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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[762]] &ndash; [[Baghdad]] is founded.
*[[1419]] &ndash; [[First Defenestration of Prague]]: A crowd of radical [[Hussites]] kill seven members of the [[Prague]] city council.
*[[1502]] &ndash; [[Voyages of Christopher Columbus|Christopher Columbus]] lands at [[Guanaja]] in the [[Bay Islands Department|Bay Islands]] off the coast of [[Honduras]] during his fourth voyage.

===1601–1900===
*[[1609]] &ndash; [[Beaver Wars]]: At [[Fort Ticonderoga|Ticonderoga]] (now [[Crown Point, New York]]), [[Samuel de Champlain]] shoots and kills two [[Iroquois]] chiefs on behalf of his native allies. 
*[[1619]] &ndash; In [[Jamestown, Virginia]], the first Colonial European representative assembly in the Americas, the [[Virginia General Assembly]], convenes for the first time.
*[[1627]] &ndash; [[1627 Gargano earthquake|An earthquake]] kills about 5,000 people in [[Gargano]], [[Italy]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Numerical simulations of the 1627 Gargano Tsunami |url=ftp://ftp.ingv.it/pub/alessio.piatanesi/PAPERS/1997_Perspectives_Tsu_Haz_Red_Hebenstrait.pdf |language=en |publisher=University of Bologna, accessed via ftp.ingv.it|access-date=26 July 2020 |year=1997}}</ref>
*[[1635]] &ndash; [[Eighty Years' War]]: The [[Siege of Schenkenschans]] begins; [[Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange]], begins the recapture of the strategically important fortress from the [[Spanish Army]].
*[[1645]] &ndash; [[English Civil War]]: [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scottish]] [[Covenanter]] forces under the [[Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven|Earl of Leven]] launch the [[Siege of Hereford]], a remaining [[Cavalier|Royalist]] stronghold.<ref>Rayner, Michael. ''English Battlefields: An Illustrated Encyclopaedia''. Tempus, 2004. p.174</ref>
*[[1656]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Warsaw (1656)|Battle of Warsaw]] ends with a [[Swedish Empire|Swedish]]-[[Brandenburg-Prussia|Brandenburger]] victory over a larger [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth|Polish-Lithuanian]] force.
*[[1676]] &ndash; [[Nathaniel Bacon (colonist)|Nathaniel Bacon]] issues the "Declaration of the People of Virginia", beginning [[Bacon's Rebellion]] against the rule of Governor [[William Berkeley (governor)|William Berkeley]].
*[[1729]] &ndash; Founding of [[Baltimore|Baltimore, Maryland]]. 
*[[1733]] &ndash; The first [[Freemasonry|Masonic]] [[Grand Lodge]] in the future United States is constituted in [[Massachusetts]]. 
*[[1756]] &ndash; In [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli|Bartolomeo Rastrelli]] presents the newly built [[Catherine Palace]] to [[Elizabeth of Russia|Empress Elizabeth]] and her courtiers.
*[[1811]] &ndash; Father [[Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla]], leader of the [[Mexican War of Independence|Mexican insurgency]], is executed by the Spanish in [[Chihuahua City]], Mexico.
*[[1859]] &ndash; First ascent of [[Grand Combin]], one of the highest summits in the [[Alps]].
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[American Indian Wars]]: Representatives of the United States and tribal leaders including [[Chief Pocatello]] (of the [[Shoshone]])  sign the [[Box Elder Treaty|Treaty of Box Elder]].
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Valuev Circular]] banned the publication of religious, educational and training books in [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]] in the [[Russian Empire]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Remy |first1=Johannes |title=The Valuev Circular and Censorship of Ukrainian Publications in the Russian Empire (1863-1876): Intention and Practice. |url=https://www.academia.edu/10023082 |website=academia.edu |access-date=1 April 2024}}</ref> 
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of the Crater]]: [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] forces attempt to break [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] lines at [[Siege of Petersburg|Petersburg, Virginia]] by exploding a large bomb under their trenches.
*[[1865]] &ndash; The [[steamboat]] ''[[Brother Jonathan (steamer)|Brother Jonathan]]'' sinks off the coast of [[Crescent City, California]], killing 225 passengers, the deadliest shipwreck on the Pacific Coast of the U.S. at the time.
*[[1866]] &ndash; Armed Confederate veterans in [[New Orleans riot]] against a meeting of [[Radical Republican]]s, killing 48 people and injuring another 100.
*[[1871]] &ndash; The [[Staten Island Ferry]] ''Westfield'''s boiler explodes, killing over 85 people.

===1901–present===
*[[1912]] &ndash; Japan's [[Emperor Meiji]] dies and is succeeded by his son Yoshihito, who is now known as the [[Emperor Taishō]].
*[[1916]] &ndash; The [[Black Tom explosion]] in New York Harbor kills four and destroys some $20,000,000 worth of military goods.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-01|title=Long: Terrorism's 100th anniversary {{!}} Commentary {{!}} roanoke.com|url=https://roanoke.com/opinion/columns_and_blogs/columns/john_long/long-terrorism-s-th-anniversary/article_4d01bca1-e61e-575c-ad64-41c592e55c63.html|access-date=2021-09-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501113517/https://roanoke.com/opinion/columns_and_blogs/columns/john_long/long-terrorism-s-th-anniversary/article_4d01bca1-e61e-575c-ad64-41c592e55c63.html|archive-date=May 1, 2021}}</ref>
*[[1930]] &ndash; In [[Montevideo]], [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]] wins the [[1930 FIFA World Cup|first FIFA World Cup]] by beating [[Argentina]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ferguson |first1=Rosalind |title=Book of Days: A miscellany of popular antiquities in connection with the calendar |date=2004 |publisher=[[Chambers (publisher)|Chambers]] |isbn=0550100830 |page=367}}</ref> 
*[[1932]] &ndash; Premiere of [[Walt Disney]]'s ''[[Flowers and Trees]]'',<ref>{{cite book|last1=Merritt|first1=Russell|last2=Kaufman|first2=J.B.|title=Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies: A Companion to the Classic Cartoon Series|location=Glendale, Calif.|publisher=Disney Editions|year=2016|isbn=9781484751329|pages=112–113}}</ref> the first cartoon short to use [[Technicolor]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Robertson|first=Patrick|title=Robertson's Book of Firsts|location=London|publisher=Bloomsbury|date=2011|isbn=9781608197385|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2TEEaCrPiWsC|page=67}}</ref> and the first [[Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film|Academy Award]] winning cartoon short.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wasko|first=Janet|title=Understanding Disney: The Manufacture of Fantasy|location=Malden, Mass.|publisher=Blackwell|date=2001|isbn=9780745614830|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GQfk_5oMrCcC|page=1933}}</ref>
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: {{warship|Japanese submarine|I-58|1943|6}} sinks the {{USS|Indianapolis|CA-35|6}}, killing 883 seamen. Most die during the following four days, until an aircraft notices the survivors.
