#onthisday — Public Fediverse posts
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30 juillet 1996 : Mort de Claudette Colbert, actrice française naturalisée américaine.
En 1935, elle devient la première actrice d'origine française à recevoir l'Oscar de la meilleure actrice pour son rôle dans la comédie romantique « New York-Miami » 🏆🎬.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudette_Colbert -
30 juillet 1996 : Mort de Claudette Colbert, actrice française naturalisée américaine.
En 1935, elle devient la première actrice d'origine française à recevoir l'Oscar de la meilleure actrice pour son rôle dans la comédie romantique « New York-Miami » 🏆🎬.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudette_Colbert -
Recorded #OnThisDay 47 years ago:
Jimmy Norton's Explosion - Peel Session 1979
The complete session recorded by Jimmy Norton's Explosion on 30 July 1979 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on 6 August 1979.
Tracklist:
1. Just Like Lazarus (0:20)
2. Ambition (4:32)
3. Getting Away With Murder (8:49)
4. Lost In A Landslide (12:10)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRjvccGvhZE
#JimmyNortonsExplosion #GlenMatlock #PeelSessions #Punk #OTD
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Recorded #OnThisDay 47 years ago:
Jimmy Norton's Explosion - Peel Session 1979
The complete session recorded by Jimmy Norton's Explosion on 30 July 1979 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on 6 August 1979.
Tracklist:
1. Just Like Lazarus (0:20)
2. Ambition (4:32)
3. Getting Away With Murder (8:49)
4. Lost In A Landslide (12:10)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRjvccGvhZE
#JimmyNortonsExplosion #GlenMatlock #PeelSessions #Punk #OTD
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#OnThisDay in 1954, the Pioneer Memorial Bridge (Blue Bridge) spanning the Columbia between Pasco and Kennewick was dedicated. www.historylink.org/File/7818
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#OnThisDay in 1954, the Pioneer Memorial Bridge (Blue Bridge) spanning the Columbia between Pasco and Kennewick was dedicated. www.historylink.org/File/7818
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I note, in passing, on this day, in history … Mark Antony wins one final cavalry (if you will allow Pyrrhic) battle against Octavian (the future Augustus, …
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I note, in passing, on this day, in history … Mark Antony wins one final cavalry (if you will allow Pyrrhic) battle against Octavian (the future Augustus, …
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30 juillet 1818 : Naissance de la romancière et poétesse anglaise Emily Brontë.
Son unique roman, « Les Hauts de Hurlevent » (Wuthering Heights), est considéré comme un classique de la littérature anglaise et mondiale 📖.
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30 juillet 1818 : Naissance de la romancière et poétesse anglaise Emily Brontë.
Son unique roman, « Les Hauts de Hurlevent » (Wuthering Heights), est considéré comme un classique de la littérature anglaise et mondiale 📖.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Bront%C3%AB -
📅 JULY 30 📖
#OnThisDay in #history:30 BC – Mark Antony wins a final cavalry battle against Octavian in the battle of Alexandria, but his infantry is defeated and the next day his fleet and troops start to desert to Octavian.
762 – Baghdad is founded.
1419 – First Defenestration of Prague: A crowd of radical Hussites kill seven members of the Prague city council.
1733 – The first Masonic Grand Lodge in the future United States is constituted in Massachusetts.
1962 – The Trans-Canada Highway, the then-longest national highway in the world, is officially opened.
2003 – In Mexico, the last 'old style' Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the assembly line.
*Events selected are not necessarily positive/happy/to-be-celebrated, but items I thought were historically interesting and/or significant to their time and I'm trying to select items from a broad range of history and not clumped too close together.
