Page 5: Historical Events In July - 30

1927  On July - 30 robert Marquies de Flers, French writer (Monsieur Bretonneau), dies   

1928  On this day in history george Eastman demonstrates first color movie   

1928  On this day in history george Eastman shows 1st color motion pictures (US)   

1928  On this day in history eunice Muñoz, Portuguese actress   

1929  Christine McGuire, Middletown Oh singer (McGuire Sisters-Sugartime) on this day in history.   

1930  On July - 30 uruguay beats Argentina 4-2 for soccer's first World Cup in Montevideo   

1930  On July - 30 1st broadcast of "Death Valley Days" on NBC-radio   

1930  On July - 30 thomas Sowell, author/activist   

1931  Joan Vohs, St Albans NY, actress (Fort Ti, Vice Squad, Sabrina) on this day in history.   

1932  10th modern Olympic games opens in Los Angeles on July - 30.   

1932  On July - 30 g Van Biesbroeck discovers asteroid #2253 Espinette   

1932  On July - 30 the Olympic Games opened in Los Angeles, CA. The Games would revisit Los Angeles -- and the same venues of the Los Angeles Coliseum, the Rose Bowl, etc. -- in 1984.   

1933  28th Davis Cup: Great Britain beats France in Paris (3-2) on this day in history.   

1933  On July - 30 edd "Kookie" Byrnes, LA, actor (77 Sunset Strip, Jack the Ripper)   

1934  On this day in history andre Prevost, composer   

1935  The first ever 'Penguin' paperback books goes on sale on this day in history.   

1935  On this day in history 1st Penguin book is published, starting the paperback revolution   

1936  Buddy Guy, rocker on July - 30.   

1936  On July - 30 adolf Philipp, composer, dies at 72   

1937  On this day in history phillies Dolph Camilli, plays 1st base & registers no put outs   

1938  On July - 30 c Jackson discovers asteroid #1467 Mashona   

1938  On July - 30 gen Metaxas names himself premier of Greece   

1938  On this day in history vayachselav Ivanenko, USSR, 50K walker (Olympic-gold-1988)   

1939  On July - 30 belgium Sylvere Maes wins 33rd Tour de France   

1939  On July - 30 eleanor Smeal, leader (National Organization for Women)   

1940  On July - 30 the birth of Sir Clive Sinclair, British Inventor   

1940  On this day in history clive Sinclair, British computer inventor (ZX Spectrum)   

1941  HMS CACHALOT, sunk after a collision NW of Benghazi, eastern Libya - rammed by Italian torpedo boat 'Papa' on July - 30.   

1941  Japanese aircraft bomb USS Tutuila (PR-4) at Chungking, China; First Navy ship damaged by Axis during World War II on this day in history.   

1941  German occupiers forbid SDAP, VDB, ARP, RKSP, CHU & SGP in Netherlands on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history count Desmond, [Edward Benjamin], Binghamton NY, sword swallower   

1942  On this day in history fDR signs act establishing WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service). During World War II, over 80,000 officer and enlisted women served in the WAVES.   

1942  FDR signs bill creating women's Navy auxiliary agency (WAVES) on this day in history.   

1942  On July - 30 german SS kills 25,000 Jews in Minsk, Belorussia   

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1511  On this day in history birth of giorgio Vasari, Italy, painter/art historian (Vasari's Lives)   

1549  Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1609) was born on July - 30.   

1641  On this day in history birth of regnier de Graaf, Dutch physician and anatomist (d. 1673)   

1747  Antonio Benedetto Maria Puccini, composer was born on July - 30.   

1751  On this day in history birth of maria A [Nannerl] Mozart, Austrian pianist/Wolfgang's sister   

1763  Samuel Rogers, English poet (Italy, a poem) was born on this day in history.   

1793  On July - 30 birth of josepf Francois Snel, composer   

1809  Charles Chiniquy, Quebec-born excommunicated Catholic priest (d. 1899) was born on July - 30.   

0578  Death of Jacob Baradaeus, Bishop of Edessa on this day in history.   

0579  On this day in history benedict I, Italian Pope (575-79), dies   

1516  Johan V Nassau, earl of Nassau-Vianden/Dietz, dies on July - 30.   

1528  Jacopo d'antonio Negreti Palma, Italian painter, dies at about 48 on this day in history.   

1540  Death of Robert Barnes, English churchman (martyred) (b. 1495) on July - 30.   

1550  Death of Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, English politician (b. 1505) on July - 30.   

1652  On this day in history john Cloppenburg, vicar/theologist, dies at 68   

1655  On July - 30 sigmund Theophil Staden, composer, dies at 47