July 30
This day in history:
- 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.
- 1932 – Premiere of Walt Disney's Flowers and Trees, the first cartoon short to use Technicolor and the first Academy Award winning cartoon short.
- 1930 – In Montevideo, Uruguay wins the first FIFA World Cup.
- 1871 – The Staten Island Ferry Westfield's boiler explodes, killing over 85 people.
Births:
- 1952 – Stephen Blackmore, English botanist and author
- 1974 – Jason Robinson, English rugby league footballer, and rugby union footballer and coach
- 1991 – Diana Vickers, English singer-songwriter
Deaths:
- 1912 – Emperor Meiji of Japan (b. 1852)
- 2001 – Anton Schwarzkopf, German engineer (b. 1924)
- 2012 – Jonathan Hardy, New Zealand-Australian actor and screenwriter (b. 1940)
Holidays:
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Vanuatu from the United Kingdom and France in 1980.
- Martyrs Day (South Sudan)
- *International Day of Friendship (international), and its related observances:*
Random Article of the day:
Jérôme Naulais
Jérôme Naulais (born 1951) is a French trombonist and composer.