What happened on July 30? There are more than 225 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About July 30
July 30 is the 212th day of the year 2024. There are 154 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday. This day falls under the 31st week of the year 2024.
On this day in New Underwood, South Dakota 57761 sunrise will occur at 05:36 AM and sunset will occur at 08:18 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Leo. The modern birthstone for this month is Ruby while the mystical birthstone is Ruby.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 183 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For July 30
- 762Baghdad is founded by caliph Al-Mansur.
- 1419First Defenestration of Prague: a crowd of radical Hussites kill seven members of the Prague city council.
- 1502Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off the coast of Honduras during his fourth voyage.
- 1608At Ticonderoga (now Crown Point, New York), Samuel de Champlain shoots and kills two Iroquois chiefs. This was to set the tone for French-Iroquois relations for the next one hundred years.
- 1619In Jamestown, Virginia, the first representative assembly in the Americas, the House of Burgesses, convenes for the first time.
- 1629An earthquake in Naples, Italy, kills about 10,000 people.
- 1656Swedish forces under the command of King Charles X Gustav defeat the forces of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth at the Battle of Warsaw.
- 1729Foundation of Baltimore, Maryland.
- 1733The first Masonic Grand Lodge in the future United States is constituted in Massachusetts.
- 1756In Saint Petersburg, Bartolomeo Rastrelli presents the newly-built Catherine Palace to Empress Elizabeth and her courtiers.
- 1811Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, leader of the Mexican insurgency, is executed by the Spanish in Chihuahua, Mexico.
- 1825Malden Island is discovered by captain George Anson Byron.
- 1859First ascent of Grand Combin, one of the highest summits in the Alps.
- 1863Indian Wars: Chief Pocatello of the Shoshone tribe signs the Treaty of Box Elder, agreeing to stop the harassment of emigrant trails in southern Idaho and northern Utah.
- 1864American Civil War: Battle of the Crater – Union forces attempt to break Confederate lines at Petersburg, Virginia by exploding a large bomb under their trenches.
- 1865The 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.
- 1866New Orleans’s Democratic government orders police to raid an integrated Republican Party meeting, killing 40 people and injuring 150.
- 1871The Staten Island Ferry Westfield's boiler explodes, killing over 85 people.
- 1916Black Tom Island explosion in Jersey City, New Jersey.
- 1930In Montevideo, Uruguay wins the first Football World Cup.
- 1932Premiere of Walt Disney’s Flowers and Trees, the first cartoon short to use Technicolor and the first Academy Award winning cartoon short.
- 1945World War II: Japanese submarine I-58 sinks the USS Indianapolis, killing 883 seamen.
- 1956A 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.
- 1962The Trans-Canada Highway, the largest national highway in the world, is officially opened.
- 1965U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Social Security Act of 1965 into law, establishing Medicare and Medicaid.
- 1967Israel passes the Jerusalem Law and annexes East Jerusalem.
- 1969Vietnam War: US President Richard M. Nixon makes an unscheduled visit to South Vietnam and meets with President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu and U.S. military commanders.
- 1971An All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 and a Japanese Air Force F-86 collide over Morioka, Japan killing 162.
- 1971Apollo program: Apollo 15 Mission – David Scott and James Irwin on the Apollo Lunar Module module Falcon land on the Moon with the first Lunar Rover.
- 1974Six Royal Canadian Army Cadets are killed and fifty-four are injured in an accidental grenade blast at CFB Valcartier Cadet Camp.
- 1974Watergate Scandal: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon releases subpoenaed White House recordings after being ordered to do so by the United States Supreme Court.
- 1975Jimmy 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, and will be declared legally dead on this date in 1982.
- 1975The Troubles: three members of a popular cabaret band and two gunmen are killed during a botched paramilitary attack in Northern Ireland (see Miami Showband killings).
- 1978The 730 (transport), Okinawa changes its traffic on the right-hand side of the road to the left-hand side.
- 1980Israel’s Knesset passes the Jerusalem Law
- 1980Vanuatu gains independence.
