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View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; ... July 30 is the 211th day of the year ... 1627 – An earthquake kills about 5,000 people in ...
692 – Berhtwald was elected Archbishop of Canterbury.; 1849 – Belgium introduced its first series of postage stamps, known as epaulettes (example pictured).; 1862 – American Civil War: Confederate general Robert E. Lee launched a series of disjointed and ultimately unsuccessful assaults on the nearly impregnable Union position on Malvern Hill in Henrico County, Virginia.
1981 – Amid a widespread economic crisis and food shortages in Poland, up to 50,000 people, mostly women and children, took part in the largest of nationwide hunger demonstrations in Łódź. 2006 – Lebanon War : The Israeli Air Force attacked a three-story building near the Lebanese village of Qana , killing at least 28 civilians ...
Highlights of this day in history: Ex-Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa disappears; Medicare and Medicaid signed into law; A blast rocks Black Tom Island; The USS Indianapolis sunk; Henry Ford and ...
With a passion for pushing the envelope and shattering records, she embarked on what would be her last flight on July 2, 1937. Her goal was ambitious: to become the first female pilot to ...
Henry Ford was born July 30, 1863, on a farm in Springwells Township, Michigan. [5] His father, William Ford (1826–1905), was born in County Cork, Ireland, to a family that had emigrated from Somerset, England in the 16th century. [6]
1837 - The first commercial use of an electric telegraph was successfully demonstrated by William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone on 25 July 1837 between Euston and Camden Town in London; 1843 - Death of Charles Macintosh, Scottish chemist and inventor (b. 1766) 1920 - Birth of Rosalind Franklin, English scientist (d. 1958)
It was the first J mission, with a longer stay on the Moon (July 30 – August 2) and a greater focus on science, including the first Lunar Roving Vehicle. David Scott and James Irwin landed near Hadley Rille and spent 18 + 1 ⁄ 2 hours on extravehicular activity , collecting 170 pounds (77 kg) of surface material.