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July 30
(Redirected from 30 July)
July 30 is the 211th day (212th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 154 days remaining.
Events
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1608 - At Ticonderoga (now Crown Point, New York), Samuel de Champlain shot two Iroquois chiefs to death. This was to set the tone for French-Iroquois relations for the next one hundred years.
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1619 - In Jamestown, Virginia, the first representative assembly in the Americas, the House of Burgesses, convenes for the first time.
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1729 - Baltimore, Maryland is founded.
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1733 - First Freemasons lodge opened in what will become the United States.
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1825 - Malden Island discovered.
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1863 - Indian Wars: Chief Pocatello of the Shoshone tribe signs the Treaty of Box Elder , promising to stop harassing the emigrant trails in southern Idaho and northern Utah.
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1864 - American Civil War: Battle of the Crater - Union forces attempt to break Confederate lines by exploding a large bomb under their trenches.
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1930 - In Montevideo, Uruguay wins the first Football World Cup.
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1932 - The 1932 Summer Olympics open in Los Angeles, California.
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1945 - World War II: Japanese warships sink the USS Indianapolis, killing 883 seamen in the worst single loss in the history of the United States Navy.
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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.
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1965 - US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Social Security Act of 1965 into law, establishing Medicare and Medicaid.
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1966 - At Wembley Stadium, host England wins the Football World Cup, beating Germany 4 to 2.
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1969 - Vietnam War: US President Richard M. Nixon makes an unscheduled visit to South Vietnam and meets with President Nguyen Van Thieu and with US military commanders.
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1970 - Powder Ridge Rock Festival
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1971 - Apollo program: Apollo 15 lands on the Moon.
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1971 - An All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 and a Japanese Air Force F-86 collide over Morioka, Japan killing 162
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1974 - Watergate Scandal: US President Richard M. Nixon releases subpoenaed White House recordings after being ordered to do so by the United States Supreme Court.
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1980 - Vanuatu gains independence.
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1990 - The first Saturn automobile rolls off the assembly line.
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2003 - In Mexico, the last 'old style' Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the assembly line.
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2004 - A gasblast kills 16 people in Belgium after an apocalyptical explosion.
Births
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1549 - Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1609)
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1818 - Emily Brontë, English novelist (d. 1848)
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1855 - Wilhelm von Siemens, German industrialist
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1857 - Thorstein Veblen, economist (d. 1929)
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1863 - Henry Ford, American industrialist (d. 1947)
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1889 - Franz Masereel, painter and graphic artist (d. 1972)
- 1889 - Vladimir Zworykin, physicist and inventor (d. 1982)
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1890 - Casey Stengel, Baseball Hall of Famer (d. 1975)
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1898 - Henry Moore, sculptor (d. 1986)
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1909 - C. Northcote Parkinson, British historian and writer (d. 1993)
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1914 - Béatrix Beck , writer
- 1914 - Lord Killanin, former IOC president (d. 1999)
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1921 - Grant Johannesen, American concert pianist (d. 2005)
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1929 - Werner Tübke , painter
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1930 - Thomas Sowell, economist
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1934 - Bud Selig, baseball team owner and commissioner
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1936 - Buddy Guy, guitarist, singer
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1939 - Peter Bogdanovich, film director
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1941 - Paul Anka, singer and composer
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1945 - David Sanborn, musician, Grammy Award winner
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1946 - Neil Bonnett, NASCAR driver (d. 1994)
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1947 - Arnold Schwarzenegger, actor, 38th Governor of California
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1947 - William Atherton, American actor
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1948 - Jean Reno, actor
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1956 - Delta Burke, actress
- 1956 - Anita Hill, American law professor, author
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1958 - Kate Bush, singer
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1961 - Laurence Fishburne, actor
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1963 - Lisa Kudrow, actress
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1964 - Vivica A. Fox, actress
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1971 - Tom Green, comedian, actor
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1974 - Hilary Swank, Academy Award winning actress
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1975 - Graham Nicholls, British artist
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1981 - Nicky Hayden, American Motorcycle Racer
Deaths
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578 - Jacob Baradaeus, bishop of Edessa
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1715 - Nahum Tate, poet (b. 1652)
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1718 - William Penn, founded the Province of Pennsylvania
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1771 - Thomas Gray, poet and letter-writer (b. 1716)
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1898 - Otto von Bismarck, German chancellor
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1900 - Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1844)
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1918 - Joyce Kilmer, poet
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1947 - Joseph Cook, sixth Prime Minister of Australia
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1975 - James Blish, science fiction author
- 1975 (date of disappearance) - Jimmy Hoffa, labor leader
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1983 - Lynn Fontanne, actress
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1996 - Claudette Colbert, actress
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2003 - Sam Phillips, record producer
Holidays and observances
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Vanuatu - Independence Day
- International Bog Day
- Sysadmin Appreciation Day
External links
July 29 - July 31 - June 30 - August 30 -- listing of all days
Last updated: 05-13-2005 07:56:04
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