- 1990George Steinbrenner is forced by Commissioner Fay Vincent to resign as principal partner of New York Yankees for hiring Howie Spira to “get dirt” on Dave Winfield.
- 2003In Mexico, the last ‘old style’Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the assembly line.
- 2006Lebanon War: At least 28 civilians, including 16 children are killed by the Israeli Air Force in what Lebanese call the Second Qana massacre and what Israel considers to be an attempt to stop rockets’ being fired, from Lebanon, at Israeli civilian targets.
- 2006The 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.
Who Were Born On July 30?
- 1511Giorgio Vasari, Italian painter, biographer, art historian and architect (d. 1574)
- 1549Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1609)
- 1641Regnier de Graaf, Dutch physician and anatomist (d. 1673)
- 1751Maria Anna Mozart, Austrian musician (d. 1829)
- 1763Samuel Rogers, English poet (d. 1855)
- 1809Charles Chiniquy, Quebec excommunicated Catholic priest (d. 1899)
- 1818Emily Brontë, English novelist (d. 1848)
- 1818Jan Heemskerk, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1897)
- 1825Chaim Aronson, Lithuanian inventor, academic and memoirs writer (d. 1893)
- 1855Georg Wilhelm von Siemens, German industrialist (d. 1919)
- 1857Thorstein Veblen, American economist (d. 1929)
- 1859Henry Simpson Lunn, English humanitarian (d. 1939)
- 1863Henry Ford, American industrialist (d. 1947)
- 1872Princess Clémentine of Belgium (d. 1955)
- 1881Smedley Butler, American Marine general (d. 1940)
- 1889Vladimir Zworykin, Russian physicist (d. 1982)
- 1890Casey Stengel, American baseball manager (d. 1975)
- 1893Fatima Jinnah, Pakistani political activist, sister of Muhammad Ali Jinnah and “Mother of the Nation” (d. 1967)
- 1895Wanda Hawley, American actress (d. 1963)
- 1898Henry Moore, English sculptor (d. 1986)
- 1899Gerald Moore, English pianist (d. 1987)
- 1901Alfred Lépine, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1955)
- 1904Salvador Novo, Mexican writer (d. 1974)
- 1909C. Northcote Parkinson, English historian (d. 1993)
- 1909Magda Schneider German actress (d. 1996).
- 1910Edgar de Evia, American photographer (d. 2003)
- 1914Lord Killanin, Irish IOC president (d. 1999)
- 1916Dick Wilson, American actor (d. 2007)
- 1919Berniece Baker Miracle, half-sister of Marilyn Monroe
- 1921Grant Johannesen, American pianist (d. 2005)
- 1922Henry W. Bloch, American co-founder of H&R Block
- 1925Alexander Trocchi, Scottish writer (d. 1984)
- 1925Jacques Sernas, French actor
- 1926Christine McGuire, American singer (The McGuire Sisters)
- 1927Pete Schoening, American mountaineer (d. 2004)
- 1927Victor Wong, American actor (d. 2001)
- 1928Eunice Muñoz, Portuguese actress
- 1928Joe Nuxhall, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2007)
- 1929Sid Krofft, Canadian children’s television producer
- 1933Edd Byrnes, American actor
- 1934Bud Selig, American Commissioner of Baseball
- 1936Buddy Guy, American blues guitarist and singer
- 1936Infanta Pilar of Spain
- 1936Ralph Taeger, American actor
- 1938Hervé de Charette, French politician
- 1939Eleanor Smeal, American feminist
- 1939Peter Bogdanovich, American film director
- 1940Pat Schroeder, American politician
- 1940Sir Clive Sinclair, English entrepreneur and inventor
- 1941Paul Anka, Canadian singer and composer
- 1943Henri-François Gautrin, Quebec politician
- 1945David Sanborn, American saxophonist
- 1945Patrick Modiano, French novelist
- 1946Neil Bonnett, American race car driver (d. 1994)
- 1947Anna Panayiotopoulou, Greek actress and theatrical writer
- 1947Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian-born American actor, bodybuilder and politician, 38th Governor of California
- 1947Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, virologist and Nobel Prize winner
