Ian Gow, Conservative Member of Parliament, is assassinated at his home by the IRA in a car bombing after he assured the group that the British government would never surrender to them. Date: July 30, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 30 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅…
Three years after the death the last Pyrenean ibex, Celia, a 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. Date: July 30, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia →…
In Mexico, the last 'old style' Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the assembly line. Date: July 30, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 30 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day (Today)
An Israeli airstrike kills 28 Lebanese civilians, including 16 children. Date: July 30, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 30 📅 Events on this day in 2006 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: July 30, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 30 📅 Events on this day in 2006 📅 On This Day (Today)
Marriage of Queen Elizabeth II's eldest granddaughter Zara Phillips to former rugby union footballer Mike Tindall. Date: July 30, 2011 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 30 📅 Events on this day in 2011 📅 On This Day (Today)
A power grid failure in Delhi leaves more than 300 million people without power in northern India. Date: July 30, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 30 📅 Events on this day in 2012 📅 On This Day (Today)
A train fire kills 32 passengers and injures 27 on the Tamil Nadu Express in Andhra Pradesh, India. Date: July 30, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 30 📅 Events on this day in 2012 📅 On This Day (Today)
Twenty killed and 150 are trapped after a landslide in Maharashtra, India. Date: July 30, 2014 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 30 📅 Events on this day in 2014 📅 On This Day (Today)
NASA's Mars 2020 mission was launched on an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Date: July 30, 2020 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 30 📅 Events on this day in 2020 📅 On This Day (Today)