*[[1956]] &ndash; A [[joint resolution]] of the [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]] is signed by [[President of the United States|President]] [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]], authorizing ''[[In God We Trust]]'' as the U.S. national [[motto]].
*[[1962]] &ndash; The [[Trans-Canada Highway]], the then longest national highway in the world, is officially opened.
*[[1965]] &ndash; U.S. President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] signs the [[Social Security Act of 1965]] into law, establishing [[Medicare (United States)|Medicare]] and [[Medicaid]]. 
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[England national football team|England]] defeats [[Germany national football team|West Germany]] to win the [[1966 FIFA World Cup]] at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]] after [[extra time]].
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: US President [[Richard Nixon]] makes an unscheduled visit to [[South Vietnam]] and meets with President [[Nguyễn Văn Thiệu]] and U.S. military commanders. 
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Apollo program]]: On [[Apollo 15]], [[David Scott]] and [[James Irwin]] in the [[Apollo Lunar Module]] ''Falcon'' land on the [[Moon]] with the first [[Lunar Roving Vehicle|Lunar Rover]].
*  1971   &ndash; An [[All Nippon Airways]] [[Boeing]] 727 and a [[Japan Air Self-Defense Force|Japanese Air Force]] [[North American F-86 Sabre|F-86]] [[All Nippon Airways Flight 58|collide]] over [[Morioka, Iwate]], Japan killing 162.
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Watergate scandal]]: U.S. President Richard Nixon releases subpoenaed [[White House]] recordings after being ordered to do so by the [[Supreme Court of the United States]].
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Jimmy Hoffa]] disappears from the parking lot of the Machus Red Fox restaurant in [[Bloomfield Hills, Michigan]], a suburb of [[Detroit]], at about 2:30&nbsp;p.m. He is never seen or heard from again.
*[[1978]] &ndash; The [[730 (transport)|730]]: [[Okinawa Prefecture]] changes its traffic on the [[Right- and left-hand traffic|right-hand side of the road to the left-hand side]].
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Vanuatu]] gains independence.
*  1980   &ndash; Israel's [[Knesset]] passes the [[Jerusalem Law]].
*[[1981]] &ndash; As many as 50,000 demonstrators, mostly women and children, took to the streets in [[Łódź]] to [[Summer 1981 hunger demonstrations in Poland|protest]] food ration shortages in [[People's Republic of Poland|Communist Poland]].
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Ian Gow]], Conservative Member of Parliament, is assassinated at his home by the [[Irish Republican Army|IRA]] in a car bombing after he assured the group that the British government would never surrender to them.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1990-07-31-9003040280-story.html|title=Car Bomb Kills Thatcher Ally; Ira Suspected|website=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=31 July 1990 }}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; In Mexico, the last 'old style' [[Volkswagen Beetle]] rolls off the [[assembly line]].
*  2003   &ndash; Three years after the death the last [[Pyrenean ibex]], Celia, a [[cloning|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.<ref>{{cite journal| title = First birth of an animal from an extinct subspecies (''Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica'') by cloning | journal = Theriogenology | year = 2009 | volume = 71 | issue = 6 | pages = 1026–1034 | doi = 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2008.11.005 | pmid=19167744| last1 = Folch | first1 = J. | last2 = Cocero | first2 = M.J. | last3 = Chesné | first3 = P. | last4 = Alabart | first4 = J.L. | last5 = Domínguez | first5 = V. | last6 = Cognié | first6 = Y. | last7 = Roche | first7 = A. | last8 = Fernández-Árias | first8 = A. | last9 = Martí | first9 = J.I. | last10 = Sánchez | first10 = P. | last11 = Echegoyen | first11 = E. | last12 = Beckers | first12 = J.F. | last13 = Bonastre | first13 = A. Sánchez | last14 = Vignon | first14 = X. | doi-access = free }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Zimmer |first1=Carl |author-link1=Carl Zimmer |title=Bringing Them Back to Life |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2013/04/species-revival-bringing-back-extinct-animals/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170119031948/http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2013/04/species-revival-bringing-back-extinct-animals/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 19, 2017 |website=[[National Geographic Magazine]] |publisher=[[National Geographic Society]] |access-date=2 October 2023 |language=en |date=April 2013}}</ref>
*[[2006]] &ndash; 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.
*  2006   &ndash; [[2006 Qana airstrike|An Israeli airstrike]] kills 28 Lebanese civilians, including 16 children.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5228554.stm |work=BBC News |title=Qana makes grim history again |date=July 31, 2006 |access-date=May 22, 2010 |first=Martin |last=Asser |archive-date=May 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503221122/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5228554.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2011]] &ndash; Marriage of Queen Elizabeth II's eldest granddaughter [[Zara Phillips]] to former rugby union footballer [[Mike Tindall]].
