APRIL 15, 1930

TUESDAY
$1,000 INVESTED IN COKE STOCK (KO) IN 1930
WOULD HAVE MADE YOU $43,923,516 IN THE 2025 DATASET
Min_Wage_Hourly: $0.25
Median_Home_Price: $5,500.00
Gas_Price_Avg: $0.20
Bread_Price_Avg: $0.08
Movie_Ticket_Avg: $0.25
First_Class_Stamp: $0.02
Milk_Price_Avg: $0.50
Top Movies From 1930
1 Whoopee!
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Whoopee!
2 Check and Double Check
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Check and Double Check
3 All Quiet on the Western Front
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All Quiet on the Western Front
4 Hell's Angels
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Hell's Angels
5 The Big House
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The Big House
6 Common Clay
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Common Clay
7 Min and Bill
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Min and Bill
8 Song o' My Heart
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Song o' My Heart
9 Son of the Gods
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Son of the Gods
10 The Dawn Patrol
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The Dawn Patrol
City Girl
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City Girl
Journey's End
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Journey's End
Ladies of Leisure
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Ladies of Leisure
Street of Chance
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Street of Chance
The Green Goddess
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The Green Goddess
Anna Christie
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Anna Christie
A Lady to Love
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A Lady to Love
Sarah and Son
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Sarah and Son
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The Story of April 15, 1930

April 15, 1930 does not read like one neat chapter.

Inventions & Breakthroughs of April 1930

Gadgets, lab surprises, odd bets, and future-shocks from this slice of the calendar.

1 Twinkie Snack Cake
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Twinkie Snack Cake
2 Neoprene Synthetic Rubber
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Neoprene Synthetic Rubber
3 Schick Electric Shaver Patent
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Schick Electric Shaver Patent
4 Differential Analyzer
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Differential Analyzer
5 Turbojet Engine Patent
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Turbojet Engine Patent
6 BBC Mechanical Television Broadcasts
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BBC Mechanical Television Broadcasts
7 Scotch Cellulose Tape
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Scotch Cellulose Tape
8 Birds Eye Retail Frozen Foods
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Birds Eye Retail Frozen Foods
9 Pluto Discovery
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Pluto Discovery
10 Motorola Car Radio
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Motorola Car Radio

The Sounds of

Popular recordings and roots/country selections associated with the year

HEADLINES ON April 15, 1930

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  • Headline: Briand Now Looks for Parley on All Arms. Impact: Infrastructure snapshot: The fight is over movement: who gets through, who pays, and whether the modern city can keep from tying itself in knots.. Fact: Modern life was becoming a logistics puzzle: streets, tunnels, ships, trains, and money all competing at once..
  • Headline: Ten Are Indicted in Elliott Kidnapping. Impact: News snapshot: The item is small on its own, but it gives the date texture: a real notice, a real institution, and a real public record.. Fact: A small archive item can still reveal what people and institutions thought was worth printing..
  • Headline: Hits Hoover Policy As Anti-Jefferson. Impact: Money snapshot: The money story is not abstract; it touches wages, banks, prices, relief, and the early-Depression question of who absorbs the shock.. Fact: The early Depression made ordinary business news feel like a warning light on the dashboard..
  • Headline: Geneva School Asks Fund. Impact: Education snapshot: The education angle shows institutions trying to look orderly while the world around them is anything but settled.. Fact: Schools and universities were part of the public story, not a quiet side room..
  • Headline: Orders Drive on Traffic Violations. Impact: Infrastructure snapshot: The fight is over movement: who gets through, who pays, and whether the modern city can keep from tying itself in knots.. Fact: Modern life was becoming a logistics puzzle: streets, tunnels, ships, trains, and money all competing at once..
  • Headline: Friends of Parker Help Delay Report From Committee. Impact: Crime & Courts snapshot: The justice system is the show here: testimony, strategy, punishment, and public appetite all crowding the same headline.. Fact: The drama was not just the act itself; it was how blame, evidence, and punishment were being argued in public..
  • Headline: Punish Air Rule Breakers. Impact: News snapshot: The item is small on its own, but it gives the date texture: a real notice, a real institution, and a real public record.. Fact: A small archive item can still reveal what people and institutions thought was worth printing..
  • Headline: French Count Badly Hurt. Impact: News snapshot: The item is small on its own, but it gives the date texture: a real notice, a real institution, and a real public record.. Fact: A small archive item can still reveal what people and institutions thought was worth printing..
  • Headline: British Heir Receives 30 Sudanese Chiefs. Impact: Culture snapshot: Culture was doing what culture does in a hard year: selling glamour, distraction, status, and argument.. Fact: Culture was doing what culture does in a hard year: selling glamour, distraction, status, and argument..

Wall Street Time Machine

The Right Call: If you'd invested $1,000 in any one of these companies in 1930, here's what the stored 2025 dataset estimates.
Rank #1
JNJ
Johnson & Johnson
Price in 1930
$0.06
2025 dataset value
$3,433,940

Johnson & Johnson - If you invested $1,000 in 1930, it would be worth $3,433,940 today (3433.9x return)

Rank #2
PG
Procter & Gamble
Price in 1930
$0.25
2025 dataset value
$586,657

Procter & Gamble - If you invested $1,000 in 1930, it would be worth $586,657 today (586.7x return)

Rank #3
CVX
Chevron
Price in 1930
$0.31
2025 dataset value
$474,913

Chevron - If you invested $1,000 in 1930, it would be worth $474,913 today (474.9x return)

🧸 Top 5 Toys
Marbles
Marbles
$150
Tinkertoy
Tinkertoy
$50
Model Train Sets
Model Train Sets
$300+
Wooden Building Blocks
Wooden Building Blocks
$30
Yo-Yo
Yo-Yo
$40
⚾ Top 5 Trading Cards
Carreras Cigarettes 'History of Naval Dress'
Carreras Cigarettes 'History of Naval Dress'
$75-$400+
Wills's Cigarettes 'Cinema Stars'
Wills's Cigarettes 'Cinema Stars'
$50-$350+
Churchman's Cigarettes 'Boxing' Series
Churchman's Cigarettes 'Boxing' Series
$100-$800
Godfrey Phillips 'Film Stars'
Godfrey Phillips 'Film Stars'
$50-$500+
Typhoo Tea 'British Land Birds'
Typhoo Tea 'British Land Birds'
$40-$250