What Happened In July 1930 In History

Historical Events for July, 1930

• 7th » Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of the Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam).
• 11th » Australian cricketer Donald Bradman scores a world record 309 runs in one day, on his way to the List of Test cricket records Innings or series highest individual Test innings of 334, during a Test cricket Test match against England cricket team England.
• 30th » In Montevideo, Uruguay national football team e.g Uruguay wins the 1930 FIFA World Cup known as first FIFA World Cup.
• 31st » The Radio drama e.g radio mystery program 'The Shadow' airs for the first time.

Famous Birthdays on July in 1930

• 1st » Moustapha Akkad, Syrian-American director and producer (d. 2005)
• 1st » Carol Chomsky, American linguist and academic (d. 2008)
• 2nd » Ahmad Jamal, American pianist, composer, and educator
• 2nd » Carlos Menem, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 50th President of Argentina
• 3rd » Pete Fountain, American clarinet player
• 3rd » Carlos Kleiber, German-Austrian conductor (d. 2004)
• 3rd » Tommy Tedesco, American guitarist (d. 1997)
• 4th » Frunzik Mkrtchyan, Armenian actor (d. 1993)
• 4th » George Steinbrenner, American businessman (d. 2010)
• 4th » Yuri Tyukalov, Russian rower
• 6th » George Armstrong (ice hockey) called George Armstrong, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 6th » M. Balamuralikrishna, Indian singer-songwriter
• 6th » Gloria Skurzynski, American author
• 7th » John Little (footballer) named John Little, Canadian-Scottish footballer
• 7th » Hamish MacInnes, Scottish mountaineer and author
• 7th » Theodore Edgar McCarrick, American cardinal
• 7th » Hank Mobley, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1986)
• 8th » Jerry Vale, American singer and actor (d. 2014)
• 9th » Buddy Bregman, American composer and conductor
• 9th » Roy McLean, South African cricketer and rugby player (d. 2007)
• 10th » Bruce Boa, Canadian-English actor (d. 2004)
• 10th » Susan Cummings (actress) named Susan Cummings, German-American actress.
• 11th » Harold Bloom, American author and critic
• 11th » Trevor Storer, English businessman, founded Pukka Pies (d. 2013)
• 12th » Alberto Lionello, Italian actor (d. 1994)
• 12th » Gordon Pinsent, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter
• 12th » Irene Sutcliffe, English actress
• 13th » Sam Greenlee, American author (d. 2014)
• 13th » Naomi Shemer, Israeli singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
• 13th » Viktor Tsybulenko, Ukrainian javelin thrower (d. 2013)
• 14th » Polly Bergen, American actress and singer (d. 2014)
• 15th » Jacques Derrida, Algerian-French philosopher and academic (d. 2004)
• 15th » Richard Garneau, Canadian journalist and sportscaster (d. 2013)
• 15th » Stephen Smale, American mathematician and computer scientist
• 16th » Guy Béart, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter
• 16th » Michael Bilirakis, American lawyer and politician
• 18th » Burt Kwouk, English actor
• 19th » Darko Suvin, Croatian-Canadian critic and academic
• 20th » Giannis Agouris, Greek journalist and author (d. 2006)
• 20th » Chuck Daly, American basketball player and coach (d. 2009)
• 20th » William H. Goetzmann, American historian and author (d. 2010)
• 20th » Sally Ann Howes, English-American singer and actress
• 21st » Anand Bakshi, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 2002)
• 21st » Helen Merrill, American singer
• 24th » Alfred Balk, American journalist and author (d. 2010)
• 24th » Keshubhai Patel, Indian politician, 10th Chief Minister of Gujarat
• 25th » Murray Chapple, New Zealand cricketer and manager (d. 1985)
• 25th » Maureen Forrester, Canadian opera singer (d. 2010)
• 25th » Alice Parizeau, Polish-Canadian journalist and criminologist (d. 1990)
• 25th » Annie Ross, Scottish-American singer and actress (Lambert, Hendricks & Ross)
• 26th » Plínio de Arruda Sampaio, Brazilian lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
• 26th » Barbara Jefford, English actress
• 27th » Joy Whitby, English director, producer, and screenwriter
• 27th » Shirley Williams, English academic and politician, Secretary of State for Education
• 28th » Firoza Begum (singer) known as Firoza Begum, Bangladeshi singer (d. 2014)
• 28th » Junior Kimbrough, American singer and guitarist (d. 1998)
• 28th » Jean Roba, Belgian author and illustrator (d. 2006)
• 28th » Ramsey Muir Withers, Canadian general
• 29th » Paul Taylor (choreographer) called Paul Taylor, American dancer and choreographer
• 31st » Oleg Popov, Russian clown

Famous Deaths for July 1930

• 6th » Cormic Cosgrove, American soccer player (b. 1869)
• 7th » Arthur Conan Doyle, Scottish physician and author, created Sherlock Holmes (b. 1859)
• 8th » Joseph Ward, Australian-New Zealand politician, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1856)
• 15th » Leopold Auer, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1845)
• 15th » Rudolph Schildkraut, Turkish-American actor (b. 1862)
• 23rd » Glenn Curtiss, American pilot and engineer (b. 1878)
• 26th » Pavlos Karolidis, Greek historian and academic (b. 1849)
• 28th » John DeWitt (athlete) known as John DeWitt, American hammer thrower (b. 1881)
• 28th » Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist and optician, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine e.g Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 30th » Joan Gamper, Swiss-Spanish footballer and businessman, founded FC Barcelona (b. 1877)

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