*[[2012]] &ndash; A [[Nellore train fire|train fire]] kills 32 passengers and injures 27 on the [[Tamil Nadu Express]] in [[Andhra Pradesh]], India.
*  2012   &ndash; A [[2012 India blackouts|power grid failure]] in [[Delhi]] leaves more than 300&nbsp;million people without power in northern India.
*[[2014]] &ndash; Twenty killed and 150 are trapped after a [[2014 Malin landslide|landslide in Maharashtra, India]].
*[[2020]] &ndash; NASA's [[Mars 2020]] mission was launched on an [[Atlas V]] rocket from [[Cape Canaveral Space Force Station|Cape Canaveral Air Force Station]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mars.nasa.gov/news/8724/nasa-ula-launch-mars-2020-perseverance-rover-mission-to-red-planet/|title=NASA, ULA Launch Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mission to Red Planet|publisher=NASA|date=30 July 2020|access-date=2 August 2020}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; A [[2024 Wayanad landslides|series of landslides]] occurs in [[Kerala]], India, causing over 420 fatalities.<ref name="Death toll">{{Cite web| title=Post-mortems have been conducted on 420 bodies |url=https://www.business-standard.com/india-news/wayanad-landslides-fire-force-ndrf-volunteers-continue-search-operations-124080900226_1.html|access-date=15 August 2024 |website=business-standard|quote=Post-mortems have been conducted on 420 bodies, 178 bodies have been handed over to relatives, and 233 burials have taken place.}}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1470]] &ndash; [[Hongzhi Emperor|Hongzhi]], emperor of the Ming dynasty (d. 1505)
*[[1511]] &ndash; [[Giorgio Vasari]], Italian painter, historian, and architect (d. 1574)
*[[1549]] &ndash; [[Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany]] (d. 1609)

===1601–1900===
*[[1641]] &ndash; [[Regnier de Graaf]], Dutch physician and anatomist (d. 1673)
*[[1751]] &ndash; [[Maria Anna Mozart]], Austrian pianist (d. 1829)<ref>{{cite book|first=Otto|last=Jahn|title=Life of Mozart: Volume 3|translator-first=Pauline D.|translator-last=Townsend|location=Cambridge|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2013|page=401|isbn=978-1-10806-484-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vVcoAAAAQBAJ}}</ref>
*[[1763]] &ndash; [[Samuel Rogers]], English poet and art collector (d. 1855)
*[[1781]] &ndash; [[Maria Aletta Hulshoff]], Dutch feminist and pamphleteer (d. 1846)<ref>{{cite book|first=Lia|last=Van Gemert|title=Women's Writing from the Low Countries 1200-1875: A Bilingual Anthology|location=Amsterdam|publisher=Amsterdam University Press|year=2011|page=490|isbn=978-9-08964-129-8}}</ref>
*[[1809]] &ndash; [[Charles Chiniquy]], Canadian-American priest and theologian (d. 1899)
*[[1818]] &ndash; [[Emily Brontë]], English novelist and poet (d. 1848)<ref>{{cite book|editor-first=J. E.|editor-last=Luebering|title=The 100 Most Influential Writers of All Time|location=New York|publisher=Britannica Educational Publishing|year=2010|page=177|isbn=978-1-61530-005-1}}</ref>
*  1818   &ndash; [[Jan Heemskerk]], Dutch lawyer and politician, 16th and 19th [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands]] (d. 1897)
*[[1825]] &ndash; [[Chaim Aronson]], Lithuanian engineer and author (d. 1893)
*[[1832]] &ndash; [[George Lemuel Woods]], American lawyer, judge, and politician, 3rd [[Governor of Oregon]] (d. 1890)
*[[1855]] &ndash; [[Georg Wilhelm von Siemens]], German-Swiss businessman (d. 1919)
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[Thorstein Veblen]], American economist and sociologist (d. 1929)
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Henry Simpson Lunn]], English minister and humanitarian, founded [[Lunn Poly]] (d. 1939)
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[Nikolai Yudenich]], Russian general (d. 1933)
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Henry Ford]], American engineer and businessman, founded the [[Ford Motor Company]] (d. 1947)<ref>{{cite web |title=Henry Ford, Founder, Ford Motor Company |url=https://www.thehenryford.org/explore/stories-of-innovation/visionaries/henry-ford/ |website=Henry Ford - Visionaries on Innovation |access-date=26 July 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Princess Clémentine of Belgium]] (d. 1955)
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Smedley Butler]], American general, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (d. 1940)
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Casey Stengel]], American baseball player and manager (d. 1975)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Henry Moore]], English sculptor and illustrator (d. 1986)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Gerald Moore]], English pianist (d. 1987)

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Alfred Lépine]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1955)
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Salvador Novo]], Mexican poet and playwright (d. 1974)
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[C. Northcote Parkinson]], English historian and author (d. 1993)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Professor C. Northcote Parkinson |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-professor-c-northcote-parkinson-1497174.html |website=The Independent |access-date=6 February 2020 |language=en |date=12 March 1993}}</ref>
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Edgar de Evia]], Mexican-American photographer (d. 2003)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Lou Darvas]], American soldier and cartoonist (d. 1987)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin]], Irish journalist and author, 6th [[President of the International Olympic Committee]] (d. 1999)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Walter Schuck]], German lieutenant and pilot (d. 2015)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Stenman |first1=Kari |last2=Keskinen |first2=Kalevi |title=Luftwaffe over Finland |date=2015 |publisher=Pen and Sword |isbn=978-1-78438-153-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9O4kCwAAQBAJ&q=Walter+Schuck |via=Google Books |access-date=26 July 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Grant Johannesen]], American pianist and educator (d. 2005)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Henry W. Bloch]], American banker and businessman, co-founded [[H&R Block]] (d. 2019)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[C. T. Vivian]], American minister, author, and activist (d. 2020)<ref>{{cite news |last1=McFadden |first1=Robert D. |title=C.T. Vivian, Martin Luther King's Field General, Dies at 95 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/17/us/ct-vivian-dead.html |access-date=14 July 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=17 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Bernstein |first1=Adam |title=C.T. Vivian, King aide bloodied on the front lines of civil rights protest, dies at 95 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/ct-vivian-king-aide-bloodied-on-the-front-lines-of-civil-rights-protest-dies-at-95/2020/07/17/a08e640c-c838-11ea-b037-f9711f89ee46_story.html |access-date=14 July 2024 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=30 July 2020}}</ref>
