Following are some of the major events to have occurred on July 30:
1912 – Japanese Emperor Meiji died and was succeeded by Yoshihito. During Meiji’s reign Japan was transformed into one of the modern world’s great powers.
1916 – Black Tom explosion in New Jersey.
1938 – Henry Ford celebrates his 75th birthday.
1945 – The U.S. cruiser Indianapolis was sunk by a Japanese submarine killing over 800 people.
1949 – The British warship Amethyst made its escape down the Yangtze River, having been refused a safe passage by Chinese Communists after a three-month standoff.
1966 – England beat Germany 4-2 at Wembley to win the soccer World Cup.
1971 – Apollo 15 crew members David Scott and James Irwin landed on the moon.
1997 – Two Arab suicide bombers killed 18 people in a crowded Jerusalem market. At least 170 people were injured.
1999 – The U.S. military officially closed its Panama operations, leaving its headquarters on the banks of the Panama Canal after a presence of nearly a century.
2002 – The presidents of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo signed a peace pact aimed at ending Africa’s biggest war and years of atrocities in the turbulent Great Lakes region.
2004 – Mike Tyson knocked out by Danny Williams of Great Britain during heavyweight fight in Louisville.
2007 – Swedish director Ingmar Bergman died at the age of 89. He gained international recognition with the 1956 film “The Seventh Seal”.
(Reuters)
