On This Day July 30th

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July 30th is the two-hundredth-ninth day of the year, and there are 154 days remaining until the end of the year.

 

Events

762 – Baghdad is founded.

1609 – Beaver Wars: At Ticonderoga (now Crown Point, New York), Samuel de Champlain shoots and kills two Iroquois chiefs on behalf of his native allies.

1635 – Eighty Years' War: The Siege of Schenkenschans begins; Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, begins the recapture of the strategically important fortress from the Spanish Army.

1676 – Nathaniel Bacon issues the "Declaration of the People of Virginia", beginning Bacon's Rebellion against the rule of Governor William Berkeley.

1866 – Armed Confederate veterans in New Orleans riot against a meeting of Radical Republicans, killing 48 people and injuring another 100.

1930 – In Montevideo, Uruguay wins the first FIFA World Cup.

1932 – Premiere of Walt Disney's Flowers and Trees, the first cartoon short to use Technicolor and the first Academy Award-winning cartoon short.

1965 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Social Security Act of 1965, establishing Medicare and Medicaid.

1975 – Jimmy Hoffa disappears from the parking lot of the Machus Red Fox restaurant in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, at about 2:30 p.m. He is never seen or heard from again.

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.

 

Birthdays

1511 – Giorgio Vasari, Italian painter, historian, and architect (d. 1574)

1763 – Samuel Rogers, English poet, and art collector (d. 1855)

1818 – Emily Brontë, English novelist, and poet (d. 1848)

1863 – Henry Ford, an American engineer and businessman, founded the Ford Motor Company (d. 1947)

1890 – Casey Stengel, American baseball player and manager (d. 1975)

1925 – Alexander Trocchi, Scottish author and poet (d. 1984)

1936 – Buddy Guy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist.

1946 – Neil Bonnett, American race car driver and sportscaster (d. 1994)

1947 – Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian-American bodybuilder, actor, and politician, 38th Governor of California

1956 – Delta Burke, American actress.

1963 – Lisa Kudrow, American actress and producer

1977 – Misty May-Treanor, American volleyball player and coach

 

 

 

Highlighted Holiday

International Day of Friendship

The world can be tough. There's a lot of miscommunication, mistreatment, lack of trust, discrimination, and cultural differences, and it seems like peace isn't a top priority in the global society. But there's really no good reason why the world shouldn't be a more harmonious place. The United Nations reminds us that there's still good out there. In 2011, they introduced the International Day of Friendship, which is about connecting people and bridging cultural and ideological gaps.

Friendship is all about building connections and bonds, not just based on shared traits or hobbies, but also on understanding and embracing diversity and inclusion. Even with our differences, we can find common ground. Our physical appearance, opinions, political views, and preferences shouldn't be reasons to separate us. The UN works to promote kindness and togetherness every July.

We can celebrate friendship in simple ways, like sending a quick note, grabbing coffee, going to a concert, or just hanging out at the mall to find commonalities. We have more in common than we think! Any idea that reduces the amount of hate and negativity in the world is worth spreading. It's something we can all get behind.

Before the UN declared it, the very first World Friendship Day was suggested in 1958 by the World Friendship Crusade, an international organization that promotes a peaceful culture through friendship.

 

Holidays And Observance.

Father In Law Day

Health Care Now! Medicare's Birthday

International Day of Friendship

National Cheesecake Day

National Chicken and Waffles Day

National Support Public Education Day

National Whistleblowers Appreciation Day

Paperback Book Day

Share a Hug Day

World Day Against Trafficking in Persons

World Snorkeling Day

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