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Stan Stennett]], Welsh actor and trumpet player (d. 2013)
*  1925   &ndash; [[Alexander Trocchi]], Scottish author and poet (d. 1984)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Betye Saar]], American artist<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Betye-Saar|title=Betye Saar {{!}} American artist and educator|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en|access-date=2020-02-05}}</ref>
*  1926   &ndash; [[George Shanard]], American politician and businessman (d. 2012)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Willette |first1=Anne |title=George Shanard/ A strong voice for keeping the rails running |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/argus-leader-george-shanard-a-strong-vo/160125597/ |access-date=2 December 2024 |work=Argus Leader |date=April 28, 1985 |page=6 |department=Agriculture/Agri-business |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Richard Johnson (actor)|Richard Johnson]], English actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
*  1927   &ndash; [[Pete Schoening]], American mountaineer (d. 2004)
*  1927   &ndash; [[Victor Wong (actor, born 1927)|Victor Wong]], American actor (d. 2001)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Sulochana Latkar]], Indian actress (d. 2023)<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Sharma |first1=Devesh |title=Farewell, Sulochana Didi |magazine=Filmfare |date=July 2023 |page=118 |volume=72 |issn=0971-7277}}</ref>
*  1928   &ndash; [[Joe Nuxhall]], American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2007)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Sid Krofft]], Canadian-American puppeteer and producer
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Dominique Lapierre]], French historian and author (d. 2022)
*  1931   &ndash; [[Marina Popovich]], Soviet pilot, engineer and military officer (d. 2017)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Burgess |first1=Colin |last2=Hall |first2=Rex |title=The First Soviet Cosmonaut Team: Their Lives, Legacy, and Historical Impact |date=2009 |publisher=Springer |location=Berlin |isbn=9780387848235 |page=78 |lccn=2008935694}}</ref>
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Bud Selig]], 9th [[Commissioner of Baseball|Major League Baseball Commissioner]]
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Buddy Guy]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*  1936   &ndash; [[Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz]] (d. 2020)
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Hervé de Charette]], French politician, [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (France)|French Minister of Foreign Affairs]]
*  1938   &ndash; [[Terry O'Neill (photographer)|Terry O'Neill]], English photographer (d. 2019)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Peter Bogdanovich]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2022)<ref>{{cite news|title= Peter Bogdanovich, 82, Director Whose Career Was a Hollywood Drama, Dies|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/06/movies/peter-bogdanovich-dead.html|first=Margalit|last=Fox|date=2022-01-06|access-date=2022-01-06|newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref>
*  1939   &ndash; [[Eleanor Smeal]], American activist, founded the [[Feminist Majority Foundation]]
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Patricia Schroeder]], American lawyer and politician (d. 2023)
*  1940   &ndash; [[Clive Sinclair]], English businessman, founded [[Sinclair Radionics]] and [[Sinclair Research]] (d. 2021)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/sep/17/sir-clive-sinclair |title=Sir Clive Sinclair |first=Stephan |last=Bates |date=17 September 2021 |access-date=17 September 2021 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Paul Anka]], Canadian singer-songwriter and actor
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Pollyanna Pickering]], English environmentalist and painter (d. 2018)
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Henri-François Gautrin]], Canadian physicist and politician
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Gerry Birrell]], Scottish race car driver (d. 1973)
*  1944   &ndash; [[Peter Bottomley]], English politician
*  1944   &ndash; [[Frances de la Tour]], English actress
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Patrick Modiano]], French novelist and screenwriter, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate
*  1945   &ndash; [[David Sanborn]], American saxophonist and composer (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chinen |first=Nate |date=May 13, 2024 |title=Saxophonist David Sanborn, 6-time Grammy winner, has died at age 78 |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/05/13/1251006759/saxophonist-david-sanborn-6-time-grammy-winner-has-died-at-age-78 |access-date=May 14, 2024 |work=[[NPR]]}}</ref>
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Neil Bonnett]], American race car driver and sportscaster (d. 1994)
*  1946   &ndash; [[Jeffrey Hammond]], English bass player 
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[William Atherton]], American actor and producer
*  1947   &ndash; [[Françoise Barré-Sinoussi]], French virologist and biologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate
*  1947   &ndash; [[Jonathan Mann (WHO official)|Jonathan Mann]], American physician and author (d. 1998)
*  1947   &ndash; [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]], Austrian-American bodybuilder, actor, and politician, 38th [[Governor of California]]
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Billy Paultz]], American basketball player
*  1948   &ndash; [[Jean Reno]], Moroccan-French actor
*  1948   &ndash; [[Otis Taylor (musician)|Otis Taylor]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*  1948   &ndash; [[Julia Tsenova]], Bulgarian pianist and composer (d. 2010)
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Duck Baker]], American guitarist
*  1949   &ndash; [[Sonia Proudman]], English lawyer and judge (d. 2023)
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Harriet Harman]], English lawyer and politician
*  1950   &ndash; [[Frank Stallone]], American singer-songwriter and actor
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Alan Kourie]], South African cricketer
*  1951   &ndash; [[Gerry Judah]], Indian-English painter and sculptor
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Stephen Blackmore]], English botanist and author
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Ken Olin]], American actor, director, and producer
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Rat Scabies]], English drummer and producer 
*  1955   &ndash; [[Christopher Warren-Green]], English violinist and conductor
