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July 30, 1997 Terrorist double suicide bombing in Jerusalem, kills 14 July 30, 1996 Tommy Lasoda retires as Los Angeles Dodger manager July 30, 1995 Becky Iverson wins LPGA Friendly's Golf Classic July 30, 1995 Dominic Cork takes hat-trick in England Test Cricket win vs. WI July 30, 1995 Lara completes 5th Test Cricket century, 145 at Old Trafford July 30, 1995 Richie Ashburn and Mike Schmidt enter basaeball's Hall of Fame July 30, 1994 Record 103.8 degrees F (39.9 degrees C) in Preschen Lausitz Germany July 30, 1992 Lin Li swims female world record/OR 200m medley (2:11.65) July 30, 1991 MTV announces it will split into 3 channels in 1993 July 30, 1991 Red Sox Carlos Quintana is 11th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (3rd) July 30, 1990 5 Bank of Credit and Commerce members found guilty of money July 30, 1990 Graham Gooch scores 123 vs. India to follow up 1st innings 333 July 30, 1990 Soldiers opens fire on worshippers in Monrovian church, 200-600 die July 30, 1990 George Steinbrenner is forced by Commissioner Fay Vincent to resign as prinicipal partner of New York Yankees July 30, 1989 Chile amends its constitution July 30, 1989 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Atlantic City Golf Classic July 30, 1988 Cincinnati Red pitcher John Franco sets a record of 13 saves in 1 month July 30, 1988 Harry Drake shoots arrow record 1873m July 30, 1988 James Ogilvy, under Engl princess Alexandra, marries Julia Rawlinson July 30, 1988 John Franco saves record 13th game of July July 30, 1988 Jordanian King Hussein renounces sovereignity over West Bank to PLO July 30, 1988 King Hussein dissolves Jordan's House of Representatives July 30, 1988 Ronald J Dossenbach begins world record ride, pedaling across Canada from Vancouver BC, to Halifax, NS (13 days, 15 hr, 4 min) July 30, 1985 Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-I mission July 30, 1985 Valerie Lowrance, of Texas, 18, crowned America's Junior Miss July 30, 1984 Alvenus tanker at Cameron La, spills 2.8 million gallons of oil July 30, 1984 Holly Roffey (11 days) gets heart transplant July 30, 1984 Soap Opera "Santa Barbara" premieres on NBC TV July 30, 1983 Official speed record for a piston-driven aircraft, 832 kph, California July 30, 1983 Weight lifter Sergei Didyk of U.S.S.R. jerks a record 261 kg July 30, 1982 Atlanta Braves remove Chief Noc-A-Homa to make room for more seats July 30, 1982 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear Test July 30, 1981 Belgian Senate accept laws against racism July 30, 1981 Simon Gray's "Quartermaine's Terms," premieres in London July 30, 1980 Houston Astro pitcher J R Richard suffers a stroke July 30, 1980 Vanuatu (New Hebrides) gains independence from Britain and France July 30, 1978 Expos crush Braves, 19-0, collecting 28 hits and NL-record-tying 8 HRs July 30, 1978 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Hoosier Golf Classic July 30, 1976 Giulio Andreotti sworn in as premier of Italy July 30, 1976 Japanese beat Russian for Olympic gold in woman's volleyball July 30, 1975 Simon Gray's "Otherwise Engaged," premieres in London July 30, 1975 Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa disappears in suburban Detroit July 30, 1974 House Judiciary Committee votes on 3rd and last charge of "high crimes and misdemeanors" to impeach President Nixon in the Watergate cover-up July 30, 1973 Texas Rangers Jim Bibby no-hits 1st-place Oakland, 6-0 July 30, 1972 "Ain't Supposed to Die Death" closes at Barrymore New York City after 325 performances July 30, 1972 Jan Ferraris wins LPGA Lady Pepsi Golf Open July 30, 1971 38th NFL Chicago All Star Game: Baltimore 24, All Stars 17 (52,289) July 30, 1971 George Harrison releases "Bangladesh" July 30, 1971 Japanese Boeing 727 collides with an F-86 fighter killing 162 July 30, 1971 U.S. Apollo 15 (Scott and Irwin) lands