On This Day — July 30

🕰️ Notable Events on July 30

• 2014 — One hundred and fifty people are trapped after a landslide in Maharashtra, India; 20 are killed. Wikipedia ↗
• 2012 — A train fire kills 32 passengers and injures 27 on the Tamil Nadu Express in Andhra Pradesh, India. Wikipedia ↗
• 2012 — A power grid failure in Delhi leaves more than 300 million people without power in northern India. Wikipedia ↗
• 2006 — The world's longest running music show Top of the Pops is broadcast for the last time on BBC Two. The show had aired for 42 years. Wikipedia ↗
• 2003 — In Mexico, the last 'old style' Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the assembly line. Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — As many as 50,000 demonstrators, mostly women and children, took to the streets in Łódź to protest food ration shortages in Communist Poland. Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Vanuatu gains independence. Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Israel's Knesset passes the Jerusalem Law Wikipedia ↗
• 1978 — The 730 (transport), Okinawa Prefecture changes its traffic on the right-hand side of the road to the left-hand side. Wikipedia ↗
• 1975 — Jimmy Hoffa disappears from the parking lot of the Machus Red Fox restaurant in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, at about 2:30 p.m. He is never seen or heard from again. Wikipedia ↗
• 1974 — Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon releases subpoenaed White House recordings after being ordered to do so by the Supreme Court of the United States. Wikipedia ↗
• 1971 — Apollo program: Apollo 15 Mission: David Scott and James Irwin on the Apollo Lunar Module Falcon land on the Moon with the first Lunar Rover. Wikipedia ↗
• 1971 — An All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 and a Japanese Air Force F-86 collide over Morioka, Iwate, Japan killing 162. Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — Vietnam War: US President Richard Nixon makes an unscheduled visit to South Vietnam and meets with President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu and U.S. military commanders. Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — England defeats West Germany to win the 1966 FIFA World Cup at Wembley Stadium after extra time. Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Social Security Act of 1965 into law, establishing Medicare and Medicaid. Wikipedia ↗
• 1962 — The Trans-Canada Highway, the longest national highway in the world, is officially opened. Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — A joint resolution of the U.S. Congress is signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, authorizing In God we trust as the U.S. national motto. Wikipedia ↗
• 1945 — World War II: Japanese submarine I-58 sinks the USS Indianapolis, killing 883 seamen. Most die during the following four days, until an aircraft notices the survivors. Wikipedia ↗
• 1932 — Premiere of Walt Disney's Flowers and Trees, the first cartoon short to use Technicolor and the first Academy Award winning cartoon short. Wikipedia ↗
• 1930 — In Montevideo, Uruguay wins the first FIFA World Cup. Wikipedia ↗
• 1912 — Japan's Emperor Meiji dies and is succeeded by his son Yoshihito, who is now known as the Emperor Taishō. Wikipedia ↗
• 1871 — The Staten Island Ferry Westfield's boiler explodes, killing over 85 people. Wikipedia ↗
• 1866 — Armed Confederate veterans in New Orleans riot against a meeting of Radical Republicans, killing 48 people and injuring another 100. Wikipedia ↗
• 1865 — The steamboat Brother Jonathan sinks off the coast of Crescent City, California, killing 225 passengers, the deadliest shipwreck on the Pacific Coast of the U.S. at the time. Wikipedia ↗
• 1864 — American Civil War: Battle of the Crater: Union forces attempt to break Confederate lines at Petersburg, Virginia by exploding a large bomb under their trenches. Wikipedia ↗
• 1863 — American Indian Wars: Representatives of the United States and tribal leaders including Chief Pocatello (of the Shoshone) sign the Treaty of Box Elder. Wikipedia ↗
• 1859 — First ascent of Grand Combin, one of the highest summits in the Alps. Wikipedia ↗
• 1825 — Malden Island is discovered by captain George Byron, 7th Baron Byron. Wikipedia ↗
• 1811 — Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, leader of the Mexican insurgency, is executed by the Spanish in Chihuahua City, Mexico. Wikipedia ↗
• 1756 — In Saint Petersburg, Bartolomeo Rastrelli presents the newly built Catherine Palace to Empress Elizabeth and her courtiers. Wikipedia ↗
• 1733 — The first Masonic Grand Lodge in the future United States is constituted in Massachusetts. Wikipedia ↗
• 1729 — Founding of Baltimore, Maryland. Wikipedia ↗
• 1676 — Nathaniel Bacon issues the "Declaration of the People of Virginia", beginning Bacon's Rebellion against the rule of Governor William Berkeley. Wikipedia ↗
