July 30

Events

 * - First.
 * - lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off the coast of  during his fourth voyage.
 * - At (now ),  shoots and kills two  chiefs. This was to set the tone for - relations for the next one hundred years.
 * - In, the first representative assembly in the , the , convenes for the first time.
 * - An earthquake in, kills 10,000 people.
 * - is founded.
 * - First lodge opened in what will become the.
 * - presents the newly-built  to  and her courtiers.
 * - discovered.
 * - : of the  tribe signs the, promising to stop harassing the emigrant trails in southern  and northern.
 * - : -  forces attempt to break  lines by exploding a large bomb under their trenches.
 * - New Orleans's Democratic government ordered police to raid an integrated meeting, killing 40 people and injuring 150.
 * - In, win the first.
 * - : The open in.
 * 1932  - 's , the first  winning cartoon and first cartoon short to use, premieres.
 * - : sinks the, killing 883 seamen.
 * - holds a ceremony announcing the establishment of the.
 * - makes his debut as a public performer.
 * - A of the  is signed by , authorizing "" as the  national.
 * -  signs the  into law, establishing  and.
 * - :  makes an unscheduled visit to  and meets with   and with  military commanders.
 * - : Mission -  and  on  module, , land with first  on the.
 * 1971  - An   727  and a   collide over,  killing 162.
 * - :  releases subpoenaed  recordings after being ordered to do so by the.
 * - disappears from the parking lot of the  restaurant in, a suburb of , at about 2:30 p.m. He is never seen or heard from again.
 * - gains independence.
 * - The first automobile rolls off the assembly line.
 * - Eighteen lives are lost in the in,.
 * 2002  - The   referred to as  was  into  by.
 * - In, the last 'old style' rolls off the.
 * - World's longest running music show  broadcast for the last time on . The show had aired for 42 years.
 * 2006  - At least 28  civilians, including 16 children, were killed when  attacked a building in Qana in what is called the.
 * - becomes Premier of  following the resignation of.

Births

 * -, Italian painter and architect (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, Dutch physician and anatomist (d. )
 * -, Austrian musician (d. )
 * -, English author (d. )
 * -, English novelist (d. )
 * -, German industrialist (d. )
 * -, American economist (d. )
 * -, English humanitarian (d. )
 * -, American industrialist (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, American Marine general (d. )
 * 1889  -, Russian physicist  (d. )
 * -, American baseball manager (d. )
 * -, i (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, English sculptor (d. )
 * -, English pianist (d. )
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. )
 * -, Mexican writer (d. )
 * -, English historian (d. )
 * -, American photographer (d. )
 * -, Irish president (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, half-sister of
 * -, American pianist (d. )
 * -, American co-founder of
 * -, Scottish writer (d. )
 * 1925  -, French actor
 * -, American singer
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, Portuguese actress
 * 1928  -, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. )
 * -, Canadian children's television producer
 * -, American actor
 * -, American
 * -, English comedian and game show host (d. )
 * -, American guitarist and singer
 * 1936  -
 * -, French politician
 * -, American film director
 * 1939  -, American feminist
 * -, American politician
 * 1940  -, English entrepreneur and inventor
 * -, Canadian singer and composer
 * -, Quebec politician
 * -, American saxophonist
 * -, American race car driver (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * 1947  -, AIDS activist (d. )
 * 1947  -, Austrian-born American actor, bodybuilder, and 38th
 * -, Moroccan-born French actor
 * -, American guitarist
 * -, American singer and actor
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actress
 * 1956  -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1956  -, American author
 * -, American baseball player and manager
 * 1957  -, Argentine footballer
 * 1957  -, English drummer
 * -, English singer/songwriter
 * 1958  -, English decathlete
 * -, American actor
 * 1961  -, American filmmaker
 * -, American television host and chef
 * -, American actress
 * 1963  -, American basketball player
 * -, American actress
 * 1964  -, German footballer and manager
 * 1964  -, Lebanese-born American film director
 * -, Polish athlete
 * 1968  -, Welsh drummer
 * -, American actor
 * -, English film director
 * -, Canadian comedian and actor
 * 1971  -, American actress
 * -, Swedish ice hockey player
 * 1973  -, Indian singer/actor
 * -, American actress
 * 1974  -, Bulgarian footballer
 * 1974  -, English Rugby Union Player
 * -, English artist
 * 1975  -, American writer
 * -, American actress
 * -, Welsh singer


 * -, Northern Irish golfer
 * -, Italian volleyball player
 * -, American motorcycle racer
 * 1982  -, Australian actress
 * -, Irish footballer
 * -, American actress
 * 1984  -, American basketball player
 * -, Norwegian footballer
 * -, Nepalese royal

Deaths

 * -, Bishop of Edessa
 * -, English priest (martyred)
 * 1540  -, English churchman (martyred) (b. )
 * -, English politician (b. )
 * -, French soldier (b. )
 * -, Irish naval commander (b. )
 * -, queen of (b. )
 * -, German writer and scholar (b. )
 * -, English founder of the Province of Pennsylvania (b. )
 * -, English poet and letter-writer (b. )
 * -, Mexican patriot and leader (b. 1753)
 * -, American Confederate general (b. )
 * -, 1st of the  (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, Japanese emperor (b. )
 * -, American poet (b. )
 * -, Swiss-Catalan businessman and founder of (b. )
 * -, 6th (b. )
 * -, Japanese author (b. )
 * -, Hungarian conductor (b. )
 * -, Australian poet (b. )
 * -, American lyricist (b. )
 * 1983  -, English actress (b. )
 * -, American mathematician (b. )
 * -, American bull rider (b. )
 * -, Canadian comic book artist (b. )
 * 1992  -, American actress (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, American television host () (b. )
 * -, Canadian actor (b. )
 * -, American baseball player (b. )
 * 2005  -, Vice President of Sudan (b. )
 * 2005  -, English hate crime murder victim (b. )
 * -, American accordionist (b. )
 * 2006  -, Canadian golfer (b. )
 * 2006  -, American libertarian socialist (b. )
 * -, Italian film director (b. )
 * 2007  -, Ex-Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church (b. )
 * 2007  -, Swedish stage and film director (b. )
 * 2007  -, American football coach (b. )
 * 2007  -, American football coach (b. )

Holidays and observances

 * - (formerly Anglo-French condominium of the New Hebrides).


 * [common]
 * , bishop, (died 450)
 * ,, confessor [Auxerre]