This Day In History

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  Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date 
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Births:  
 
07/30/1511 Giorgio Vasari, Italy, painter/art historian (Vasari's Lives) 
07/30/1747 Antonio Benedetto Maria Puccini, composer 
07/30/1751 Maria A [Nannerl] Mozart, Austrian pianist 
07/30/1763 Samuel Rogers, English poet (Italy, a poem) 
07/30/1793 Josepf Francois Snel, composer 
07/30/1815 Thomas Jackson Rodman, Bvt Brig General (Union volunteers) 
07/30/1817 Charles Radoux-Rogier, composer 
07/30/1818 Emily Bront‰, England, novelist (Wuthering Heights) 
07/30/1818 John Heemskerk Azn, minister of Internal minister (1866..88) 
07/30/1824 Eugenio Terziani, composer 
07/30/1831 Helene P Blavatsky, founder (Theosophist Cooperation) 
07/30/1837 Elon John Farnsworth, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 
07/30/1838 Eugen Richter, German parliament leader (liberal) 
07/30/1845 Jacob C van Marken, CEO (Calv‚-Delft) 
07/30/1855 James Edward Kelly, US, sculptor 'Sculptor of American History' 
07/30/1855 Wilhelm von Siemens, German industrialist 
07/30/1856 Richard B Haldane, British viscount/lord-chancellor (Life of A Smith

07/30/1857 Thorstein Veblen, US, economist (Theory of the Leisure Class-1899) 
07/30/1863 Henry Ford, Dearborn Township, Mich, auto maker (Ford) 
07/30/1868 Alfred Weber, German economist/sociologist 
07/30/1872 Clementine, Princess of Belgium, wife of Prince Napoleon Bonaparte 
07/30/1875 James William Tate, composer 
07/30/1880 Robert Rutherford McCormick, US, editor/publisher (Chicago Tribune) 
07/30/1882 Leo van Puyfielde, Flemish art historian 
07/30/1886 Johan Algot Haquinius, composer 
07/30/1887 Felix A Vening Meinesz, geophysicist (black force) 
07/30/1887 Timothy Mara, NFL owner (NY Giants) 
07/30/1888 Jean-Jacques Bernard, French writer (Mon pŠre Tristan Bernard) 
07/30/1888 Raden Sutomo, Indonesian freedom fighter 
07/30/1889 Vladimir Zworykin, electronics engineer/inventor, father of TV 
07/30/1890 Casey Stengel, baseball manager (Yankees (1949-60)/NY Met's 1st) 
07/30/1897 Jacques de Kadt, Dutch 2nd chamber member (PvdA)/writer) 
07/30/1898 Henry Moore, England, sculptor (Vertebrae) 
07/30/1899 Gerald Moore, England, pianist (Am I Too Loud) 
07/30/1899 Henricus Moorman, Dutch vice-admiral (KVP) 
07/30/1899 John Woods Duke, composer 
07/30/1899 Vladimir K Zworykin, Russian/US, technician (ionoscope) 
07/30/1906 L'udovit Rajter, composer 
07/30/1906 Serafin Pro, composer 
07/30/1909 Cyril Northcote Parkinson, England, historian (Pursuit of Progress) 
07/30/1912 Anne B Ridler, British poetess (Who is my neighbor?) 
07/30/1913 Ivo Lhotka-Kalinski, composer 
07/30/1921 Georg G Lampe, painter/director Free Academy 
07/30/1921 Grant Johannesen, Salt Lake City Ut, pianist (Ost‚nd 1st prize 1947)

