Today in History<p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_30" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">July 30</a></strong></p><p><strong>This day in history</strong>:</p><ul><li><em>2006 – The world's longest running music show <i>Top of the Pops</i> is broadcast for the last time on BBC Two. The show had aired for 42 years.</em></li><li><em>1932 – Premiere of Walt Disney's <i>Flowers and Trees</i>, the first cartoon short to use Technicolor and the first Academy Award winning cartoon short.</em></li><li><em>1930 – In Montevideo, Uruguay wins the first FIFA World Cup.</em></li><li><em>1871 – The Staten Island Ferry <i>Westfield'</i>s boiler explodes, killing over 85 people.</em></li></ul><p><strong>Births:</strong></p><ul><li><em>1952 – Stephen Blackmore, English botanist and author</em></li><li><em>1974 – Jason Robinson, English rugby league footballer, and rugby union footballer and coach</em></li><li><em>1991 – Diana Vickers, English singer-songwriter</em></li></ul><p><strong>Deaths:</strong></p><ul><li><em>1912 – Emperor Meiji of Japan (b. 1852)</em></li><li><em>2001 – Anton Schwarzkopf, German engineer (b. 1924)</em></li><li><em>2012 – Jonathan Hardy, New Zealand-Australian actor and screenwriter (b. 1940)</em></li></ul><p><strong>Holidays:</strong></p><ul><li><em>Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Vanuatu from the United Kingdom and France in 1980.</em></li><li><em>Martyrs Day (South Sudan)</em></li><li>*International Day of Friendship (international), and its related observances:*</li></ul><p><strong>Random Article of the day:</strong></p><p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A9r%C3%B4me_Naulais" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jérôme Naulais</a></strong></p><blockquote><p>Jérôme Naulais (born 1951) is a French trombonist and composer.</p></blockquote>