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 211^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 154 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 17, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,753,833,600 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 ‘dihectadecahenagon’ day.

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 202 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 4,604 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

July 30 Historical Events

• 762 –
  Baghdad is founded by caliph Al-Mansur.
• 1825 –
  Malden Island is discovered by captain George Anson Byron.
• 1859 –
  First ascent of Grand Combin, one of the highest summits in the Alps.
• 1864 –
  American Civil War: Battle of the Crater – Union forces attempt to break Confederate lines at Petersburg, Virginia by exploding a large bomb under their trenches.
• 1865 –
  The 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.
• 1871 –
  The Staten Island Ferry Westfield's boiler explodes, killing over 85 people.
• 1965 –
  U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Social Security Act of 1965 into law, establishing Medicare and Medicaid.
• 1969 –
  Vietnam 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.
• 1974 –
  Watergate Scandal: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon releases subpoenaed White House recordings after being ordered to do so by the United States Supreme Court.
• 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?

• 1857 –
  Thorstein Veblen, American economist (d. 1929)
• 1901 –
  Alfred Lépine, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1955)
• 1936 –
  Buddy Guy, American blues guitarist and singer
• 1958 –
  Kate Bush, English singer-songwriter
• 1964 –
  Alek Keshishian, Lebanese-born American film director
• 1968 –
  Sean Moore, Welsh drummer (Manic Street Preachers)
• 1970 –
  Dean Edwards, American comedian
• 1971 –
  Tom Green, Canadian comedian and actor
• 1973 –
  Anastasios Katsabis, Greek footballer
• 1991 –
  Diana Vickers, English singer and stage actress

Who died on July 30?

• 579 –
  Pope Benedict I (birth date unknown)
• 1652 –
  Charles Amédée de Savoie, 6th Duc de Nemours, French soldier (b. 1624)
• 1680 –
  Thomas Butler, Earl of Ossory, Irish naval commander (b. 1634)
• 1691 –
  Daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (b. 1639)
• 1920 –
  Albert Gustaf Dahlman, Swedish executioner, the last to carry out capital punishment in Sweden (b. 1848)
• 1930 –
  Joan Gamper, Swiss-born Spanish football pioneer, businessman and founder of FC Barcelona (b. 1877)
• 1947 –
  Joseph Cook, 6th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1860)
• 1970 –
  George Szell, Hungarian conductor (b. 1897)
• 1998 –
  Buffalo Bob Smith, American television host (Howdy Doody) (b. 1917)
• 2006 –
  Al Balding, Canadian golfer (b. 1924)