- 1947Jonathan Mann, American AIDS activist (d. 1998)
- 1947William Atherton, American actor
- 1948Jean Reno, Moroccan-born French actor
- 1948Julia Tsenova, Bulgarian composer and pianist (d. 2010)
- 1948Otis Taylor, American musician
- 1949Duck Baker, American guitarist
- 1950Frank Stallone, American singer and actor
- 1951Alan Kourie, South African cricketer
- 1954Ken Olin, American actor
- 1956Anita Hill, American academic, witness at the sexual harassment trial against Clarence Thomas
- 1956Delta Burke, American actress
- 1956Réal Cloutier, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1956Soraida Martinez, American painter, creator of Verdadism
- 1957Bill Cartwright, American basketball player
- 1957Clint Hurdle, American baseball player and manager
- 1957Nery Pumpido, Argentine footballer
- 1957Rat Scabies, English drummer (The Damned)
- 1958Daley Thompson, English decathlete
- 1958Kate Bush, English singer-songwriter
- 1958Neal McCoy, American singer-songwriter and humanitarian
- 1958Richard Burgi, American actor
- 1960Richard Linklater, American filmmaker
- 1961Laurence Fishburne, American actor
- 1962Alton Brown, American television host and chef
- 1962Jay Feaster, American National Hockey League executive
- 1963Chris Mullin, American basketball player
- 1963Lisa Kudrow, American actress
- 1964Alek Keshishian, Lebanese-born American film director
- 1964Jürgen Klinsmann, German footballer and manager
- 1964Vivica A. Fox, American actress
- 1965Tim Munton, England cricketer
- 1966Allan Langer, Australian Rugby League Player
- 1968Robert Korzeniowski, Polish racewalker
- 1968Sean Moore, Welsh drummer (Manic Street Preachers)
- 1968Terry Crews, American football player and actor
- 1969Errol Stewart, South African cricketer and lawyer
- 1969Simon Baker, Australian actor
- 1970Christopher Nolan, English film director
- 1970Dean Edwards, American comedian
- 1971Christine Taylor, American actress
- 1971Elvis Crespo, Puerto Rican singer
- 1971Sagi Kalev, Israeli-born American bodybuilder
- 1971Tom Green, Canadian comedian and actor
- 1973Anastasios Katsabis, Greek footballer
- 1973Markus Näslund, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1973Sonu Nigam, Indian singer and actor
- 1974Hilary Swank, American actress
- 1974Jason Robinson, English dual-code rugby player
- 1974Radostin Kishishev, Bulgarian footballer
- 1974Sandra Diaz-Twine, American winner of Survivor: Pearl Islands and Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains
- 1975Cherie Priest, American writer
- 1975Graham Nicholls, English author and artist
- 1977Diana Bolocco, Chilean television presenter
- 1977Ian Watkins, Welsh singer (Lostprophets)
- 1977Jaime Pressly, American actress
- 1977James Branaman, American model and reality show contestant (The Amazing Race)
- 1979Carlos Arroyo, Puerto Rican basketball player
- 1979Graeme McDowell, Northern Irish golfer
- 1979Show Luo, Taiwanese singer, television host, dancer and actor
- 1980Justin Rose, British golfer
- 1980Sara Anzanello, Italian volleyball player
- 1981Juan Smith, South African rugby player
- 1981Nicky Hayden, American motorcycle racer
- 1982James Anderson, English cricketer
- 1982Jehad Al-Hussain, Syrian footballer
- 1982Yvonne Strahovski, Australian actress
- 1983Sean Dillon, Irish footballer
- 1984Gabrielle Christian, American actress
- 1984Kevin Pittsnogle, American basketball player
- 1985Daniel Fredheim Holm, Norwegian footballer
- 1986Tiago, Brazilian footballer
- 1987Anton Fink, German footballer
- 1990Coco Sumner, Italy-born English singer-songwriter and guitarist, daughter of Sting
- 1991Diana Vickers, English singer and stage actress
- 1999Joey King, American actress
- 2002Prince Hridayendra of Nepal, Nepalese royal
Who Died On July 30?