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Delta Burke]], American actress
*  1956   &ndash; [[Réal Cloutier]], Canadian ice hockey player
*  1956   &ndash; [[Georg Gänswein]], German prelate, Prefect of the Pontifical Household, and former personal secretary to [[Pope Benedict XVI]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Service |first=Catholic News |date=2021-08-03 |title=As he turns 65, Archbishop Gänswein not dwelling on his situation |url=https://www.catholicsun.org/2021/08/03/as-he-turns-65-archbishop-ganswein-not-dwelling-on-his-situation/ |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=The Catholic Sun |language=en-US}}</ref>
*  1956   &ndash; [[Anita Hill]], American lawyer and academic
*  1956   &ndash; [[Soraida Martinez]], American painter and educator
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Antonio Adamo]],  Italian director and cinematographer
*  1957   &ndash; [[Bill Cartwright]], American basketball player and coach
*  1957   &ndash; [[Clint Hurdle]], American baseball player and manager
*  1957   &ndash; [[Nery Pumpido]], Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Kate Bush]], English singer-songwriter and producer
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Liz Kershaw]], English radio broadcaster
*  1958   &ndash; [[Daley Thompson]], English decathlete and trainer
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Jennifer Barnes]], American-English musicologist and academic
*  1960   &ndash; [[Richard Linklater]], American director and screenwriter
*  1960   &ndash; [[Brillante Mendoza]], Filipino independent film director
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Laurence Fishburne]], American actor and producer
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Alton Brown]], American chef, author, and producer
*  1962   &ndash; [[Jay Feaster]], American ice hockey player and manager
*  1962   &ndash; [[Yakub Memon]], Indian accountant and terrorist (d. 2015)
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Peter Bowler (cricketer)|Peter Bowler]], English-Australian cricketer
*  1963   &ndash; [[Lisa Kudrow]], American actress and producer
*  1963   &ndash; [[Antoni Martí]], Andorran architect and politician
*  1963   &ndash; [[Chris Mullin (basketball)|Chris Mullin]], American basketball player, coach, and executive
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Ron Block]], American singer-songwriter and banjo player
*  1964   &ndash; [[Vivica A. Fox]], American actress 
*  1964   &ndash; [[Alek Keshishian]], Lebanese-American director, producer, and screenwriter
*  1964   &ndash; [[Jürgen Klinsmann]], German footballer and manager
*  1964   &ndash; [[Laine Randjärv]], Estonian lawyer and politician, 6th [[Ministry of Culture (Estonia)|Estonian Minister of Culture]]
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Tim Munton]], English cricketer
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Kerry Fox]], New Zealand actress and screenwriter
*  1966   &ndash; [[Craig Gannon]],  English guitarist and songwriter 
*  1966   &ndash; [[Allan Langer]], Australian rugby league player and coach
*  1966   &ndash; [[Louise Wener]], English author and singer-songwriter 
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Terry Crews]], American actor and football player<ref name="AP" />
*  1968   &ndash; [[Robert Korzeniowski]], Polish race walker and coach
*  1968   &ndash; [[Sean Moore (musician)|Sean Moore]], Welsh drummer and songwriter 
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Simon Baker]], Australian actor, director, and producer
*  1969   &ndash; [[Errol Stewart (South African sportsman)|Errol Stewart]], South African cricketer and lawyer
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Alun Cairns]], Welsh businessman and politician
*  1970   &ndash; [[Dean Edwards]], American comedian, actor, and singer
*  1970   &ndash; [[Christopher Nolan]], English-American director, producer, and screenwriter
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Elvis Crespo]], American-Puerto Rican singer 
*  1971   &ndash; [[Tom Green]], Canadian comedian and actor
*  1971   &ndash; [[Christine Taylor]], American actress<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for July 30, 2022 includes celebrities Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lisa Kudrow |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/07/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-july-30-2022-includes-celebrities-arnold-schwarzenegger-lisa-kudrow.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=29 July 2023 |date=30 July 2022}}</ref>
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Jim McIlvaine]], American basketball player and sportscaster
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Kenton Cool]], English mountaineer
*  1973   &ndash; [[Ümit Davala]], Turkish footballer and manager
*  1973   &ndash; [[Anastasios Katsabis]], Greek footballer
*  1973   &ndash; [[Markus Näslund]], Swedish ice hockey player and manager
*  1973   &ndash; [[Sonu Nigam]], Indian playback singer and actor
*  1973   &ndash; [[Clementa C. Pinckney]], American minister and politician (d. 2015)
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Radostin Kishishev]], Bulgarian footballer and manager
*  1974   &ndash; [[Jason Robinson (rugby)|Jason Robinson]], English rugby league footballer, and rugby union footballer and coach
*  1974   &ndash; [[Hilary Swank]], American actress and producer
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Graham Nicholls]], English author and activist
*  1975   &ndash; [[Kate Starbird]], American basketball player and computer scientist
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Diana Bolocco]], Chilean model and journalist;
*  1977   &ndash; [[Misty May-Treanor]], American volleyball player and coach
*  1977   &ndash; [[Jaime Pressly]], American actress
*  1977   &ndash; [[Bootsy Thornton]], American basketball player
*  1977   &ndash; [[Ian Watkins (Lostprophets)|Ian Watkins]], Welsh singer-songwriter and child abuse convict
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Carlos Arroyo]], Puerto Rican basketball player and singer
*  1979   &ndash; [[Chad Keegan]], South African cricketer and coach
*  1979   &ndash; [[Graeme McDowell]], Northern Irish golfer
*  1979   &ndash; [[Maya Nasser]], Syrian journalist (d. 2012)
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Seth Avett]], American folk-rock singer-songwriter and musician 
*  1980   &ndash; [[Justin Rose]], South African-English golfer
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Nicky Hayden]], American motorcycle racer (d. 2017)
*  1981   &ndash; [[Juan Smith]], South African rugby union footballer
*  1981   &ndash; [[Hope Solo]], American soccer player
*  1981   &ndash; [[Indrek Turi]], Estonian decathlete
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Jehad Al-Hussain]], Syrian footballer
*  1982   &ndash; [[James Anderson (cricketer)|James Anderson]], English cricketer 
