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Faith Ringgold
1930Oct, 8

Faith Ringgold

Faith Ringgold, American painter and activist
Faith Ringgold (born October 8, 1930 in Harlem, New York City) is an American painter, writer, mixed media sculptor, and performance artist, best known for her narrative quilts.

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Events on 1930

  • 12Mar

    Salt March

    Mahatma Gandhi begins the Salt March, a 200-mile march to the sea to protest the British monopoly on salt in India
  • 6Apr

    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.
  • 7Jul

    Hoover Dam

    Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam).
  • 6Sep

    Hipólito Yrigoyen

    Democratically elected Argentine president Hipólito Yrigoyen is deposed in a military coup.
  • 24Oct

    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".