July 30

July 30 is the 211th day (212th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 154 days remaining.

Events

• 1729 - City of Baltimore founded
• 1733 - First Freemasons lodge opened in what will become the United States
• 1825 - Malden Island discovered
• 1839 - Rebelling slaves take over the ship Amistad
• 1864 - The Battle of the Crater
• 1898 - William Kellogg[?] invents corn flakes
• 1930 - Uruguay wins the World Cup
• 1932 - Xth Olympic Games open in Los Angeles, California
• 1935 - First Penguin book is published, starting the paperback revolution
• 1956 - US motto "In God We Trust" authorized
• 1966 - England wins World Cup
• 1971 - Apollo 15 lands on the Moon
• 1974 - President Richard M. Nixon releases subpoenaed White House recordings
• 1980 - Vanuatu gains independence

Births

• 1805 - Alexis de Tocqueville, historian, political scientist (+ 1859)
• 1818 - Emily Bronte, English novelist (+ 1848)
• 1855 - Wilhelm von Siemens[?], German industrialist
• 1863 - Henry Ford, American industrialist (+ 1947)
• 1889 - Franz Masereel[?], painter and graphic artist (+ 1972)
• 1890 - Casey Stengel, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame (+ 1975)
• 1898 - Henry Moore, sculptor (+ 1986)
• 1909 - C. Northcote Parkinson, British historian and writer
• 1914 - Béatrix Beck[?], writer
• 1929 - Werner Tübke[?], painter
• 1930 - Thomas Sowell, economist
• 1934 - Bud Selig, baseball team owner and commissioner
• 1936 - Buddy Guy[?], guitarist, singer
• 1939 - Peter Bogdanovich, film director
• 1941 - Paul Anka, singer and composer
• 1945 - David Sanborn[?], musician, Grammy Award winner
• 1947 - Arnold Schwarzenegger, actor
• 1948 - Jean Reno, actor
• 1956 - Delta Burke[?], actress
• 1956 - Anita Hill, American law professor, author
• 1958 - Kate Bush, singer
• 1961 - Laurence Fishburne, actor
• 1974 - Hilary Swank[?], Academy Award winning actress

Deaths

• 1771 - Thomas Gray, poet and letter-writer (* 1716)
• 1898 - Otto von Bismarck, German chancellor
• 1975 - James Blish, science fiction author
• 1975 (date of disappearance) - Jimmy Hoffa, labor leader
• 1983 - Lynn Fontanne, actress
• 1996 - Claudette Colbert, actress (It Happened One Night)

Holidays and observances

• Vanuatu - Independence Day
• International Bog Day

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