Timeline Sunday 2 March 1930

Events on Sunday 2 March 1930 3

• 1885 – 1930 D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930) Died 2 March 1930, aged 44 English novelist and poet whose works include Sons and Lovers, Women in Love and Lady Chatterley's Lover. His frank treatment of sexuality and class led to censorship battles. He died of tuberculosis in Vence, France.
• 1930 Stalin's "Dizzy with Success" article Soviet leader temporarily slows forced collectivisation Joseph Stalin published an article in Pravda blaming local officials for excesses in the forced collectivisation of agriculture. After it appeared, millions of peasants left the collective farms. Pressure to collectivise resumed later in the year.
• 1930 – 2018 Tom Wolfe (1930-2018) Died 14 May 2018, aged 88 American author and journalist who pioneered New Journalism and wrote novels including The Bonfire of the Vanities and The Right Stuff. His distinctive white suits and satirical eye made him a fixture of American letters. He chronicled American society across six decades of writing.