30 July in history

5 events that happened on 30 July, from 762 to 1965.

  1. ✦ Anniversary of the day

    762 CE 1,264 years ago

    Caliph al-Mansur founds Baghdad

    The Abbasid caliph al-Mansur laid the foundations of his Round City on the Tigris, naming it Madinat al-Salam, the City of Peace. Baghdad became a great centre of learning and trade.

  2. 1619 CE 407 years ago

    Virginia's General Assembly meets for the first time

    Elected burgesses met with the governor and council in the church at Jamestown. It was the first representative legislature in English America, the root of later colonial assemblies.

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  3. 1729 CE 297 years ago

    Baltimore is founded in Maryland

    The Maryland legislature authorised a new town on the Patapsco River. Baltimore grew into a major Atlantic port; its defence in 1814 inspired 'The Star-Spangled Banner'.

  4. 1916 CE 110 years ago

    German saboteurs blow up the Black Tom munitions depot

    German agents set off explosions at the Black Tom depot in New York Harbor, destroying munitions bound for the Allies. The blast shattered windows across Manhattan and damaged the Statue of Liberty.

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  5. 1965 CE 61 years ago

    Lyndon Johnson signs Medicare and Medicaid into law

    Johnson signed the Social Security Amendments in Independence, Missouri, with Harry Truman beside him. Medicare and Medicaid brought health insurance to millions of older and poorer Americans.

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