07/30/1921 Jacques Vanderschueren, Belgium, European minister 
07/30/1922 Zbigniew Wiszniewski, composer 
07/30/1923 Dipa Nusantara Aidit, Indonesian communist/leader of PKI (1951-65) 
07/30/1924 Christopher Shaw, composer 
07/30/1924 William Gass, Fargo ND, novelist/philosopher (Omensetter's Luck) 
07/30/1925 Antoine Duhamel, composer 
07/30/1925 Jacques Sernas, Lithuania, actor (La Dolce Vita, Helen of Troy) 
07/30/1926 Peter T Thwaites, British brig-gen/playwright (Love or money) 
07/30/1927 Richard Johnson, actor (Never So Few, Restless, Beyond the Door) 
07/30/1929 Christine McGuire, Middletown Oh singer (McGuire Sisters-Sugartime) 
07/30/1929 Sid Kroft, Athens Greece, puppeteer (Barbara Mandrell Show) 
07/30/1931 Joan Vohs, St Albans NY, actress (Fort Ti, Vice Squad, Sabrina) 
07/30/1933 Edd 'Kookie' Byrnes, LA, actor (77 Sunset Strip, Jack the Ripper) 
07/30/1934 Andre Prevost, composer 
07/30/1934 Ben Piazza, Ark, actor (Blues Brothers, Ben Casey, Dallas) 
07/30/1936 George 'Buddy' Guy, US blues guitarist (Stone Crazy) 
07/30/1936 Istvan Zelenka, composer 
07/30/1936 Ralph Taeger, Richmond Hill NY, actor (Klondike, Acapulco, Hondo) 
07/30/1936 Yuri Alexandrovich Falik, composer 
07/30/1938 Vayachselav Ivanenko, USSR, 50K walker (Olympic-gold-1988) 
07/30/1939 Eleanor Smeal, heads National Organization for Women 
07/30/1939 Peter Bogdanovich, director/producer (Last Picture Show) 
07/30/1940 Clive Sinclair, British computer inventor (ZX Spectrum) 
07/30/1940 Patricia Schroeder, (Rep-D-Colorado, 1973-  ) 
07/30/1940 Reva Rose, Chicago Ill, actress (Temperature's Rising) 
07/30/1941 Count Desmond, [Edward Benjamin], Binghamton NY, sword swallower 
07/30/1941 Paul Anka, Ottawa Ontario, singer (Put Your Head on My Shoulder) 
07/30/1944 Frances de la Tour, actress (Bejewlled, Wombling Free) 
07/30/1944 Teresa Cahill, opera singer 
07/30/1945 David Sanborn, saxophonist (David Letterman Show) 
07/30/1947 Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austria, body builder (Commando, Terminator) 
07/30/1947 William Atherton, Ct, actor (Real Genius, Ghostbusters, Class of 44)

07/30/1949 Joyce Jones, US singer (First Choice) 
07/30/1950 Frank Stallone, NYC, Sylvestor's brother/actor (Barfly, Outlaw Force

07/30/1950 Wime de Craene, Flemish chansonnier/composer 
07/30/1953 Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-9) 
07/30/1954 Ken Olin, Chicago Ill, actor (Hill St Blues, Michael-30 Something) 
07/30/1956 Delta Burke, Orlando Fla, actress (Suzanne-Designing Women) 
07/30/1956 Phil Fearon, rocker (Galaxy, Kandidate-I Don't Want to Lose You) 
07/30/1957 Bert Oosterbosch, bicyclist 
07/30/1957 Bill Cartwright, basketball player (NY Knicks, Chic Bulls) 
07/30/1957 Mark Tymchyshyn, Minneapolis, actor (Gavin-As The World Turns) 
07/30/1957 Rat Scables, Damned, rocker 
07/30/1958 Daley Thompson, London, Decathalete (Olympic-gold-1980, 1984) 
07/30/1958 Kate Bush, Plumstead England, singer/songwriter (Wild Things) 
07/30/1958 Richard Burge, actor (Another World) 
07/30/1961 Larry Fishburne, actor (Red Heat, School Daze) 
07/30/1962 Vladimir Nikolayevich Dezhurov, Russia, lt-colonel/cosmonaut 
07/30/1963 Chris Mullen, Bkln NY, US basketball player (Warriors/Olympic-gold-9

07/30/1963 Ingrid Butts, Denver Colo, cross country skier (Olympics-1994) 
07/30/1963 Monique Gabrielle, LA Cal, actress (Bad Girls 4, Amazon Women on Moo

07/30/1965 Tex Axile, rocker (Transvision Vamp-Velveteen) 
07/30/1975 Tifini Hale, Palm Springs Calif, rocker (Party-Rodeo, That's Why) 
 
 
Deaths:  
 
