USA Resident Population in 1930 was 123,202,624 Americans.

• There were three Atlantic storms in 1930. One as a tropical storm, one as a category three and one was a category 4.
• 3M employee Richard Drew invents Scotch Brand Cellulose Tape in 1930. Today, it is widely known simply as "Scotch Tape."
• The Mickey Mouse comic strip debuts in the January 13, 1930, edition of the New York Mirror.
• On October 17, 1931, Chicago gangster Al Capone was convicted of income tax evasion and later sentenced to 11 years in federal prison.
• Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats incumbant Republican Herbert Hoover in the 1932 election.
• The Boulder Dam (today known as "Hoover Dam") is completed 2 years ahead of schedule on March 1, 1936.
• Jesse Owens wins four gold medals during the 1936 Summer Olympics.
• Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, Babe Ruth, and Honus Wagner become the first inductees into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936.

• The German airship Hindenburg is destroyed while attempting to land at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station on May 6, 1937.
• American aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart disappears over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to circumnavigate the globe, July 2, 1937.
• Superman debuts in Action Comics #1 in June 1938.
• Gone with the Wind wins the Academy Award for "Best Picture" in 1939.
• The American flag had 48 stars.