What are the important events that happened on July 30? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

July 30: Facts & Myths About This Day

July 30 is the 211^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 154 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 17, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,230,560 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectadecahenagon’ day.

Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 202 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,604 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

July 30 Historical Events

• 1733 –
  The first Masonic Grand Lodge in the future United States is constituted in Massachusetts.
• 1756 –
  In Saint Petersburg, Bartolomeo Rastrelli presents the newly-built Catherine Palace to Empress Elizabeth and her courtiers.
• 1825 –
  Malden Island is discovered by captain George Anson Byron.
• 1859 –
  First ascent of Grand Combin, one of the highest summits in the Alps.
• 1945 –
  World War II: Japanese submarine I-58 sinks the USS Indianapolis, killing 883 seamen.
• 1962 –
  The Trans-Canada Highway, the largest national highway in the world, is officially opened.
• 1965 –
  U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Social Security Act of 1965 into law, establishing Medicare and Medicaid.
• 1971 –
  An All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 and a Japanese Air Force F-86 collide over Morioka, Japan killing 162.
• 1974 –
  Six Royal Canadian Army Cadets are killed and fifty-four are injured in an accidental grenade blast at CFB Valcartier Cadet Camp.
• 1974 –
  Watergate Scandal: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon releases subpoenaed White House recordings after being ordered to do so by the United States Supreme Court.

Who were born on July 30?

• 1899 –
  Gerald Moore, English pianist (d. 1987)
• 1901 –
  Alfred Lépine, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1955)
• 1948 –
  Otis Taylor, American musician
• 1950 –
  Frank Stallone, American singer and actor
• 1954 –
  Ken Olin, American actor
• 1962 –
  Alton Brown, American television host and chef
• 1971 –
  Sagi Kalev, Israeli-born American bodybuilder
• 1973 –
  Sonu Nigam, Indian singer and actor
• 1975 –
  Cherie Priest, American writer
• 1979 –
  Graeme McDowell, Northern Irish golfer

Who died on July 30?

• 1540 –
  Thomas Abel, English priest (martyred) (b. c. 1497)
• 1550 –
  Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, English politician (b. 1505)
• 1652 –
  Charles Amédée de Savoie, 6th Duc de Nemours, French soldier (b. 1624)
• 1680 –
  Thomas Butler, Earl of Ossory, Irish naval commander (b. 1634)
• 1691 –
  Daniel Georg Morhof, German writer and scholar (b. 1639)
• 1947 –
  Joseph Cook, 6th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1860)
• 1970 –
  George Szell, Hungarian conductor (b. 1897)
• 2001 –
  Anton Schwarzkopf, German amusement ride engineer (b. 1924)
• 2006 –
  Anthony Galla-Rini, American accordionist (b. 1904)
• 2007 –
  Ingmar Bergman, Swedish stage and film director (b. 1918)