30 July

Events

• 1619 - In Jamestown, Virginia, the first representative assembly in the Americas, the House of Burgesses, convenes for the first time.
• 1729 - Baltimore, Maryland is founded.
• 1733 - First Freemasons lodge opened in what will become the United States.
• 1825 - Malden Island discovered.
• 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.
• 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of the Crater - Union forces attempt to break Confederate lines by exploding a large bomb under their trenches.
• 1930 - In Montevideo, Uruguay wins the first Football World Cup.
• 1932 - The 1932 Summer Olympics open in Los Angeles, California.
• 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.
• 1956 - A Joint Resolution of the United States Congress is signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, authorizing "In God We Trust" as the U.S. national motto.
• 1965 - US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Social Security Act of 1965 into law, establishing Medicare and Medicaid.
• 1966 - At Wembley Stadium, host England wins the first televised Football World Cup, beating Germany 4 to 2.
• 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.
• 1971 - Apollo program: Apollo 15 lands on the Moon.
• 1971 - An All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 and a Japanese Air Force F-86 collide over Morioka, Japan killing 162
• 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.
• 1980 - Vanuatu gains independence.
• 2003 - In Mexico, the last 'old style' Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the assembly line.

Births

• 1805 - Alexis de Tocqueville, historian, political scientist († 1859)
• 1818 - Emily Bronte, English novelist († 1848)
• 1855 - Wilhelm von Siemens, German industrialist
• 1857 - Thorstein Veblen, economist († 1929)
• 1863 - Henry Ford, American industrialist († 1947)
• 1889 - Franz Masereel, painter and graphic artist († 1972)
• 1890 - Casey Stengel, Baseball Hall of Famer († 1975)
• 1898 - Henry Moore, sculptor († 1986)
• 1909 - C. Northcote Parkinson, British historian and writer
• 1914 - Béatrix Beck, writer
• 1914 - Lord Killanin, former IOC president
• 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
• 1946 - Neil Bonnett, NASCAR driver († 1994)
• 1947 - Arnold Schwarzenegger, actor, 38th Governor of California
• 1948 - Jean Reno, actor
• 1956 - Delta Burke, actress
• 1956 - Anita Hill, American law professor, author
• 1958 - Kate Bush, singer
• 1961 - Laurence Fishburne, actor
• 1974 - Hillary Swank, Academy Award winning actress

Deaths

• 578 - Jacob Baradaeus, bishop of Edessa
• 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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