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July 30: Independence Day in Vanuatu (1980)
- 1756 – Architect Bartolomeo Rastrelli presented the Catherine Palace (pictured), a Rococo palace in Tsarskoye Selo, to Empress Elizabeth of Russia.
- 1864 – American Civil War: Union forces failed to break Confederate lines in the Battle of the Crater by exploding a large bomb under their trenches.
- 1930 – Uruguay defeated Argentina, 4 to 2, in front of their home crowd at Estadio Centenario in Montevideo to win the first Football World Cup.
- 1945 – World War II: The USS Indianapolis, a heavy cruiser of the United States Navy, was sunk by the Japanese submarine I-58, killing over 800 seamen.
- 2003 – The last old-style Beetle, the economy car produced by the German automaker Volkswagen, rolled off the assembly line in Puebla, Mexico.
- 2006 – Lebanon War: The Israeli Air Force attacked a three-story building near the South Lebanese village of Qana, killing at least 28 civilians, including 16 children.
More events: July 29 – July 30 – July 31
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I felt this was important enough to mention, since it was offically designated the first terrorist attack on US soil (1916), and we made the Germans pay us for it up until 1979. Black Tom Island explosion
-Ghostalker
[edit] Fictional Events
Is there any standard on adding fictional events for date? In the Harry Potter universe, Neville Longbottom was born on July 30, 1980. Should this be added? Jvsett 11:26, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