on Mare Imbrium on the Moon July 30, 1970 30,000 attend Powder Ridge Rock Festival, Middlefield, Connecticut July 30, 1969 Astros Denis Menke and Jim Wynn hit grandslams in 9th inn vs Mets July 30, 1969 Barbra Streisand opens for Liberace at International Hotel, Las Vegas July 30, 1969 KAEC TV channel 19 in Lufkin, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting July 30, 1969 Mariner 6 passes Venus on 3410 km (74 photos) July 30, 1968 Beatles' Apple Boutique closes, entire inventory is given away July 30, 1968 Washington Senator Ron Hansen makes 1st unassisted triple-play in 41 years July 30, 1967 Clifford Ann Creed/Margie Masters wins Yankee Ladies' Team Golf Champ July 30, 1967 Race riot in Milwaukee (4 killed) July 30, 1966 Beatles' "Yesterday... and Today," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 5 weeks July 30, 1966 England beats West Germany 4-2 for soccer's 8th World Cup in London July 30, 1966 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Supertest Ladies Golf Open July 30, 1966 U.S. airplanes bombs demilitarized zone in Vietnam July 30, 1965 Charles Ives' "From the Steeples and the Mountains," premieres July 30, 1965 Duke Ellington's "Golden Brown and the Green Apple," premieres July 30, 1965 Lyndon Baines Johnson signs Medicare bill, which goes into effect in 1966 July 30, 1965 Milwaukee manager Bobby Bragan says his pitchers threw 75 to 80 spitballs in a 9-2 loss to the Giants July 30, 1964 U.S. naval fire on Hon Ngu/Hon Mo, North Vietnam July 30, 1963 British spy Kim Philby found in Moscow July 30, 1962 33rd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 9-4 at Wrigley Field, Chicago July 30, 1962 All star MVP: Leon Wagner (LA Angels) July 30, 1961 43rd PGA Championship: Jerry Barber shoots a 277 at Olympia Fields IL July 30, 1961 Judy Kimball wins LPGA American Women's Golf Open July 30, 1960 1st AFL preseason game Boston Patriots defeat Bills in Buffalo (28-7) July 30, 1959 In his major league debut, San Francisco Giant Willie McCovey goes 4-for-4 July 30, 1956 U.S. motto, In God We Trust, authorized July 30, 1955 Louison Bobet wins his 3rd Tour de France July 30, 1954 Bob Kennedy hits the 1st grand slam for the new Baltimore Orioles July 30, 1954 Elvis Presley joins Memphis Federation of Musicians, Local 71 July 30, 1952 Ford Frick sets waiver rule to bar inter-league deals until all clubs in same league get right to bid July 30, 1951 Ty Cobb testifies before the Emanuel Celler committee, denying that the reserve clause makes peons of baseball players July 30, 1949 British warship HMS Amethyst escape down Yangtze River, having been refused a safe passage by Chinese Communists after 3-month standoff July 30, 1948 Emile Zatopek runs Olympic record (10K - 29:59.6) July 30, 1948 Professional wrestling premieres on prime-time network TV (DuMont) July 30, 1947 Cin Reds 16 game win streak ends, losing to New York Giants 5-4 July 30, 1946 1st rocket attains 100 mi (167 km) altitude, White Sands, New Mexico July 30, 1945 Philippines Sea: U.S. cruiser Indianapolis torpedoed/sinks, 880 die July 30, 1944 Heavy battles at Tessy-sur-Vire and Villebaudon Normandy July 30, 1944 U.S. 30th division reaches suburbs of St-Lo Normandy July 30, 1943 Last Judy Garland-Mickey Rooney movie released (Girl Crazy) July 30, 1943 U.S. 45th Infantry division occupies San Stefano July 30, 1942 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs bill creating women's Navy auxiliary agency (WAVES) July 30, 1942 German SS kills 25,000 Jews in Minsk, Belorussia July 30, 1942 German occupiers set night curfew on Jews in Netherlands July 30, 1941 German occupiers forbid SDAP, VDB, ARP, RKSP, CHU and SGP in Netherlands July 30, 1939 Belgium Sylvere Maes wins 33rd Tour de France July 30, 1938 Gen Metaxas names himself premier of Greece July 30, 1937 Phillies Dolph Camilli, plays 1st base and registers no put outs July 30, 1935 1st Penguin book