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1930
January 21 - The first Buck Rogers comic strip is published in the U.S.
February 18 - The planet Pluto is discovered by Clyde W. Tombaugh at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona.
March 11 - William Howard Taft is the first U.S. President buried in the Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.
May 10 - The first planetarium in the U.S. opens in Chicago, Illinois.
May 14 - The Carlsbad Caverns National Park is established in New Mexico.
May 14 - The White House Police Force joins the Secret Service.
May 21 - Max Bishop of the Philadelphia Athletics becomes the only pitcher to hit three batters in his first inning in the major leagues.
May 27 - Cellophane transparent tape is patented by Richard Drew.
May 27 - Pressure-sensitive masking tape is invented by Richard Drew of St. Paul, Minnesota.
June 2 - Mariners Museum in Newport News, Virginia is the first maritime museum opened in the U.S.
June 24 - The first radar detection of airplanes is used in Anacostia, D.C.
July 3 - Congress passes the Veterans Administration Act.
July 21 - The Veteran's Administration is established.
September 3 - The first electric passenger train runs between Hoboken and Montclair, New Jersey.
November 24 - Ruth Nichols starts out on the first transcontinental air flight across the U.S.