Births on June 12

Innes Ireland

Born on June 12, 1930

Innes Ireland, Scottish race car driver and engineer (d. 1993)

Lieutenant Robert McGregor Innes Ireland (12 June 1930 – 22 October 1993), was a British military officer, engineer, and motor racing driver, with 1 Formula 1 victory, and 8 Tourist Trophies. Ireland was a larger-than-life character who, according to a rival team boss, "lived without sense, without an analyst, and provoked astonishment and affection from everyone."

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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".

Births on June 12

Innes Ireland

Born on June 12, 1930

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Events on 1930

Salt March

Salt Satyagraha

Hoover Dam

Hipólito Yrigoyen

Getúlio Vargas