- 578Jacob Baradaeus, Bishop of Edessa (birth date unknown)
- 579Pope Benedict I (birth date unknown)
- 1540Robert Barnes, English churchman (martyred) (b. 1495)
- 1540Thomas Abel, English priest (martyred) (b. c. 1497)
- 1550Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, English politician (b. 1505)
- 1652Charles Amédée de Savoie, 6th Duc de Nemours, French soldier (b. 1624)
- 1680Thomas Butler, Earl of Ossory, Irish naval commander (b. 1634)
- 1683Maria Theresa of Spain, Spanish-born Queen consort of France, wife of Louis XIV of France (b. 1638)
- 1691Daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (b. 1639)
- 1718William Penn, English founder of the Province of Pennsylvania (b. 1644)
- 1771Thomas Gray, English poet and letter-writer (b. 1716)
- 1789Giovanna Bonanno, Italian poisoner and alleged witch (b. c. 1713)
- 1811Miguel Hidalgo, Mexican patriot and Independence leader (b. 1753)
- 1875George Pickett, American Confederate general (b. 1825)
- 1889Charlie Absolom, England cricketer (b. 1846)
- 1898Otto von Bismarck, 1st Chancellor of the German Empire (b. 1815)
- 1900Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1844)
- 1912Emperor Meiji, Japanese emperor (b. 1852)
- 1918Joyce Kilmer, American poet (b. 1886)
- 1920Albert Gustaf Dahlman, Swedish executioner, the last to carry out capital punishment in Sweden (b. 1848)
- 1930Joan Gamper, Swiss-born Spanish football pioneer, businessman and founder of FC Barcelona (b. 1877)
- 1947Joseph Cook, 6th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1860)
- 1965Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Japanese novelist (b. 1886)
- 1970George Szell, Hungarian conductor (b. 1897)
- 1970Sir Walter Murdoch, Australian academic and essayist (b. 1874)
- 1982Roberta Pedon, American glamour model (b. 1954)
- 1983Howard Dietz, American lyricist (b. 1896)
- 1983Lynn Fontanne, English actress (b. 1887)
- 1985Julia Robinson, American mathematician (b. 1919)
- 1989Lane Frost, American bull rider (b. 1963)
- 1992Brenda Marshall, American actress (b. 1915)
- 1992Joe Shuster, Canadian comic book artist (b. 1914)
- 1994Ryszard Riedel, Polish singer (b.1956)
- 1996Claudette Colbert, American actress (b. 1903)
- 1997Bảo Đại, Emperor of Vietnam (b. 1913)
- 1998Buffalo Bob Smith, American television host (Howdy Doody) (b. 1917)
- 1998Jorge Russek, Mexican actor (b. 1932)
- 2001Anton Schwarzkopf, German amusement ride engineer (b. 1924)
- 2003Sam Phillips, American record producer (b. 1923)
- 2004Andre Noble, Canadian actor (b. 1979)
- 2005Anthony Walker, English hate crime murder victim (b. 1987)
- 2005John Garang, Vice President of Sudan (b. 1945)
- 2005Ray Cunningham, American baseball player (b. 1905)
- 2006Al Balding, Canadian golfer (b. 1924)
- 2006Anthony Galla-Rini, American accordionist (b. 1904)
- 2006Murray Bookchin, American libertarian socialist (b. 1921)
- 2007Bill Walsh, American football coach (b. 1931)
- 2007Ingmar Bergman, Swedish stage and film director (b. 1918)
- 2007Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian film director (b. 1912)
- 2007Teoctist, Romanian-born Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church (b. 1915)
- 2008Anne Armstrong U.S. ambassador to Britain (b. 1927)
- 2009Peter Zadek, German theatre director (b. 1926)
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