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This day in history: 30 July

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352 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 30 July.
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2026: Around 50,000 Moroccan nationals storm the borders of Spanish enclaves in Africa, principally the city of Ceuta. As of August 1, 2026, 67 are confirmed to have died while crossing.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: Abdon and Sennen

Christian feast day: Blessed Edward Powell, Richard Fetherston and Thomas Abel

Christian feast day: Hatebrand

Christian feast day: July 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: María Natividad Venegas de la Torre

Christian feast day: Maxima, Donatilla, and Secunda

Christian feast day: Robert Barnes (Lutheran)

Christian feast day: Solanus Casey

Christian feast day: Tatwine

Christian feast day: Ursus of Auxerre

Christian feast day: Vicenta Chávez Orozco

Feast of the Throne (Morocco)

Events

2026Around 50,000 Moroccan nationals storm the borders of Spanish enclaves in Africa, principally the city of Ceuta. As of August 1, 2026, 67 are confirmed to have died while crossing.

2025A magnitude 8.8 earthquake hits Russia, causing tsunamis over the Pacific Ocean.

2024A series of landslides occurs in Kerala, India, causing over 420 fatalities.

2020NASA's Mars 2020 mission is launched on an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

2014Twenty killed and 150 are trapped after a landslide in Maharashtra, India.

2012A power grid failure in Delhi leaves more than 300 million people without power in northern India.

2012A train fire kills 32 passengers and injures 27 on the Tamil Nadu Express in Andhra Pradesh, India.

2011Marriage of Queen Elizabeth II's eldest granddaughter Zara Phillips to former rugby union footballer Mike Tindall.

2006An Israeli airstrike kills 28 Lebanese civilians, including 16 children.

2006The 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.

2003In Mexico, the last 'old style' Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the assembly line.

2003Three years after the death of the last Pyrenean ibex, Celia, a clone of her is born only to subsequently die from lung defects. Within minutes, the Pyrenean ibex becomes the first and so far only species to have ever gone de-extinct as wel

1990Ian Gow, Conservative Member of Parliament, is assassinated at his home by the IRA in a car bombing after he assured the group that the British government would never surrender to them.

1981As many as 50,000 demonstrators, mostly women and children, take to the streets in Łódź to protest food ration shortages in Communist Poland.

1980Israel's Knesset passes the Jerusalem Law.

1980Vanuatu gains independence.

1978The 730: Okinawa Prefecture changes its traffic on the right-hand side of the road to the left-hand side.

1975Jimmy Hoffa disappears from the parking lot of the Machus Red Fox restaurant in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, at about 2:30 p.m. He is never seen or heard from again.

1974Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon releases subpoenaed White House recordings after being ordered to do so by the Supreme Court of the United States.

1971An All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 and a Japanese Air Force F-86 collide over Morioka, Iwate, Japan, killing 162.

1971Apollo program: On Apollo 15, David Scott and James Irwin in the Apollo Lunar Module Falcon land on the Moon with the first Lunar Rover.

1969Vietnam War: U.S. president Richard Nixon makes an unscheduled visit to South Vietnam and meets with President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu and U.S. military commanders.

1966England defeats West Germany to win the FIFA World Cup at Wembley Stadium 4–2 after extra time.

1965U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Social Security Act of 1965 into law, establishing Medicare and Medicaid.

1962The Trans-Canada Highway, the then-longest national highway in the world, is officially opened.

1956A joint resolution of the U.S. Congress is signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, authorizing In God We Trust as the U.S. national motto.

1945World War II: Japanese submarine I-58 sinks the USS Indianapolis, killing 883 seamen. Most die during the following four days, until an aircraft notices the survivors.

1932Premiere of Walt Disney's Flowers and Trees, the first cartoon short to use Technicolor and the first Academy Award winning cartoon short.

1930In Montevideo, Uruguay wins the first FIFA World Cup by beating Argentina.

1916The Black Tom explosion in New York Harbor kills several people and destroys some $20,000,000 worth of military goods.

1912Japan's Emperor Meiji dies and is succeeded by his son Yoshihito, who is now known as the Emperor Taishō.

1871The Staten Island Ferry Westfield's boiler explodes, killing over 85 people.

1866Armed Confederate veterans in New Orleans riot against a meeting of Radical Republicans, killing 48 people and injuring another 100.

1865The 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.

1864American Civil War: Battle of the Crater: Union forces attempt to break Confederate lines at Petersburg, Virginia by exploding a large bomb under their trenches.