07/30/ 579 Benedict I, Italian Pope (575-79), dies 
07/30/1516 Johan V Nassau, earl of Nassau-Vianden/Dietz, dies 
07/30/1528 Jacopo d'antonio Negreti Palma, Italian painter, dies at about 48 
07/30/1652 John Cloppenburg, vicar/theologist, dies at 68 
07/30/1653 Gabriel Naude, composer, dies at 53 
07/30/1655 Sigmund Theophil Staden, composer, dies at 47 
07/30/1712 Abraham Elsevier, publisher 
07/30/1718 William Penn, English Quaker/colonizer (No cross, no crown), dies 
07/30/1727 Franz Weichlein, composer, dies at 67 
07/30/1741 Wierich PL count von Daun, gov-gen of Austria & Netherlands, dies 
07/30/1781 Augustin Ullinger, composer, dies at 35 
07/30/1796 Nicolas the Pigage, French classical architect, dies 
07/30/1832 Jean-A-C Chaptal, French chemist/Internal minister, dies 
07/30/1865 George Wright, US Union brig-general (scheepsongeluk), dies at 61 
07/30/1898 Otto von Bismarck, German 'Iron' chancellor, dies 
07/30/1903 Servas Daems, [Peeter Klein], Flemish writer (Wheelbarrows), dies 
07/30/1912 Moetsoehito, 122nd emperor of Japan, dies 
07/30/1914 Jean Jaur‚s, leading socialist, assassinated in Paris 
07/30/1918 Chaim Soloveitchik, Rabbi of Brisk, talmudic scholar, dies 
07/30/1927 Robert Marquies de Flers, French writer (Monsieur Bretonneau, dies 
07/30/1936 Adolf Philipp, composer, dies at 72 
07/30/1943 Benjamin James Dale, composer, dies at 58 
07/30/1957 Sem Dresden, composer/conductor, dies at 76 
07/30/1958 Alexander Albrecht, composer, dies at 72 
07/30/1964 Junichiro Tanizaki, Japanese writer (Key), dies 
07/30/1966 Edward G Craig, English actor/director (On art of theatre), dies 
07/30/1967 Alfried Krupp, German industrialist, dies 
07/30/1968 Jon Leifs, composer, dies at 69 
07/30/1970 George Szell, Hungarian/US conductor (Cleveland Orch), dies at 73 
07/30/1973 Erich Katz, composer, dies at 72 
07/30/1974 Lev Konstantinovich Knipper, composer, dies at 75 
07/30/1977 Jrgen Ponto, West German banker, murdered 
07/30/1979 Beppie Noo˜, actress, dies at 67 
07/30/1980 Charles McGraw, actor (Michael-Falcon, Smith Family), dies at 66 
07/30/1980 Norman Lloyd, composer, dies at 70 
07/30/1983 Howard Deitz, MGM executive, dies at 86 of Parkinson's disease 
07/30/1983 Lynn Fontanne, Broadway's premier actress (Emmy 1965), dies at 95 
07/30/1990 Ian Gow, British Conservative parliament leader, murdered 
07/30/1991 Leonardus S van Egerat, travel expert, dies at 68 
07/30/1992 Joe Shuster, co-creator of Superman, dies at 78, dies 
07/30/1992 Titti Sotto, latin songwriter, dies at 48 of aids 
07/30/1993 Edward Raczynski, Polish president in exile (1979-86), dies at 102 
07/30/1993 Jay Scott, [Jeffrey Scott Beaven], US/Canada movie critic, dies at 4

07/30/1993 John Castrios, 1st murder in Washington NH in 200 years, dies at 45 
 
 
Significant Events:  
 