*  1982   &ndash; [[Martin Starr]], American actor and comedian<ref name="AP" />
*  1982   &ndash; [[Yvonne Strahovski]], Australian actress
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Seán Dillon]], Irish footballer
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Marko Asmer]], Estonian race car driver
*  1984   &ndash; [[Gabrielle Christian]], American actress and singer
*  1984   &ndash; [[Ása Berglind Hjálmarsdóttir]], Icelandic politician<ref>{{cite news |title=Á hátt í 100 kjóla |url=https://www.sunnlenska.is/sunnlendingur-vikunnar/a-hatt-i-100-kjola/ |access-date=2 December 2024 |work=sunnlenska.is |date=8 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714200446/https://www.sunnlenska.is/sunnlendingur-vikunnar/a-hatt-i-100-kjola/ |archive-date=14 July 2024 |location=Selfoss, Iceland |language=is}}</ref>
*  1984   &ndash; [[Trudy McIntosh]], Australian artistic gymnast<ref>{{cite web |title=Trudy MCINTOSH - Olympic Gymnastics Artistic {{!}} Australia |url=https://www.olympic.org/trudy-mcintosh |website=International Olympic Committee |access-date=11 January 2020 |language=en |date=20 June 2016}}</ref>
*  1984   &ndash; [[Kevin Pittsnogle]], American basketball player
*  1984   &ndash; [[Gina Rodriguez]], American actress<ref name="AP" />
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Chris Guccione (tennis)|Chris Guccione]], Australian tennis player
*  1985   &ndash; [[Daniel Fredheim Holm]], Norwegian footballer
*  1985   &ndash; [[Luca Lanotte]], Italian ice dancer
*  1985   &ndash; [[Matthew Scott (rugby league)|Matthew Scott]], Australian rugby league player
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Tiago Alencar]], Brazilian footballer
*  1986   &ndash; [[William Zillman]], Australian rugby league player
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Anton Fink]], German footballer
*  1987   &ndash; [[Sam Saunders (golfer)|Sam Saunders]], American golfer
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Wen Chean Lim]], Malaysian rhythmic gymnast<ref>{{cite web |title=Wen Chean Lim |url=http://m2006.thecgf.com/Participants/Participants?ID=105019 |website=m2006.thecgf.com |access-date=19 June 2020 |archive-date=22 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622104248/http://m2006.thecgf.com/Participants/Participants?ID=105019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Aleix Espargaró]], Spanish motorcycle racer
*  1989   &ndash; [[Wayne Parnell]], South African cricketer
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Chris Maxwell (footballer)|Chris Maxwell]], Welsh footballer
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Tom Morris (journalist)|Tom Morris]], Australian journalist<ref>{{cite news|url=https://twitter.com/tommorris32|title=Tom Morris|publisher=Twitter|access-date=2 June 2023}}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Diana Vickers]], English singer-songwriter
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Hannah Cockroft]], English wheelchair racer
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Jacob Faria]], American baseball player
*  1993   &ndash; [[André Gomes]], Portuguese footballer 
*  1993   &ndash; [[Margarida Moura]], Portuguese tennis player
*  1993   &ndash; [[Miho Miyazaki]], Japanese singer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/478688/|title=宮崎美穂|work=[[Oricon]]|access-date=18 March 2025|language=ja}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Nelydia Senrose]], Malaysian actress
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Hirving Lozano]], Mexican footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Hirving Lozano |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/200161/Hirving-Lozano |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=29 July 2023}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Nina Stojanović]], Serbian tennis player
*1996 – [[Dylan Larkin]], American hockey player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dylan Larkin Stats And News |url=https://www.nhl.com/redwings/player/dylan-larkin-8477946 |access-date=2025-01-17 |website=www.nhl.com |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Joey King]], American actress<ref name="AP" />
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[578]] &ndash; [[Jacob Baradaeus]], Greek bishop
* [[579]] &ndash; [[Pope Benedict I]]
* [[734]] &ndash; [[Tatwine]], English archbishop (b. 670)
* [[829]] &ndash; [[Shi Xiancheng]], general of the Tang Dynasty
*[[1286]] &ndash; [[Bar Hebraeus]], Syrian scholar and historian (b. 1226)
*[[1393]] &ndash; [[Alberto d'Este]], [[Duke of Ferrara and of Modena|Lord of Ferrara and Modena]] (b. 1347)
*[[1516]] &ndash; [[John V, Count of Nassau-Siegen]] (b. 1455)
*[[1540]] &ndash; [[Thomas Abel (martyr)|Thomas Abel]], English priest and martyr (b. 1497)
*  1540   &ndash; [[Robert Barnes (martyr)|Robert Barnes]], English martyr and reformer (b. 1495)
*[[1550]] &ndash; [[Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton]], English politician, [[Lord Chancellor|Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1505)
*[[1566]] &ndash; [[Guillaume Rondelet]], French doctor (b. 1507)

===1601–1900===
*[[1608]] &ndash; [[Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell]], last King of [[Tyrconnell]] (b. 1575)
*[[1624]] &ndash; [[Esmé Stewart, 3rd Duke of Lennox]], British nobleman (b. 1579) 
*[[1652]] &ndash; [[Charles Amadeus, Duke of Nemours]] (b. 1624)
*[[1680]] &ndash; [[Thomas Butler, 6th Earl of Ossory]], Irish admiral and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] (b. 1634)
*[[1683]] &ndash; [[Maria Theresa of Spain]] (b. 1638)
*[[1691]] &ndash; [[Daniel Georg Morhof]], German scholar and academic (b. 1639)
*[[1700]] &ndash; [[Prince William, Duke of Gloucester]], English royal (b. 1689)
*[[1718]] &ndash; [[William Penn]], English businessman and philosopher, founded the [[Province of Pennsylvania]] (b. 1644)
*[[1771]] &ndash; [[Thomas Gray]], English poet (b. 1716)
*[[1811]] &ndash; [[Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla]], Mexican priest and soldier (b. 1753)
*[[1832]] &ndash; [[Lê Văn Duyệt]], Vietnamese general, mandarin (b. 1763–4)<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Le-Van-Duyet|title=Le Van Duyet {{!}} Vietnamese statesman|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2018-03-20|language=en}}</ref>
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Aasmund Olavsson Vinje]], Norwegian poet and journalist (b. 1818) <ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Aasmund Olavsson Vinje |encyclopedia=[[Norsk biografisk leksikon]]|first=Idar |last=Stegane |editor=Helle, Knut |editor-link=Knut Helle |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo|url=https://nbl.snl.no/Aasmund_Olavsson_Vinje |language=no |access-date= 7 April 2018}}</ref>
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[George Pickett]], American general (b. 1825)
