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Events on July 30

• 1419 The First Defenestration of Prague ushers in the era of the Hussite Wars in Central Europe.
• 1792 A volunteer battalion from Marseille marches into Paris, singing the marching song Chant de guerre pour l’armée du Rhin, which becomes the battle song of the Revolution and comes to be known as La Marseillaise.
• 1878 After two assassination attempts on Emperor Wilhelm I earlier in the year, the Conservatives win the German Reichstag election and can now secure a majority for the Anti-Socialist Law sought by Imperial Chancellor Otto von Bismarck.
• 1914 Tsar Nicholas II orders the general mobilization of the Russian army and thereby sets in motion the activation of the alliance obligations that lead to the First World War.
• 1930 Uruguay wins the first football World Cup in the final against Argentina with a score of 4:2.
• 1958 The Federal Constitutional Court, called upon to rule, holds that a planned referendum on the deployment of nuclear weapons under NATO supreme command within German territory is unconstitutional. The movement Fight for Life, supported by a broad coalition, ends its campaign in response.
• 1966 At the World Cup on home soil, England defeats Germany 4:2 after extra time to become football world champions for the first time. Geoff Hurst scores the famous Wembley goal to make the score 3:2 at that moment.
• 1971 David Randolph Scott and James Irwin land on the Moon with the Apollo 15 lunar module as the fourth NASA mission, where they will spend three days. The Lunar Roving Vehicle is used for the first time during this mission.
• 1977 Jürgen Ponto, Chairman of the Management Board of Dresdner Bank, is shot dead in his home in Oberursel (Taunus) in an RAF operation by Christian Klar and Brigitte Mohnhaupt.
• 1995 Driving his Benetton-Renault, Michael Schumacher from Kerpen wins the German Grand Prix at the Hockenheim Ring as the first German Formula 1 driver.
• 2003 The last VW Beetle rolls off the production line at the Volkswagen plant in Puebla (Mexico).
• 2020 The NASA mission Mars 2020 is launched.

Born on July 30

• 1863 Henry Ford, American entrepreneur, founder of Ford Motor Company
• 1868 Alfred Weber, German economist, sociologist and cultural philosopher
• 1901 Walter Oehmichen, German founder of the marionette theater Die Augsburger Puppenkiste
• 1911 Wolf Ackva, German actor and voice actor
• 1941 Paul Anka, Canadian singer
• 1961 Laurence Fishburne, American actor
• 1970 Christopher Nolan, British-American film director, screenwriter and producer
• 1980 Wojtek Czyz, German track and field athlete, Paralympic winner
• 1981 Hope Solo, American soccer player
• 1992 Kevin Volland, German soccer player

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Source of events and birthdays: German Wikipedia article „30. Juli“, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, selected, shortened and translated by Birthday Paper.

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