What are the important events that happened on July 30? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
July 30: Facts & Myths About This Day
July 30 is the 212nd day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 154 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 17, 2020 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,596,067,200 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectadecadigon’ day.
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Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 197 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 2,778 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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July 30 Historical Events
- 1729 –Foundation of Baltimore, Maryland.
- 1825 –Malden Island is discovered by captain George Anson Byron.
- 1863 –Indian 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.
- 1930 –In Montevideo, Uruguay wins the first Football World Cup.
- 1945 –World War II: Japanese submarine I-58 sinks the USS Indianapolis, killing 883 seamen.
- 1967 –Israel passes the Jerusalem Law and annexes East Jerusalem.
- 1974 –Six Royal Canadian Army Cadets are killed and fifty-four are injured in an accidental grenade blast at CFB Valcartier Cadet Camp.
- 1990 –George 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.
- 2003 –In Mexico, the last ‘old style’Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the assembly line.
- 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.
Who were born on July 30?
- 1549 –Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1609)
- 1825 –Chaim Aronson, Lithuanian inventor, academic and memoirs writer (d. 1893)
- 1899 –Gerald Moore, English pianist (d. 1987)
- 1941 –Paul Anka, Canadian singer and composer
- 1950 –Frank Stallone, American singer and actor
- 1964 –Jürgen Klinsmann, German footballer and manager
- 1971 –Tom Green, Canadian comedian and actor
- 1973 –Anastasios Katsabis, Greek footballer
- 1977 –Ian Watkins, Welsh singer (Lostprophets)
- 1999 –Joey King, American actress
Who died on July 30?
- 1540 –Robert Barnes, English churchman (martyred) (b. 1495)
- 1550 –Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, English politician (b. 1505)
- 1680 –Thomas Butler, Earl of Ossory, Irish naval commander (b. 1634)
- 1691 –Daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (b. 1639)
- 1930 –Joan Gamper, Swiss-born Spanish football pioneer, businessman and founder of FC Barcelona (b. 1877)
- 1965 –Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Japanese novelist (b. 1886)
- 1992 –Joe Shuster, Canadian comic book artist (b. 1914)
- 1998 –Jorge Russek, Mexican actor (b. 1932)
- 2006 –Anthony Galla-Rini, American accordionist (b. 1904)
- 2006 –Murray Bookchin, American libertarian socialist (b. 1921)
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