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Charlie Absolom]], England cricketer (b. 1846)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Otto von Bismarck]], German lawyer and politician, 1st [[Chancellor of Germany]] (b. 1815)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]] (b. 1844)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Panton |first1=James |title=Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy |date=24 February 2011 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7497-8 |page=40 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BiyyueBTpaMC&pg=PA40 |language=en}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Emperor Meiji]] of Japan (b. 1852)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Joyce Kilmer]], American soldier, journalist, and poet (b. 1886)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Albert Gustaf Dahlman]], Swedish executioner (b. 1848)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Joan Gamper]], Swiss-Spanish footballer and businessman, founded [[FC Barcelona]] (b. 1877)
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[John Derbyshire (swimmer)|John Derbyshire]], English swimmer and water polo player (b. 1878)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Hugo Celmiņš]], Latvian politician, former [[Prime Minister of Latvia]] (b. 1877)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Joseph Cook]], English-Australian miner and politician, 6th [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (b. 1860)
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Jun'ichirō Tanizaki]], Japanese author and playwright (b. 1886)
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Walter Murdoch]], Scottish-Australian academic (b. 1874)
*  1970   &ndash; [[George Szell]], Hungarian-American conductor and composer (b. 1897)
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Thomas Hollway]], Australian politician, 36th [[Premier of Victoria]] (b. 1906)
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[James Blish]], American author and critic (b. 1921)
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Emory Holloway]], American scholar, author, and educator (b. 1885)
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Howard Dietz]], American songwriter and publicist (b. 1896)
*  1983   &ndash; [[Lynn Fontanne]], English actress (b. 1887)<!-- never became US citizen -->
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Julia Robinson]], American mathematician and theorist (b. 1919)
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Lane Frost]], American professional bull rider (b. 1963)<ref name="TWObit">[http://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/bull-rider-dies-after-being-gored/article_7e635668-4d89-536d-94fd-baf9e0853261.html "Bull rider dies after being gored"], ''[[Tulsa World]]'', July 31, 1989.</ref> 
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Ian Gow]], British Member of Parliament who was assassinated by the IRA (b. 1937)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-ian-gow/index.html|title=Mr Ian Gow (Hansard)|website=api.parliament.uk}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Brenda Marshall]], Filipino-American actress and singer (b. 1915)
*  1992   &ndash; [[Joe Shuster]], Canadian-American illustrator, co-created [[Superman]] (b. 1914)
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Konstantin Kalser]], German-American film producer and advertising executive (b. 1920)<ref name="kalser">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/08/05/obituaries/konstantin-kalser-film-maker-was-73.html|title=Konstantin Kalser; Film Maker Was 73|work=[[The New York Times]]|author=Staff writer|date=5 August 1994|access-date=4 February 2022}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Claudette Colbert]], French-American actress (b. 1903)
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Bảo Đại]], Vietnamese emperor (b. 1913)
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Buffalo Bob Smith]], American television host (b. 1917)
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Anton Schwarzkopf]], German engineer (b. 1924)
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Steve Hislop]], Scottish motorcycle racer (b. 1962)
*  2003   &ndash; [[Sam Phillips]], American record producer, founded [[Sun Records]] (b. 1923)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Ray Cunningham]], American baseball player (b. 1905)
*  2005   &ndash; [[John Garang]], Sudanese colonel and politician, 6th [[List of Presidents of South Sudan|President of South Sudan]] (b. 1945)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Duygu Asena]], Turkish journalist and author(b. 1946)
*  2006   &ndash; [[Al Balding]], Canadian golfer (b. 1924)
*  2006   &ndash; [[Murray Bookchin]], American philosopher and author (b. 1921)
*  2006   &ndash; [[Anthony Galla-Rini]], American accordion player and composer (b. 1904)
*  2006   &ndash; [[Akbar Mohammadi (student)|Akbar Mohammadi]], Iranian activist (b. 1972)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Michelangelo Antonioni]], Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1912)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Teoctist Arăpașu]], Romanian patriarch (b. 1915)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Ingmar Bergman]], Swedish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1918)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Bill Walsh (American football coach)|Bill Walsh]], American football player and coach (b. 1931)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Anne Armstrong]], American businesswoman and diplomat, [[United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom]] (b. 1927)
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Mohammed Yusuf (Boko Haram)|Mohammed Yusuf]], Nigerian militant leader, founded [[Boko Haram]] (b. 1970)
*  2009   &ndash; [[Peter Zadek]], German director and screenwriter (b. 1926)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Bob Peterson (basketball)|Bob Peterson]], American basketball player (b. 1932)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Maeve Binchy]], Irish author, playwright, and journalist (b. 1939)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Bill Doss]], American singer and guitarist (b. 1968)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Stig Ossian Ericson]], Swedish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1923)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Les Green]], English footballer and manager (b. 1941)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Jonathan Hardy]], New Zealand-Australian actor and screenwriter (b. 1940)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Bill Kitchen (ice hockey)|Bill Kitchen]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1960)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Mary Louise Rasmuson]], American colonel (b. 1911)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Cecil Alexander (architect)|Cecil Alexander]], American architect, designed the [[State of Georgia Building]] (b. 