July 30 in History

Crosses the Loire to defend Mirabeau from Arthur of Brittany the Lusignan brothers

Mirambeau falls to Henry III, allowing his campaign to continue toward Bordeaux.

Mirambeau captitulates to Henry III who then marches on Bordeaux

Mirambeau captitulates to Henry III who then marches on Bordeaux

Start of the siege which ends in English occupation

Leads radicals during the first defenestration of Prague.

Mary repudiates her marriage contract to the Prince of Castille during a ceremony

Mary repudiates her marriage contract to the Prince of Castille during a ceremony

Imprisoned in Edinburgh, sent to Loch Leven then forced to abdicate in July

Abdicates in favor of her infant son James

The two fleets sight each other off Dodman Point

Drake is waiting in Plymouth with 14 galleons & 50 other vessels

First sights the English Fleet off Dodman Point

Captures Bath from the Royalists

The death of the Duke of Gloucester leaves the Protestant succession dangerously narrow and creates a major constitutional problem for William III of Orange.

The death of her son Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, leaves Anne without a surviving direct heir.

The death of Prince William of Gloucester leaves Anne without a surviving child and makes a new succession settlement urgent.

Beauharnais was elected again as president of the National Assembly after his calm handling of the Varennes crisis.

1st enters Parliament, as a Whig

The proposed Great Western Railway route between Bristol and London is formally announced.

The Jean-Baptiste Nothomb Government ends in Brussels, concluding this period as head of the Belgian government.

Begins the Sylvain Van de Weyer Government in Brussels and serves as head of the Belgian government.

Opens Albert Dock, a fireproof warehouse and dock complex on Liverpool's waterfront.

Walker designs a tariff reducing duties and classifying imports by value.

Hunter receives the mass surrender of Boer forces trapped in the Brandwater Basin.

Prinsloo surrenders his surrounded Free State force to Hunter in the Brandwater Basin.

Attends the Second Congress where party disputes intensify.

Defends a broader definition of party membership.

Nogi begins an intense bombardment of the Russian defenses of Port Arthur

Stoessel is forced with withdraw to Port Arthur

Defends the Peoples Budget in a forceful Limehouse speech.

Attacks inherited wealth and argues for progressive taxation.

Concludes the British formal investigation and delivers the Wreck Commissioner's report on Titanic's loss.

Learns of Russias mobilization. Declares a "state of imminent war"

Proposes Germany call off her mobilization but is turned down by the General Staff

Arrested after refusing to swear an oath of allegience to the Central Powers

Returns to Parliament after winning the Dundee election

Scores Uruguay's equalizing goal early in the second half of the final.

Scores Uruguay's fourth goal in the 4-2 final victory over Argentina.

Opens the scoring for Uruguay in the first World Cup final.

Captains Argentina in the inaugural World Cup final against hosts Uruguay.

Scores eight times for Argentina to lead the inaugural tournament's scoring chart.

Captains Uruguay to victory over Argentina in the inaugural World Cup final.

Scores Argentina's first goal in the inaugural World Cup final, temporarily levelling the match against Uruguay.

Italian aircraft arrive in Morocco to cary Francos Army of Africa to Spain

Japanese forces capture Tianjin as resistance in the Beiping-Tianjin area collapses.

The Factories Act consolidates rules governing safety, welfare and working conditions.

Discovers Carme, a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter.

Sets 20-26 September as the earliest date on which the Navy can be ready

La Ferla takes command of the Trieste Motorised Division in Egypt.

Supports Bradleys left flank & engages the Germans south of Caen

The Canadians & British move into Vire & force a German rereat

Uses British operations toward Vire to maintain pressure and support the left flank of the American breakout.

Avranches is captured by Patton

Supports Bradleys left flank & engages the Germans south of Caen

Signs the Small Business Act, creating the United States Small Business Administration.

McCone discussed a proposal with Secretary John Foster Dulles for limiting nuclear tests while preserving carefully controlled underground development work.

Survivor of the Munich air disaster

De Gaulle strongly supported the Common Agricultural Policy as a central economic interest for France within the EEC.

Healey challenges racial inequality and political repression in Southern Rhodesia during a Commons debate.

Signs the Social Security Amendments creating Medicare and Medicaid.

Johnson signs legislation creating federal health-insurance programmes for elderly and low-income Americans.

The Kinks release See My Friends.

Scores a late equalizer to take the World Cup final into extra time.

Scores West Germany's opening goal in the World Cup final.

