Major Events
- 30 BC Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian, but most of his army subsequently deserts, leading to Octavian’s invasion of Egypt
- 1178 Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa is crowned King of Burgundy
- 1419 First Defenestration of Prague: Anti-Catholic Hussites, followers of executed reformer Jan Hus, storm Prague Town Hall and throw the judge, mayor, and several city council members out the windows. They die in the fall or are killed by the crowd outside
- 1619 House of Burgesses in Virginia forms, first elected American governing body
- 1863 Indian Wars: Chief Pocatello of the Shoshone tribe signs the Treaty of Box Elder, promising to stop harassing emigrant trails in southern Idaho and northern Utah
- 1869 World’s first oil tanker, “The Charles,” departs the United States for Europe carrying 7,000 barrels of oil
- 1935 First Penguin Books published, starting the paperback revolution
- 1937 Soviet Politburo issues NKVD Order No. 00447 during the Great Purge to repress property-owning kulaks and anti-Soviets; 269,100 are arrested, with 76,000 executed
Jul 30 in Film & TV
- 1948 Professional wrestling premieres on US prime-time TV (DuMont Network)
Jul 30 in Music
Jul 30 in Sport
- 1884 Nonpareil Jack Dempsey fights George Fulljames in what is possibly the first middleweight fight with boxing gloves
- 1930 First FIFA World Cup Final, Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay: Uruguay beats Argentina 4-2 in the inaugural event
Did You Know?
Fun Fact About July 30
The last “old style” Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the assembly line in Mexico
Famous Weddings
- 1988 American tennis player Chris Evert (33) weds American alpine skier Andy Mill (34) in Boca Raton, Florida (divorced 2006)
- 1988 James Ogilvy, son of Princess Alexandra and member of the British Royal family, marries Julia Rawlinson
- 1994 Hollywood’s highest-paid screenwriter Joe Eszterhas (49) weds Naomi Baka (35) in Maui, Hawaii
Famous Divorces
- 2007 Pop star Britney Spears (25) divorces rapper-dancer Kevin Federline (29) due to irreconcilable differences after over two years of marriage
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