Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
Today in History
July 30
| 1619 | The House of Burgesses convenes for the first time at Jamestown, Va. | |
| 1787 | The French parliament refuses to approve a more equitable land tax. | |
| 1799 | The French garrison at Mantua, Italy, surrenders to the Austrians. | |
| 1864 | In an effort to penetrate the Confederate lines around Petersburg, Va. Union troops explode a mine underneath the Confederate trenches but fail to break through. The ensuing action is known as the Battle of the Crater. | |
| 1919 | Federal troops are called out to put down Chicago race riots. | |
| 1938 | George Eastman demonstrates his color motion picture process. | |
| 1940 | A bombing lull ends the first phase of the Battle of Britain. | |
| 1960 | Over 60,000 Buddhists march in protest against the Diem government in South Vietnam. | |
| 1965 | President Lyndon Johnson signs the Medicare Bill into law. | |
| 1967 | General William Westmoreland claims that he is winning the war in Vietnam, but needs more men. | |
| 1975 | Teamster leader Jimmy Hoffa disappears, last seen coming out of a restaurant in Bloomingfield Hills, Michigan. | |
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Born on July 30 |
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| 1818 | Emily Bronte, author (Wuthering Heights). | |
| 1857 | Thorstein Veblen, economist and sociologist (The Theory of the Leisure Class). | |
| 1863 | Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company. | |
| 1889 | Casey Stengel, New York Yankees manager. | |
| 1898 | Henry Moore, English sculptor. | |
| 1909 | C. Northcote Parkinson, historian and author. | |
| 1924 | William H. Gass, writer (Omensetter's Luck). | |
| 1940 | Patricia Shroeder, U.S. congresswoman. | |
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