Year 762
Caliph al-Mansur established the city of Baghdad.
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30 July: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 30 July.
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International Day of Friendship
Year 1863
American Indian Wars: Representatives of the United States and tribal leaders including Chief Pocatello (of the Shoshone) sign the Treaty of Box Elder.
Year 1898
Cornflakes developed by William Kellogg.
Year 1930
Uruguay won the first FIFA World Cup.
Year 1945
World War II: Japanese submarine I-58 sinks the USS Indianapolis, killing 883 seamen. Most die during the following four days, until an aircraft notices the survivors.
Year 1956
The phrase “In God we trust” legally became the national motto of the United States.
Year 1962
The Trans Canada Highway, the world’s largest national highway with a length of about 8,030 km, was opened.
Year 1966
England won the World Cup for the first time, defeating West Germany in the eighth FIFA World Cup.
Year 1971
The lunar rover is used for the first time. Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott and James Irwin land on the moon with the first lunar rover used to begin exploring the moon's surface.
Year 2000
Kannada matinee idol Dr. Rajkumar was kidnapped from his farmhouse at Gajanur in the Talavadi taluk of Erode district, Tamil Nadu, by forest brigand Veerappan.
Year 2001
Ramon Magsaysay Award for Indian water expert Rajendra Singh.
Year 2006
The world’s longest-running music show ‘Top of the Pops’ was broadcast for the last time on BBC Two. The show had aired for 42 years.
Year 2011
Marriage of Queen Elizabeth II's eldest granddaughter Zara Phillips to former rugby union footballer Mike Tindall.
Year 2012
A train fire kills 32 passengers and injures 27 on the Tamil Nadu Express in Andhra Pradesh, India.
Year 2012
A power grid failure in Delhi leaves more than 300 million people without power in northern India.
Year 2014
One hundred and fifty people are trapped after a landslide in Maharashtra, India; 20 are killed.
Born 1822
Wajid Ali Shah, the eleventh and last King of Awadh.
Born 1863
Henry Ford, an American industrialist and business magnate, founder of the Ford Motor Company.
Born 1886
S. Muthulakshmi, the first female legislator of India.
Born 1947
Arnold Schwarzenegger, an Austrian-American actor, businessman, retired professional bodybuilder and former politician who served as the 38th Governor of California.
Born 1951
Gerry Judah, Indian-English painter and sculptor
Born 1962
Yakub Memon, Indian accountant and terrorist (d. 2015)
Born 1973
Sonu Nigam, an Indian singer, and composer.
Born 1973
Sonu Sood, an Indian film actor, producer, and humanitarian.
Born 1982
James Anderson, an English international cricketer.
Died 1771
Thomas Gray, an English poet, letter-writer, classical scholar, and professor.
Died 1898
Otto von Bismarck, the first chancellor of Germany.
Died 1930
Joan Gamper, a Swiss football pioneer, versatile athlete, and club president.
Died 1960
Gangadharrao Deshpande, an Indian Independence activist.
Died 1983
Vasantrao Deshpande, a Hindustani classical vocalist.
Died 2013
Benjamin Walker, Indian-English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1913)