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| Birthday July 30, 1511 Giorgio Vasari, painter, architect, art historian (Vasari's Lives). |
| Birthday July 30, 1818 Emily Bront, English novelist (Wuthering Heights). |
| Birthday July 30, 1857 Thorstein Veblen, economist (Theory of the Leisure Class). |
| Birthday July 30, 1863 Henry Ford, automobile manufacturer |
| Birthday July 30, 1889 Vladimir Zworykin, electronics engineer, inventor, father of TV. |
| Birthday July 30, 1890 Casey Stengel, NY Yankee & Met manager |
| Birthday July 30, 1898 Henry Moore born |
| Birthday July 30, 1898 Henry Moore, English sculptor. |
| Birthday July 30, 1909 C. Northcote Parkinson, historian. |
| Birthday July 30, 1929 Chris McGuirre |
| Birthday July 30, 1934 Ben Piazza, Actor. |
| Birthday July 30, 1939 Peter Bogdanovich, director, producer. |
| Birthday July 30, 1939 Eleanor Smeal, head of National Organization for Women. |
| Birthday July 30, 1940 Patricia Schroeder, (D-Colo-Rep) |
| Birthday July 30, 1941 Paul Anka, singer (Put your head on my Shoulder) |
| History July 30, 1619 House of Burgesses Virginia formed 1st elective US governing body |
| History July 30, 1619 First legislative assembly in America |
| History July 30, 1780 Isaac Shelby takes Fort Thicketty, South Carolina |
| History July 30, 1818 Emily Bronte's birthday |
| History July 30, 1836 1st English newspaper published in Hawaii |
| History July 30, 1863 Chief Pocatello signs peace treaty |
| History July 30, 1864 Union forces stopped at the Battle of the Crater |
| History July 30, 1915 Battle of Hooge |
| History July 30, 1943 Hitler gets news of Italy's imminent defection |
| History July 30, 1945 USS Indianapolis bombed |
| History July 30, 1946 1st rocket to attain 100-mile altitude White Sands NM |
| History July 30, 1956 President Eisenhower signs In God We Trust into law |
| History July 30, 1956 Motto of US "In God We Trust" authorized |
| History July 30, 1964 South Vietnamese boats raid islands in the Tonkin Gulf |
| History July 30, 1966 England wins World Cup |
| History July 30, 1966 The Troggs take their signature hit, Wild Thing, to #1 |
| History July 30, 1969 Nixon visits South Vietnam |
| History July 30, 1971 US Apollo 15 lands on Mare Imbrium. |
| History July 30, 1971 Fighter jet collides with passenger plane |
| History July 30, 1974 Watergate affair approaches climax |
| History July 30, 1975 Summit meeting in Helsinki begins |
| History July 30, 1976 Bruce Jenner wins decathlon |
| History July 30, 1980 Vanuatu (then New Hebrides) gains independence from Britain France. |
| History July 30, 1983 Weightlifter Sergei Didyk of USSR jerks a record 261 kg. |
| History July 30, 1983 STS-8 3rd flight of Challenger. 1st night launch & land. |
| History July 30, 1984 STS-14 1st flight of Discovery. |
| History July 30, 1994 Man charged in murder of Megan Kanka |
| History July 30, 1999 Blair Witch Project released |
| History July 30, 2003 Last classic VW Beetle rolls off the line |