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JULY 30, 1975: MASSACRE IN EL SALVADOR
Dozens of high school and university students in a peaceful protest were killed and injured by the U.S. backed Salvadoran police and National Guard.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/massacre-el-salvador/
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JULY 30, 1975: MASSACRE IN EL SALVADOR
Dozens of high school and university students in a peaceful protest were killed and injured by the U.S. backed Salvadoran police and National Guard.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/massacre-el-salvador/
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JULY 30, 1920: LYNCHING OF SERGEANT EDGAR CALDWELL
Sergeant Edgar Caldwell, a Black man, was hanged before a crowd of spectators in the yard of the Calhoun County jail for riding in a white streetcar.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/lynching-of-sergeant-edgar-caldwell/
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JULY 30, 1920: LYNCHING OF SERGEANT EDGAR CALDWELL
Sergeant Edgar Caldwell, a Black man, was hanged before a crowd of spectators in the yard of the Calhoun County jail for riding in a white streetcar.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/lynching-of-sergeant-edgar-caldwell/
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JULY 30, 1866: NEW ORLEANS MASSACRE
The New Orleans Massacre occurred when white residents attacked Black marchers near the reconvened Louisiana Constitutional Convention.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/july-30-1866-new-orleans-massacre/
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JULY 30, 1866: NEW ORLEANS MASSACRE
The New Orleans Massacre occurred when white residents attacked Black marchers near the reconvened Louisiana Constitutional Convention.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/july-30-1866-new-orleans-massacre/
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JULY 30, 1836: FORMERLY ENSLAVED ELIZA SMALL AND POLLY ANN BATES ESCAPE TO BOSTON
Eliza Small and Polly Ann Bates became formerly enslaved when they boarded the brig Chickasaw in Baltimore and escaped to Boston.
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JULY 30, 1836: FORMERLY ENSLAVED ELIZA SMALL AND POLLY ANN BATES ESCAPE TO BOSTON
Eliza Small and Polly Ann Bates became formerly enslaved when they boarded the brig Chickasaw in Baltimore and escaped to Boston.
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100 years ago today: #onThisDay #history #newYorkTimes
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30 juillet 1863 : Naissance de l'industriel américain Henry Ford.
Son nom est resté attaché au fordisme, une méthode industrielle alliant un mode de production en série et un modèle économique basé sur des salaires élevés, qui révolutionna l’industrie américaine au début des années 1910.
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30 juillet 1863 : Naissance de l'industriel américain Henry Ford.
Son nom est resté attaché au fordisme, une méthode industrielle alliant un mode de production en série et un modèle économique basé sur des salaires élevés, qui révolutionna l’industrie américaine au début des années 1910.
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Greater Feast of Willy Pogany, died July 30, 1955 at Manhattan, New York City, US https://hermetic.com/hermeneuticon/willy-pogany #calendar #historic #OTD #OnThisDay
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Greater Feast of Willy Pogany, died July 30, 1955 at Manhattan, New York City, US https://hermetic.com/hermeneuticon/willy-pogany #calendar #historic #OTD #OnThisDay
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Greater Feast of William Wynn Westcott, Sapere Aude, died July 30, 1925 at Durban, South Africa https://hermetic.com/hermeneuticon/william-wynn-westcott #calendar #historic #OTD #OnThisDay
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Greater Feast of William Wynn Westcott, Sapere Aude, died July 30, 1925 at Durban, South Africa https://hermetic.com/hermeneuticon/william-wynn-westcott #calendar #historic #OTD #OnThisDay
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#EmilyBrontë was born #OnThisDay in 1818.
Since the moment she died we have tried – and failed – to understand who she was.
🔓 This article is free for 7 days
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/enigma-emily-bronte
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#EmilyBrontë was born #OnThisDay in 1818.
Since the moment she died we have tried – and failed – to understand who she was.
🔓 This article is free for 7 days
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/enigma-emily-bronte
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Photo Of The Day 30th July 2026.
On This Day 30th July 1995. On This Day 30th July 2022.https://mancavgeek.co.uk/2026/07/30/photo-of-the-day-30th-july-2026/
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Photo Of The Day 30th July 2026.
On This Day 30th July 1995. On This Day 30th July 2022.https://mancavgeek.co.uk/2026/07/30/photo-of-the-day-30th-july-2026/
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On this day in 1419, Anti-Catholic Hussites storm Prague Town Hall and throw the judge, mayor, and several city council members out the windows in the First Defenestration of Prague.