• 1656 — Swedish forces under the command of King Charles X Gustav defeat the forces of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth at the Battle of Warsaw. Wikipedia ↗
• 1635 — Eighty Years' War: The Siege of Schenkenschans begins; Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, begins the recapture of the strategically important fortress from the Spanish Army. Wikipedia ↗
• 1626 — An earthquake in Naples, Italy, kills about 10,000 people. Wikipedia ↗
• 1619 — In Jamestown, Virginia, the first representative assembly in the Americas, the House of Burgesses, convenes for the first time. Wikipedia ↗
• 1609 — Beaver Wars: At Ticonderoga (now Crown Point, New York), Samuel de Champlain shoots and kills two Iroquois chiefs on behalf of his native allies. Wikipedia ↗
• 1502 — Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off the coast of Honduras during his fourth voyage. Wikipedia ↗
• 1419 — First Defenestration of Prague: A crowd of radical Hussites kill seven members of the Prague city council. Wikipedia ↗
• 762 — Baghdad is founded. Wikipedia ↗

🎂 Notable Births on July 30

• 1996 — Nina Stojanović, Serbian tennis player Wikipedia ↗
• 1993 — Jacob Faria, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1993 — Margarida Moura, Portuguese tennis player Wikipedia ↗
• 1992 — Hannah Cockroft, English wheelchair racer Wikipedia ↗
• 1991 — Diana Vickers, English singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1990 — Chris Maxwell, Welsh footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1989 — Aleix Espargaró, Spanish motorcycle racer Wikipedia ↗
• 1989 — Wayne Parnell, South African cricketer Wikipedia ↗
• 1987 — Anton Fink, German footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1987 — Sam Saunders, American golfer Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — Tiago Alencar, Brazilian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — William Zillman, Australian rugby league player Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Chris Guccione, Australian tennis player Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Daniel Fredheim Holm, Norwegian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Luca Lanotte, Italian ice dancer Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Matthew Scott, Australian rugby league player Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Marko Asmer, Estonian race car driver Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Gabrielle Christian, American actress and singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Kevin Pittsnogle, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Seán Dillon, Irish footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1982 — Jehad Al-Hussain, Syrian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1982 — James Anderson, English cricketer Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — Nicky Hayden, American motorcycle racer (d. 2017) Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — Juan Smith, South African rugby player Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — Hope Solo, American soccer player Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — Indrek Turi, Estonian decathlete Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Seth Avett, American folk-rock singer-songwriter and musician Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Justin Rose, South African-English golfer Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Carlos Arroyo, Puerto Rican basketball player and singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Chad Keegan, South African cricketer and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Graeme McDowell, Northern Irish golfer Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Maya Nasser, Syrian journalist (d. 2012) Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Diana Bolocco, Chilean model and journalist; Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Misty May-Treanor, American volleyball player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Jaime Pressly, American actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Bootsy Thornton, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Ian Watkins, Welsh singer-songwriter and child abuse convict Wikipedia ↗
• 1975 — Graham Nicholls, English author and activist Wikipedia ↗
• 1975 — Kate Starbird, American basketball player and computer scientist Wikipedia ↗
• 1974 — Radostin Kishishev, Bulgarian footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1974 — Jason Robinson, English rugby player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1974 — Hilary Swank, American actress and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — Kenton Cool, English mountaineer Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — Ümit Davala, Turkish footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — Anastasios Katsabis, Greek footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — Markus Näslund, Swedish ice hockey player and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — Sonu Nigam, Indian playback singer and actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — Clementa C. Pinckney, American minister and politician (d. 2015) Wikipedia ↗
