†]

Daniel Camargo Barbosa was a Colombian serial killer and rapist. He is one of the most prolific serial killers in history and is believed to have raped and murdered at least 72 young girls in Colombia and Ecuador during the 1970s and 1980s.

1930Éamon de Buitléar, Irish accordion player and director (died 2013)[†]

Éamon de Buitléar was an Irish wildlife filmmaker, naturalist, writer and musician. He was managing director of Éamon de Buitléar Ltd., a company which specialised in wildlife filming and television documentaries.

Notable Deaths

Stephen Mather

1930Stephen Mather, American businessman and conservationist, co-founded the Thorkildsen-Mather Borax Company (born 1867)[†]

Stephen Tyng Mather was an American industrialist and conservationist who was the first director of the National Park Service. As president and owner of Thorkildsen-Mather Borax Company he became a millionaire. Along with journalist Robert Sterling Yard, Mather led a publicity campaign known as the Mather Mountain Party to promote the creation of a unified federal agency to oversee National Parks administration, which was established in 1916. In 1917, Mather was appointed to lead the NPS, the new agency created within the Department of the Interior. He served until 1929, during which time Mather created a professional civil service organization, increased the numbers of parks and national monuments, and established systematic criteria for adding new properties to the federal system.