Tukuk-OS📅 July 30
17 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on July 30? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2026 — An avalanche on Broad Peak in Pakistan kills 10 climbers.
- 2023 — In Pakistan, IS–KP kill over 60 people in a suicide bombing at a political rally in Khar.
Islamic State – Khorasan Province2023 Khar bombingKhar, Bajaur
- 2018 — Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured) was elected to his first full term as president, having served as leader since the 2017 Zimbabwean coup d'état.
Emmerson Mnangagwa2018 Zimbabwean general election2017 Zimbabwean coup d'état
- 2014 — More than 150 people died after heavy rains triggered a landslide in the village of Malin in Maharashtra, India.
- 2012 — A train fire killed 32 passengers and injured 27 on the Tamil Nadu Express in Andhra Pradesh, India.
- 2006 — Lebanon War: The Israeli Air Force attacked a three-story building near the Lebanese village of Qana, killing at least 28 civilians, including 16 children.
- 1990 — British Conservative member of Parliament Ian Gow was killed outside his home in a car bombing by the Provisional Irish Republican Army.
- 1981 — Amid a widespread economic crisis and food shortages in Poland, up to 50,000 people, mostly women and children, took part in the largest of nationwide hunger demonstrations in Łódź.
- 1975 — American labor-union leader Jimmy Hoffa disappeared after last being seen outside a restaurant near Detroit.
- 1966 — In London, the England national football team won the FIFA World Cup, winning the final against West Germany 4–2 after extra time.
England national football team1966 FIFA World Cup1966 FIFA World Cup final
- 1950 — At the height of a political crisis known as the royal question, four workers were shot dead by the Belgian Gendarmerie at a strike in Grâce-Berleur.
- 1930 — In Montevideo, the Uruguay national football team (team pictured) won the inaugural FIFA World Cup, defeating Argentina 4–2 in the final.
- 1916 — World War I: German agents sabotaged U.S.-made munitions in New York Harbor that were to be supplied to the Allies.
- 1871 — The boiler of the Staten Island Ferry Westfield II exploded at South Ferry in New York City, killing at least 45 people.
- 1865 — Off the coast of Crescent City, California, the steamer Brother Jonathan struck an uncharted rock and sank, killing 225 people; its cargo of gold coins was not retrieved until 1996.
- 1811 — Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (depicted), a leader of the Mexican War of Independence, was executed by Spanish forces in Chihuahua City, Mexico.
Miguel Hidalgo y CostillaMexican War of IndependenceChihuahua City
- 1724 — Bach's chorale cantata Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält, a paraphrase of Psalm 124 based on a 1524 hymn by Justus Jonas, was first performed in Leipzig.
Johann Sebastian BachChorale cantata cycleWo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält, BWV 178
Births
- 1999 — Joey King, American actress
- 1999 — Tom Pidcock, professional cyclist and Olympian
- 1996 — Nina Stojanović, Serbian tennis player
- 1996 — Dylan Larkin, American hockey player
- 1996 — Ariel Atkins, American basketball player
- 1995 — Hirving Lozano, Mexican footballer
- 1994 — Nelydia Senrose, Malaysian actress
- 1993 — Jake Faria, American baseball player
- 1993 — André Gomes, Portuguese footballer
- 1993 — Margarida Moura, Portuguese tennis player
- 1993 — Miho Miyazaki, Japanese singer
- 1992 — Hannah Cockroft, English wheelchair racer
Deaths
- 2025 — David Argue, Australian actor (born 1959)
- 2025 — George Nigh, American politician, 17th and 22nd Governor of Oklahoma (born 1927)
- 2024 — Onyeka Onwenu, Nigerian singer, actress and politician (born 1952)
- 2023 — Paul Reubens, American actor and comedian (born 1952)
- 2022 — Pat Carroll, American actress and comedian (born 1927)
- 2022 — Nichelle Nichols, American actress, singer and dancer (born 1932)
- 2021 — Shona Ferguson, Botswana-born, South African actor and executive producer (born 1974)
- 2020 — Lee Teng-hui, Taiwanese politician, President (1988–2000), Vice President (1984–1988) and mayor of Taipei (1978–1981) (born 1923)
Lee Teng-huiList of presidents of the Republic of ChinaList of vice presidents of the Republic of China
- 2020 — Herman Cain, American businessman and political activist (born 1945)
- 2018 — Michael A. Sheehan, American author, former government official and military officer (born 1955)
- 2016 — Gloria DeHaven, American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1925)
- 2015 — Lynn Anderson, American singer (born 1947)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Abdon and Sennen
- Christian feast day: Blessed Edward Powell, Richard Fetherston and Thomas Abel
- Christian feast day: Hatebrand
- 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: Tatwine
- Christian feast day: Ursus of Auxerre
- Christian feast day: Vicenta Chávez Orozco
- Christian feast day: Solanus Casey
- Christian feast day: July 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Feast of the Throne (Morocco)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Vanuatu from the United Kingdom and France in 1980.
- International Day of Friendship (international), and its related observances: Día del Amigo (Paraguay)
- Martyrs Day (South Sudan)
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