is published, starting the paperback revolution July 30, 1933 28th Davis Cup: Great Britain beats France in Paris (3-2) July 30, 1932 10th modern Olympic games opens in Los Angeles July 30, 1930 1st broadcast of "Death Valley Days" on NBC-radio July 30, 1930 Uruguay beats Argentina 4-2 for soccer's 1st World Cup in Montevideo July 30, 1928 George Eastman shows 1st color motion pictures (U.S.) July 30, 1926 Albanian boundaries deduced July 30, 1923 New Zealand claims Ross Dependency July 30, 1917 Board of Commissioners of Cleveland Metroparks has its 1st meeting July 30, 1916 German saboteurs blow up a munitions plant on Black Tom Island, New Jersey July 30, 1914 Austrian-Hungary and Russia proclaim general mobilization July 30, 1914 French troops withdraw 10 km from German border July 30, 1914 John French appointed British supreme commander July 30, 1913 Conclusion of 2nd Balkan War July 30, 1909 John A. Heyder becomes president of baseball's National League July 30, 1909 Wright Brothers deliver 1st military plane to the army July 30, 1908 Around the World Automobile Race ends in Paris July 30, 1905 Dutch Covenant of Worker's union, NVV, forms July 30, 1902 Anti-Jewish rioters attack funeral procession of Rabbi Joseph (New York City) July 30, 1898 Will Kellogg invents Corn Flakes July 30, 1889 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Naval Treaty" July 30, 1878 German anti-semitism begins during the Reichstag election July 30, 1878 Russian assault on Plevna Turkey, 7,300 Russian casualties July 30, 1874 1st baseball teams to play outside U.S., Boston-Philadelphia in British Isles July 30, 1870 Staten Island ferry "Westfield" burns, killing 100 July 30, 1866 Race riot in New Orleans July 30, 1865 Pope Pius IX visits Suriname July 30, 1864 Battle of the Crater: Gen Burnsides fails on attack of Petersburg July 30, 1864 Confederate troops attack Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, in fire July 30, 1863 President Lincoln issues "eye-for-eye" order to shoot a rebel prisoner for every black prisoner shot July 30, 1844 1st U.S. yacht club organized, New York Yacht Club July 30, 1839 Slave rebels, take over slaver Amistad July 30, 1836 1st English newspaper published in Hawaii July 30, 1826 Java prince Dipo Negoro surprise attacks Dutch colony, 82 killed July 30, 1824 Gioacchino Rossini becomes manager of Theatre Italian, Paris July 30, 1822 James Varick becomes 1st bishop of Afr Meth Episcopal Zion Church July 30, 1809 English invasion army lands in Walcheren July 30, 1792 500 Marseillaisian men sing France's national anthem for 1st time July 30, 1775 Capt Cook with Resolution returns to England July 30, 1739 Caspar Wistar begins glass manufacturing in Allowaystown, New Jersey July 30, 1733 Society of Freemasons opens 1st American lodge in Boston July 30, 1729 City of Baltimore founded July 30, 1715 Spanish gold and silver fleet disappears off St. Lucie, Florida July 30, 1678 English troops lands in Flanders July 30, 1655 Dutch troops occupy Fort Assahudi Seram July 30, 1653 Johan de Witt sworn in as pension advisor of Holland July 30, 1650 Prince Willem II occupies Amsterdam July 30, 1646 English parliament sets king Charles I Newcastle Propositions July 30, 1626 Earthquake hits Naples; 10,000 die July 30, 1619 House of Burgesses Virginia forms, 1st elective U.S. governing body July 30, 1618 Prince Maurits' troops pull into Utrecht July 30, 1601 Spanish garrison of Rhine birch surrenders to Earl Mauritius July 30, 1537 Resistant of Bomy: French/Dutch cease fire July 30, 1419 Anti-Catholic Hussites, followers of executed reformer Jan Hus, stormtown hall in Prague and throw Catholic councillors out the windows July 30, 1178 Frederick I (Barbarossa), Holy Roman Emperor, crowned King of Burgundy July 30, 657 St. Vitalian begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Eugene I July 30, 579 Benedict I ends his reign as Catholic Pope |