July 30
People born on this day are Leo.
- 1980
Vanuatu gains independence.
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As many as 50,000 demonstrators, mostly women and children, take to the streets in Łódź to protest food ration shortages in Communist Poland.
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Ian Gow, Conservative Member of Parliament, is assassinated at his home by the IRA in a car bombing after he assured the group that the British government would never surrender to them.
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In Mexico, the last 'old style' Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the assembly line.
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Three years after the death of the last Pyrenean ibex, Celia, a clone of her is born only to subsequently die from lung defects. Within minutes, the Pyrenean ibex becomes the first and so far only species to have ever gone de-extinct as well as go extinct twice.
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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.
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An Israeli airstrike kills 28 Lebanese civilians, including 16 children.
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Marriage of Queen Elizabeth II's eldest granddaughter Zara Phillips to former rugby union footballer Mike Tindall.
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A power grid failure in Delhi leaves more than 300 million people without power in northern India.
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NASA's Mars 2020 mission is launched on an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
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A magnitude 8.8 earthquake hits Russia, causing tsunamis over the Pacific Ocean.
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Around 50,000 Moroccan nationals storm the borders of Spanish enclaves in Africa, principally the city of Ceuta. As of August 1, 2026, 67 are confirmed to have died while crossing.
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1999Joey King, American actress
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1999Tom Pidcock, professional cyclist and Olympian
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1996Nina Stojanović, Serbian tennis player
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1996Dylan Larkin, American hockey player
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1996Ariel Atkins, American basketball player
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1995Hirving Lozano, Mexican footballer
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1994Nelydia Senrose, Malaysian actress
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1993Jake Faria, American baseball player
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1993André Gomes, Portuguese footballer
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1993Miho Miyazaki, Japanese singer
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1992Hannah Cockroft, English wheelchair racer
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1991Diana Vickers, English singer-songwriter
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