1918)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Berthold Beitz]], German businessman (b. 1913)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Robert Neelly Bellah]], American sociologist and author (b. 1927)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Harry F. Byrd Jr.]], American lieutenant, publisher, and politician (b. 1914)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Antoni Ramallets]], Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1924)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Ossie Schectman]], American basketball player (b. 1919)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Benjamin Walker (author)|Benjamin Walker]], Indian-English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1913)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Robert Drew]], American director and producer (b. 1924)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Harun Farocki]], German director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1944)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Julio Grondona]], Argentinian businessman (b. 1931)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Peter Hall (urbanist)|Peter Hall]], English geographer, author, and academic (b. 1932)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Dick Smith (make-up artist)|Dick Smith]], American make-up artist (b. 1922)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Dick Wagner]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Lynn Anderson]], American singer (b. 1947)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Stuart Baggs]], English businessman (b. 1988)<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-33805875 | title=Apprentice star Stuart Baggs' death caused by asthma attack | work=BBC News | date=6 August 2015 }}</ref>
*  2015   &ndash; [[Endel Lippmaa]], Estonian physicist (b. 1930) 
*  2015   &ndash; [[Francis Paul Prucha]], American historian and academic (b. 1921)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Alena Vrzáňová]], Czech figure skater (b. 1931)
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Gloria DeHaven]], American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1925)
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Michael A. Sheehan]], American author, former government official and military officer (b. 1955)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/celebrities/recent-notable-deaths-1.1236203|title= Michael A Sheenhan|date=2018-08-10|newspaper=Newsday Entertainment/Celebrities}}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[Lee Teng-hui]], Taiwanese politician, [[List of presidents of the Republic of China|President]] (1988–2000), [[List of vice presidents of the Republic of China|Vice President]] (1984–1988) and [[mayor of Taipei]] (1978–1981) (b. 1923)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ihara |first1=Kensaku |last2=Li |first2=Lauly |title=Lee Teng-hui, Taiwan's 'Father of Democracy,' dies at 97 |url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Obituaries/Lee-Teng-hui-Taiwan-s-Father-of-Democracy-dies-at-97 |access-date=30 July 2020 |work=Nikkei Asian Review |date=30 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Lee Teng-hui, former president who brought direct elections to Taiwan, dies at 97 |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-lee-teng-hui-former-president-who-brought-direct-elections-to-taiwan/ |access-date=30 July 2020 |publisher=The Globe and Mail |date=30 July 2020}}</ref>
*  2020   &ndash; [[Herman Cain]], American businessman and political activist (b. 1945) <ref>{{cite web |last1=Calabrese |first1=Dan |title=We're heartbroken, and the world is poorer: Herman Cain has gone to be with the Lord |url=https://hermancain.com/heartbroken-world-poorer-herman-cain-gone-lord |website=Herman Cain |access-date=30 July 2020 |date=30 July 2020}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Shona Ferguson]], Botswana-born, South African actor and executive producer (b. 1974)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news24.com/channel/the-juice/news/shona-ferguson-47-has-died-20210730|title=Shona Ferguson, 47, has died|website= [[News24 (website)|News24]]|date=30 July 2021|author=Graye Morkel and Sesona Ngqakamba|access-date=9 August 2021}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[Pat Carroll]], American actress and comedian (b. 1927)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/07/pat-carroll-dead-voice-of-ursula-in-the-little-mermaid-was-95-1235081904/|title=Pat Carroll Dies: Veteran Actress Of Stage, TV, Film And Voice Of Ursula In 'The Little Mermaid' Was 95|first=Bruce|last=Haring|work=Deadline|date=July 31, 2022|accessdate=July 31, 2022}}</ref>
*  2022   &ndash; [[Nichelle Nichols]], American actress, singer and dancer (b. 1932)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/nichelle-nichols-dead-star-trek-the-original-series-1235330159/|title=Nichelle Nichols, Uhura in 'Star Trek,' Dies at 89|magazine = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first=Carmel|last=Dagan|date=July 31, 2022}}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[Paul Reubens]], American actor and comedian (b. 1952)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/pee-wee-herman-actor-paul-reubens-reported-dead-at-70 |title='Pee-wee Herman' actor Paul Reubens dead at 70 |website=FoxNews.com|date=31 July 2023 }}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Onyeka Onwenu]], Nigerian singer, actress and politician (b. 1952)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-31 |title=Onyeka Onwenu: Tinubu, odas mourn legendary musician wey die at 72 |url=https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/articles/cp68ge8p7d4o |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=BBC News Pidgin}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
*Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]:
**[[Abdon and Sennen]] 
**[[Hatebrand]]
**[[Three virgins of Tuburga|Maxima, Donatilla, and Secunda]] 
**[[Peter Chrysologus]]
**[[Robert Barnes (martyr)|Robert Barnes]] ([[Calendar of Saints (Lutheran)|Lutheran]])
**[[Rufinus of Assisi]]
**[[Tatwine]]
**[[Ursus of Auxerre]]
**[[Solanus Casey]]
**[[July 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[Feast of the Throne]] ([[Morocco]])
*[[Independence Day (Vanuatu)|Independence Day]], celebrates the independence of [[Vanuatu]] from the United Kingdom and France in 1980.
*[[Friendship Day|International Day of Friendship]] ([[International observance|international]]),<ref>{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}</ref> and its related observances:
**[[Día del Amigo]] ([[Paraguay]]) 
*[[Martyrs Day]] ([[South Sudan]])

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/30 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
* {{NYT On this day|month=07|day=30}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/july/30 |title=Historical Events on July 30 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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