07/30/ 579 Benedict I ends his reign as Catholic Pope 
07/30/ 657 St Vitalian begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Eugene I 
07/30/1419 Hussiets besiege townhall of Prague/killed councillors 
07/30/1537 Resistant of Bomy: French/Dutch ceasefire 
07/30/1601 Spanish garrison of Rhine birch surrenders to Earl Mauritius 
07/30/1618 Prince Maurits' troops pull into Utrecht 
07/30/1619 House of Burgesses Virginia formed, 1st elective US governing body 
07/30/1626 Earthquake hits Naples; 10,000 die 
07/30/1650 Prince Willem II occupies Amsterdam 
07/30/1653 Johan the Witt sworn in as pension advisor of Holland 
07/30/1678 English troops lands in Flanders 
07/30/1715 Spanish gold & silver fleet disappears off St Lucie, Florida 
07/30/1729 City of Baltimore founded 
07/30/1733 Society of Freemasons opens 1st American lodge in Boston 
07/30/1739 Caspar Wistar begins glass manufacturing in Allowaystown, NJ 
07/30/1775 Capt Cook with Resolution returns to England 
07/30/1792 500 Marseillaisian men sing France's national anthem for 1st time 
07/30/1809 English invasion army lands in Walcheren 
07/30/1822 James Varick becomes 1st bishop of Afr Meth Episcopal Zion Church 
07/30/1824 Gioacchino Rossini becomes manager of Th‚ƒtre Italian, Paris 
07/30/1826 Java prince Dipo Negoro surprise attacks Dutch colony, 82 killed 
07/30/1836 1st English newspaper published in Hawaii 
07/30/1839 Slave rebels, take over slaver Amistad 
07/30/1844 1st US yacht club organized, NY Yacht Club 
07/30/1864 Battle of Chambersburg, PA - burned by Union forces under McCausland

07/30/1864 Battle of the Crater: Gen Burnsides fails on attack of Petersburg 
07/30/1864 Confederate troops attack Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, in fire 
07/30/1865 Pope Pius IX visits Suriname 
07/30/1866 Race riot in New Orleans 
07/30/1870 Staten Island ferry 'Westfield' burns, killing 100 
07/30/1874 1st baseball teams to play outside US, Boston-Phila in British Isles

07/30/1878 Russian assault on Plevna Turkey, 7,300 Russian casualties 
07/30/1889 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure 'Naval Treaty' (BG) 
07/30/1902 Anti-Jewish rioters attack funeral procession of Rabbi Joseph (NYC) 
07/30/1905 Dutch Covenant of Worker's union, NVV, established 
07/30/1905 M Wolf discovers asteroid #570 Kythera 
07/30/1908 Around the World Autombile Race ends in Paris 
07/30/1909 John A Heyder becomes president of baseball's National League 
07/30/1909 US Army accepts delivery of 1st military airplane 
07/30/1911 J Palisa discovers asteroid #716 Berkeley 
07/30/1913 Conclusion of 2nd Balkan War 
07/30/1914 Austrian-Hungary & Russia end general mobilization 
07/30/1914 France troops advance 10 km to German border 
07/30/1914 John French appointed British supreme commander 
07/30/1916 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #951 Gaspra 
07/30/1916 German saboteurs blow up a munitions plant on Black Tom Island, NJ 
07/30/1922 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #983 Gunila 
07/30/1923 New Zealand claims Ross Dependency 
07/30/1926 Albanian boundaries deduced 
07/30/1928 George Eastman demonstrates 1st color movie 
07/30/1930 Uruguay beats Argentina 4-2 for soccer's 1st World Cup in Montevideo

07/30/1932 10th modern Olympic games opens in Los Angeles 
07/30/1932 G Van Biesbroeck discovers asteroid #2253 Espinette 
07/30/1937 Phillies Dolph Camilli, plays 1st base & registers no put outs 
07/30/1938 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1467 Mashona 
07/30/1938 Gen Metaxas names himself premier of Greece 
07/30/1939 Belgium SylvŠre Maes wins 33rd Tour de France 
07/30/1941 German occupiers forbid SDAP, VDB, ARP, RKSP, CHU & SGP in Netherlan