• 1972 — Jim McIlvaine, American basketball player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
• 1971 — Elvis Crespo, American-Puerto Rican singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1971 — Tom Green, Canadian comedian and actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Alun Cairns, Welsh businessman and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Dean Edwards, American comedian, actor, and singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Christopher Nolan, English-American director, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — Simon Baker, Australian actor, director, and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — Errol Stewart, South African cricketer and lawyer Wikipedia ↗
• 1968 — Terry Crews, American football player and actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1968 — Robert Korzeniowski, Polish race walker and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1968 — Sean Moore, Welsh drummer and songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — Kerry Fox, New Zealand actress and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — Craig Gannon, English guitarist and songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — Allan Langer, Australian rugby league player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — Louise Wener, English author and singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Tim Munton, English cricketer Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Ron Block, American singer-songwriter and banjo player Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Vivica A. Fox, American actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Alek Keshishian, Lebanese-American director, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Jürgen Klinsmann, German footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Laine Randjärv, Estonian lawyer and politician, 6th Estonian Minister of Culture Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — Peter Bowler, English-Australian cricketer Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — Lisa Kudrow, American actress and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — Chris Mullin, American basketball player and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1962 — Alton Brown, American chef, author, and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1962 — Jay Feaster, American ice hockey player and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1962 — Yakub Memon, Indian accountant and terrorist (d. 2015) Wikipedia ↗
• 1961 — Laurence Fishburne, American actor and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — Jennifer Barnes, American-English musicologist and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — Richard Linklater, American director and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — Brillante Mendoza, Filipino independent film director Wikipedia ↗
• 1958 — Kate Bush, English singer-songwriter and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1958 — Daley Thompson, English decathlete and trainer Wikipedia ↗
• 1957 — Antonio Adamo, Italian director and cinematographer Wikipedia ↗
• 1957 — Bill Cartwright, American basketball player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1957 — Clint Hurdle, American baseball player and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1957 — Nery Pumpido, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — Delta Burke, American actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — Réal Cloutier, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — Anita Hill, American lawyer and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — Soraida Martinez, American painter and educator Wikipedia ↗
• 1955 — Rat Scabies, English drummer and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1955 — Christopher Warren-Green, English violinist and conductor Wikipedia ↗
• 1954 — Ken Olin, American actor, director, and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1952 — Stephen Blackmore, English botanist and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1951 — Alan Kourie, South African cricketer Wikipedia ↗
• 1951 — Gerry Judah, Indian-English painter and sculptor Wikipedia ↗
• 1950 — Harriet Harman, English lawyer and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1950 — Frank Stallone, American singer-songwriter and actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1950 — Mike Starr, American character actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1949 — Duck Baker, American guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1949 — Sonia Proudman, English lawyer and judge Wikipedia ↗
• 1949 — Andy Scott, Welsh rock guitarist and songwriter (Sweet) Wikipedia ↗
• 1948 — John Briscoe, South African-American epidemiologist, engineer, and academic (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