1863American Indian Wars: Representatives of the United States and tribal leaders including Chief Pocatello (of the Shoshone) sign the Treaty of Box Elder.

1863The Valuev Circular bans the publication of religious, educational and training books in Ukrainian in the Russian Empire.

1859First ascent of Grand Combin, one of the highest summits in the Alps.

1811Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, leader of the Mexican insurgency, is executed by the Spanish in Chihuahua City, Mexico.

1756In Saint Petersburg, Bartolomeo Rastrelli presents the newly built Catherine Palace to Empress Elizabeth and her courtiers.

Born on this day

1999Joey King, American actress

1999Tom Pidcock, professional cyclist and Olympian

1996Ariel Atkins, American basketball player

1996Dylan Larkin, American hockey player

1996Nina Stojanović, Serbian tennis player

1995Hirving Lozano, Mexican footballer

1994Nelydia Senrose, Malaysian actress

1993André Gomes, Portuguese footballer

1993Jake Faria, American baseball player

1993Margarida Moura, Portuguese tennis player

1993Miho Miyazaki, Japanese singer

1992Hannah Cockroft, English wheelchair racer

1991Diana Vickers, English singer-songwriter

1990Chris Maxwell, Welsh footballer

1990Shekinna Stricklen, American basketball player

1990Tom Morris, Australian journalist

1989Aleix Espargaró, Spanish motorcycle racer

1989Wayne Parnell, South African cricketer

1988Wen Chean Lim, Malaysian rhythmic gymnast

1987Anton Fink, German footballer

1987Sam Saunders, American golfer

1986Tiago Alencar, Brazilian footballer

1986William Zillman, Australian rugby league player

1985Alex Goligoski, American ice hockey player

1985Chris Guccione, Australian tennis player

1985Daniel Fredheim Holm, Norwegian footballer

1985Luca Lanotte, Italian ice dancer

1985Matthew Scott, Australian rugby league player

1984Ása Berglind Hjálmarsdóttir, Icelandic politician

1984Gabrielle Christian, American actress and singer

1984Gina Rodriguez, American actress

1984Kevin Pittsnogle, American basketball player

1984Marko Asmer, Estonian race car driver

1984Trudy McIntosh, Australian artistic gymnast

1983Seán Dillon, Irish footballer

1982James Anderson, English cricketer

1982Jehad Al-Hussain, Syrian footballer

1982Martin Starr, American actor and comedian

1982Yvonne Strahovski, Australian actress

1981Hope Solo, American soccer player

Died on this day

2025David Argue, Australian actor (born 1959)

2025George Nigh, American politician, 17th and 22nd Governor of Oklahoma (born 1927)

2024Onyeka Onwenu, Nigerian singer, actress and politician (born 1952)

2023Paul Reubens, American actor and comedian (born 1952)

2022Nichelle Nichols, American actress, singer and dancer (born 1932)

2022Pat Carroll, American actress and comedian (born 1927)

2021Shona Ferguson, Botswana-born, South African actor and executive producer (born 1974)

2020Herman Cain, American businessman and political activist (born 1945)

2020Lee Teng-hui, Taiwanese politician, President (1988–2000), Vice President (1984–1988) and mayor of Taipei (1978–1981) (born 1923)

2018Michael A. Sheehan, American author, former government official and military officer (born 1955)

2016Gloria DeHaven, American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1925)

2015Alena Vrzáňová, Czech figure skater (born 1931)

2015Endel Lippmaa, Estonian physicist (born 1930)

2015Francis Paul Prucha, American historian and academic (born 1921)

2015Lynn Anderson, American singer (born 1947)

2015Stuart Baggs, English businessman (born 1988)

2014Dick Smith, American make-up artist (born 1922)

2014Dick Wagner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1942)

2014Harun Farocki, German director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1944)

2014Julio Grondona, Argentinian businessman (born 1931)

2014Peter Hall, English geographer, author, and academic (born 1932)

2014Robert Drew, American director and producer (born 1924)

2013Antoni Ramallets, Spanish footballer and manager (born 1924)

2013Benjamin Walker, Indian-English author, poet, and playwright (born 1913)

2013Berthold Beitz, German businessman (born 1913)

2013Cecil Alexander, American architect, designed the State of Georgia Building (born 1918)

2013Harry F. Byrd Jr., American lieutenant, publisher, and politician (born 1914)

2013Ossie Schectman, American basketball player (born 1919)

2013Robert Neelly Bellah, American sociologist and author (born 1927)

2012Bill Doss, American singer and guitarist (born 1968)

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“The unexamined life is not worth living.”

Socrates

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