On this day in 1963, British spy Kim Philby is granted political asylum after his escape to Moscow.
On this day in 2006, the world’s longest-running weekly music show ‘Top of the Pops’ is broadcast for the last time on BBC Two after 42 years.
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#OnThisDay 1968: Thames Television began broadcasting.
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#OnThisDay 1968: Thames Television began broadcasting.
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#OnThisDay Birth Anniversary of Henry Ford (1863). He is credited with "Fordism": mass production of inexpensive goods coupled with high wages for workers.
Happy Birthday Christopher Nolan (1970) - one of the highest-grossing directors in history, and among the most acclaimed and influential filmmakers of the 21st century.
Uruguay won the first FIFA World Cup(1930).
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#OnThisDay Birth Anniversary of Henry Ford (1863). He is credited with "Fordism": mass production of inexpensive goods coupled with high wages for workers.
Happy Birthday Christopher Nolan (1970) - one of the highest-grossing directors in history, and among the most acclaimed and influential filmmakers of the 21st century.
Uruguay won the first FIFA World Cup(1930).
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July 30
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`On July 30, the National Guard was reconstructed, by taking in all the vagabonds and bandits that the clubs could muster.`
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“Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty” by Imbert de Saint-Amand
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32408 -
Bot which posts a section from a Project Gutenberg book which happens to mention the current date, and links to the book, surfacing all kinds of curious old writing you never knew existed.
[“The current date” of course may not quite match your date, because timezones.]
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🚀 29 juillet 1958 : Création de la National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Son objectif est d’administrer les projets relevant de l'astronautique civile des États-Unis et de rattraper l'avance prise par l'Union soviétique.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Aeronautics_and_Space_Administration -
🚀 29 juillet 1958 : Création de la National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Son objectif est d’administrer les projets relevant de l'astronautique civile des États-Unis et de rattraper l'avance prise par l'Union soviétique.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Aeronautics_and_Space_Administration -
Recorded #OnThisDay 57 years ago:
Bonzo Dog Band - Peel Session 1969
The complete session recorded by the Bonzo Dog Band on 29 July 1969 for John Peel on the Top Gear show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast 3 August 1969.
Tracklist:
1. We're Going To Bring It On Home (0:07)
2. Monster Mash (4:25)
3. Sofa Head (7:35)
4. Tent (13:23) -
Recorded #OnThisDay 57 years ago:
Bonzo Dog Band - Peel Session 1969
The complete session recorded by the Bonzo Dog Band on 29 July 1969 for John Peel on the Top Gear show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast 3 August 1969.
Tracklist:
1. We're Going To Bring It On Home (0:07)
2. Monster Mash (4:25)
3. Sofa Head (7:35)
4. Tent (13:23) -
#OnThisDay in 2009, an historic Seattle heat wave peaked at a record 103 degrees. historylink.org/File/9097
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#OnThisDay in 2009, an historic Seattle heat wave peaked at a record 103 degrees. historylink.org/File/9097
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I note, in passing, on this day, in history … The First Temple in Jerusalem is sacked and destroyed, Eris is announced as a dwarf planet, …
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I note, in passing, on this day, in history … The First Temple in Jerusalem is sacked and destroyed, Eris is announced as a dwarf planet, …
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29 juillet 1805 : Naissance d'Alexis de Tocqueville, éminent écrivain et homme politique français.
Il est connu pour son ouvrage « De la démocratie en Amérique » qui analyse les vertus et les risques d'un système démocratique, et qui rencontra un immense succès.
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29 juillet 1805 : Naissance d'Alexis de Tocqueville, éminent écrivain et homme politique français.
Il est connu pour son ouvrage « De la démocratie en Amérique » qui analyse les vertus et les risques d'un système démocratique, et qui rencontra un immense succès.
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JULY 29, 1910: SLOCUM MASSACRE IN TEXAS
Citizens in the small, predominately African American town of Slocum, Texas, were massacred.