Beatles "Yesterday... and Today," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 5 weeks in the US

Scores nine goals for Portugal, including four against North Korea, to lead the tournament.

Member of England World Cup winning team.

Scores a hat-trick as England win the World Cup in football.

England beat West Germany 4-2 for footballs Eighth World Cup in London.

Member of England World Cup winning team.

Appointed Commander in Chief

The "correctional coup" allows civilian Baathists to become the force behind the coup. The Baath Party come to power

The Baath Party come to power

The Baath Party come to power

Appointed Deputy Chairman of the Council of the Baath Party, in charge of security

The "correctional coup" allows civilian Baathists to become the force behind the coup

Forces Nayif into exile by threatening him with a gun at Barkrs office

Appointed Foreign Minister

Appointed Prime Minister of Iraq

Appointed Minister of Defence

Pilots Falcon to a landing near Hadley Rille and the Apennine Mountains.

Explores Hadley Rille with David Scott.

Conducts orbital science while Scott and Irwin explore the Moon.

Views and photographs the landing area from Falcon’s upper hatch before the first surface traverse.

Chairs the Judiciary Committee as it approves an article charging Nixon with contempt of Congress for defying committee subpoenas.

Meets Gerald Ford during the European security summit and discusses arms control and bilateral relations.

Appointed Prime Minister of Italy, 2nd term

Faces Nigerian nationalisation of BP assets during diplomatic tension.

The Israeli Knesset passes a law reaffirming all of Jerusalem as the capital of the Jewish state

Nigeria announces that it is nationalizing BP's assets in Nigeria

The Israeli Knesset passes a law reaffirming all of Jerusalem as the capital of the Jewish state

The Israeli Knesset passes a law reaffirming all of Jerusalem as the capital of the Jewish state

Accepts constitutional reforms agreed between the military government and democratic opposition.

Both Neave and Gow were killed by car bomb attacks in 1979 and 1990 respectively.

Murdered by the IRA

Ian Gow is killed by an IRA car bomb

Ian Gow is killed by an IRA car bomb

Government record concerning the IRA: Murdered by the IRA

Historical IRA record under Conservative Party Government: Murdered by the IRA

IRA context for Ian Reginald Edward Gow: Murdered by the IRA

Government record concerning the IRA: Ian Gow is killed by an IRA car bomb

Historical IRA record under Conservative Party Government: Ian Gow is killed by an IRA car bomb

IRA context for Margaret Hilda Thatcher: Ian Gow is killed by an IRA car bomb

Appointed Prime Minister of Japan

Labelled by the media as Takeshitas "goldfish shit"

Hugo Chavez won a new presidential election held under the 1999 Constitution.

Signs an agreement linking Rwandan troop withdrawal to action against ex-FAR and Interahamwe forces in Congo.

The Act strengthens corporate financial reporting, auditing and executive accountability.

Releases The Rising, responding to the September 11 attacks with the reunited E Street Band.

Hashimoto is forced to resign after a scandal, he had accepted a þ100 million check from the Japan Dental Association

Hashimoto is forced to resign after a scandal, he had accepted a þ100 million check from the Japan Dental Association

Finishes second in the first presidential round and qualifies for the October runoff.

Finishes first in the initial presidential ballot and advances to a runoff against Jean-Pierre Bemba.

Signs legislation strengthening federal powers over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

Valeriu Strelet becomes Prime Minister during the Alliance for European Integration period

Mnangagwa contests the first national election after Mugabe's resignation.

NASA launches the Perseverance rover mission to Mars.

Visits flood-hit areas and orders recovery efforts.

Birth of Richard Burdon Haldane

Vladimir Zworykin, called the "Father of Television" for inventing the iconoscope, is born in Russia

Birth of Ryutaro Hashimoto

Maria Theresa dies at Versailles.

Prince William, Anne's only surviving child, dies aged eleven and leaves the Protestant succession uncertain.

Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, Anne's only surviving child, dies aged eleven, creating a Protestant succession crisis.

Is killed by Batista's police in Santiago.

Ramos Latour is killed while fighting government troops during the Las Mercedes battle.

Death of Ian Gow, assassinated by the IRA

Wins the battle & captures Warsaw for a 2nd time from John II Casimir

Defeated by the Russians, leaves the road to Berlin open

Defeats Soult

Greek advance is checked in the Kresna Gorge.

Bulgarian forces halt the Greek advance.

The Allies capture Romigny-St Gemme

Crowned King of Burgundy