July 30 in history
Events on July 30
Notable events that happened on July 30 in past years.
- 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.
Wikipedia article: 2026 Ceuta migrant crisis - 2014
Twenty killed and 150 are trapped after a landslide in Maharashtra, India.
Wikipedia article: 2014 Malin landslide - 2006
The 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.
Wikipedia article: Top of the Pops - 1990
Ian 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.
Wikipedia article: Ian Gow - 1980
Israel's Knesset passes the Jerusalem Law.
Wikipedia article: Knesset - 1971
Apollo program: On Apollo 15, David Scott and James Irwin in the Apollo Lunar Module Falcon land on the Moon with the first Lunar Rover.
Wikipedia article: Apollo program - 1965
U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Social Security Act of 1965 into law, establishing Medicare and Medicaid.
Wikipedia article: Lyndon B. Johnson - 1932
Premiere of Walt Disney's Flowers and Trees, the first cartoon short to use Technicolor and the first Academy Award winning cartoon short.
Wikipedia article: Walt Disney - 1871
The Staten Island Ferry Westfield's boiler explodes, killing over 85 people.
Wikipedia article: Staten Island Ferry - 1863
American Indian Wars: Representatives of the United States and tribal leaders including Chief Pocatello (of the Shoshone) sign the Treaty of Box Elder.
Wikipedia article: American Indian Wars - 1756
In Saint Petersburg, Bartolomeo Rastrelli presents the newly built Catherine Palace to Empress Elizabeth and her courtiers.
Wikipedia article: Saint Petersburg - 1676
Nathaniel Bacon issues the "Declaration of the People of Virginia", beginning Bacon's Rebellion against the rule of Governor William Berkeley.
Wikipedia article: Nathaniel Bacon (Virginia colonist) - 1627
An earthquake kills about 5,000 people in Gargano, Italy.
Wikipedia article: 1627 Gargano earthquake - 1419
First Defenestration of Prague: A crowd of radical Hussites kill seven members of the Prague city council.
- 30 BC
Mark Antony wins a final cavalry battle against Octavian in the battle of Alexandria, but his infantry is defeated and the next day his fleet and troops start to desert to Octavian.
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