• 1948 — Billy Paultz, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1948 — Jean Reno, Moroccan-French actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1948 — Otis Taylor, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1948 — Julia Tsenova, Bulgarian pianist and composer (d. 2010) Wikipedia ↗
• 1947 — William Atherton, American actor and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1947 — Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, French virologist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate Wikipedia ↗
• 1947 — Jonathan Mann, American physician and author (d. 1998) Wikipedia ↗
• 1947 — Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian-American bodybuilder, actor, and politician, 38th Governor of California Wikipedia ↗
• 1946 — Neil Bonnett, American race car driver and sportscaster (d. 1994) Wikipedia ↗
• 1946 — Jeffrey Hammond, English bass player Wikipedia ↗
• 1945 — Patrick Modiano, French novelist and screenwriter, Nobel Prize laureate Wikipedia ↗
• 1945 — David Sanborn, American saxophonist and composer Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — Gerry Birrell, Scottish race car driver (d. 1973) Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — Peter Bottomley, English politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — Frances de la Tour, English actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1943 — Henri-François Gautrin, Canadian physicist and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — Pollyanna Pickering, English environmentalist and painter Wikipedia ↗
• 1941 — Paul Anka, Canadian singer-songwriter and actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1940 — Patricia Schroeder, American lawyer and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1940 — Clive Sinclair, English businessman, founded Sinclair Radionics and Sinclair Research Wikipedia ↗
• 1939 — Peter Bogdanovich, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1939 — Eleanor Smeal, American activist, founded the Feminist Majority Foundation Wikipedia ↗
• 1938 — Hervé de Charette, French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs Wikipedia ↗
• 1938 — Terry O'Neill, English photographer Wikipedia ↗
• 1936 — Buddy Guy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1936 — Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz Wikipedia ↗
• 1934 — Bud Selig, 9th Major League Baseball Commissioner Wikipedia ↗
• 1931 — Dominique Lapierre, French historian and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1929 — Sid Krofft, Canadian-American puppeteer and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1928 — Joe Nuxhall, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2007) Wikipedia ↗
• 1927 — Richard Johnson, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015) Wikipedia ↗
• 1927 — Pete Schoening, American mountaineer (d. 2004) Wikipedia ↗
• 1927 — Victor Wong, American actor (d. 2001) Wikipedia ↗
• 1925 — Stan Stennett, Welsh actor and trumpet player (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1925 — Alexander Trocchi, Scottish author and poet (d. 1984) Wikipedia ↗
• 1922 — Henry W. Bloch, American banker and businessman, co-founded H&R Block Wikipedia ↗
• 1921 — Grant Johannesen, American pianist and educator (d. 2005) Wikipedia ↗
• 1920 — Walter Schuck, German lieutenant and pilot (d. 2015) Wikipedia ↗
• 1914 — Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, Irish journalist and author, 6th President of the International Olympic Committee (d. 1999) Wikipedia ↗
• 1913 — Lou Darvas, American soldier and cartoonist (d. 1987) Wikipedia ↗
• 1910 — Edgar de Evia, Mexican-American photographer (d. 2003) Wikipedia ↗
• 1909 — C. Northcote Parkinson, English historian and author (d. 1993) Wikipedia ↗
• 1904 — Salvador Novo, Mexican poet and playwright (d. 1974) Wikipedia ↗
• 1901 — Alfred Lépine, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1955) Wikipedia ↗
• 1899 — Gerald Moore, English pianist (d. 1987) Wikipedia ↗
• 1898 — Henry Moore, English sculptor and illustrator (d. 1986) Wikipedia ↗
• 1893 — Fatima Jinnah, Pakistani dentist and politician (d. 1967) Wikipedia ↗
• 1890 — Casey Stengel, American baseball player and manager (d. 1975) Wikipedia ↗
• 1881 — Smedley Butler, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1940) Wikipedia ↗
• 1872 — Princess Clémentine of Belgium (d. 1955) Wikipedia ↗
• 1863 — Henry Ford, American engineer and businessman, founded the Ford Motor Company (d. 1947) Wikipedia ↗
• 1862 — Nikolai Yudenich, Russian general (d. 1933) Wikipedia ↗
• 1859 — Henry Simpson Lunn, English minister and humanitarian, founded Lunn Poly (d. 1939) Wikipedia ↗
• 1857 — Thorstein Veblen, American economist and sociologist (d. 1929) Wikipedia ↗
• 1855 — Georg Wilhelm von Siemens, German-Swiss businessman (d. 1919) Wikipedia ↗
• 1832 — George Lemuel Woods, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 3rd Governor of Oregon (d. 1890) Wikipedia ↗

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