07/30/1942 FDR signs bill creating women's Navy auxiliary agency (WAVES) 
07/30/1942 German SS kills 25,000 Jews in Minsk, Belorussia 
07/30/1942 German occupiers set night curfew on Jews in Netherlands 
07/30/1943 Last Judy Garland-Mickey Rooney movie released (Girl Crazy) 
07/30/1944 Heavy battles at Tessy-sur-Vire & Villebaudon Normandy 
07/30/1944 US 30th division reaches suburbs of St-L“ Normandy 
07/30/1945 Philippines Sea: US cruiser Indianapolis torpedoed/sinks, 880 die 
07/30/1946 1st rocket attains 100 mi (167 km) altitude, White Sands, NM 
07/30/1948 Emile Zatopek runs Olympic record (10K - 29:59.6) 
07/30/1948 Professional wrestling premieres on prime-time network TV (DuMont) 
07/30/1951 E L Johnson discovers asteroid #2718 
07/30/1955 Louison Bobet wins his 3rd Tour de France 
07/30/1956 US motto 'In God We Trust' authorized 
07/30/1960 1st AFL preseason game Boston Patriots defeat Bills in Buffalo (28-7

07/30/1961 Jerry Barber wins PGA golf tournament 
07/30/1962 AL beats NL 9-4 in 33rd All Star Game (Wrigley Field Chicago) 
07/30/1964 US naval fire on Hon Ngu/Hon Mo, North Vietnam 
07/30/1965 LBJ signs Medicare bill, which went into effect following year 
07/30/1966 Beatles' 'Yesterday... & Today,' album goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 week

07/30/1966 England beats West Germany 4-2 for soccer's 8th World Cup in London 
07/30/1966 US airplanes bombs demilitarized zone in Vietnam 
07/30/1967 Race riot in Milwaukee (4 killed) 
07/30/1968 Beatles' Apple Boutique closes, entire inventory is given away 
07/30/1968 Wash Senator Ron Hansen makes 1st unassisted triple-play in 41 years

07/30/1969 Barbra Striesand opens for Liberace at International Hotel, Las Vega

07/30/1969 KAEC TV channel 19 in Lufkin, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting 
07/30/1969 Mariner 6 passes Venus on 3410 km (74 photos) 
07/30/1970 30,000 attend Powder Ridge Rock Festival, Middlefield Ct 
07/30/1970 Smirnova discover asteroid 1835 Gajdariya, 2032 Ethel & 2349 Kurchen

07/30/1971 George Harrison releases 'Bangladesh' 
07/30/1971 Japanese Boeing 727 collides with an F-86 fighter killing 162 
07/30/1971 US Apollo 15 (Scott & Irwin) lands on Mare Imbrium on the Moon 
07/30/1973 Texas Ranger Jim Bibby no-hits Oakland A's, 6-0 
07/30/1974 House of Reps recommends 3 articles of impeachment of Nixon 
07/30/1975 Teamsters Pres Jimmy Hoffa disappears in suburban Detroit 
07/30/1976 Giulio Andreotti sworn in as premier of Italy 
07/30/1976 Japanese beat Russian for Olympic gold in woman's volleyball 
07/30/1980 British New Hebrides becomes independent & takes name Vanuatu 
07/30/1980 Vanuatu (then New Hebrides) gains independence from Britain & France

07/30/1981 Belgian Senate accept laws against racism 
07/30/1983 Official speed record for a piston-driven aircraft, 832 kph, Calif 
07/30/1983 Weight lifter Sergei Didyk of USSR jerks a record 261 kg 
07/30/1984 Alvenus tanker at Cameron La, spills 2.8 million gallons of oil 
07/30/1984 Soap Opera 'Santa Barbara' premieres on NBC TV 
07/30/1985 Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-I mission 
07/30/1988 Cin Red pitcher John Franco sets a record of 13 saves in 1 month 
07/30/1988 James Ogilvy (under Engl princess Alexandra) marries Julia Rawlinson

07/30/1988 King Hussein disolves Jordan's House of Representatives 
07/30/1988 Ronald J Dossenbach begins world record ride, pedaling across Canada

07/30/1988 from Vancouver BC, to Halifax, NS (13 days, 15 hr, 4 min) 
07/30/1989 Chile amends its constitution 
07/30/1990 5 Bank of Credit & Commerce members found guilty of money 
07/30/1990 Soldiers opens fire on worshippers in Monrovian church, 200-600 die 
07/30/1991 MTV announces it will split into 3 channels in 1993 
07/30/1991 Red Sox Carlos Quintana is 11th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (3rd) 
  
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