What happened on 30 july
There have been many significant events that occurred on July 30th throughout history. Here are a few:
- 1805 - The United States Congress passes the Immigration Act, which prohibits the importation of slaves into the United States.
- 1866 - The United States Congress passes the Civil Rights Act, which grants citizenship to former slaves and prohibits racial discrimination in public accommodations.
- 1914 - The First Balkan War ends with the signing of the Treaty of Bucharest, which recognizes the independence of Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and Serbia.
- 1923 - The first radio broadcast of a baseball game takes place, with the Pittsburgh Pirates playing the Philadelphia Phillies.
- 1945 - The United States drops an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Nagasaki, killing an estimated 39,000-80,000 people.
- 1965 - The United States launches the Gemini 4 spacecraft, which carries astronaut Ed White on the first American spacewalk.
- 1971 - The United States launches the Mariner 9 spacecraft, which becomes the first spacecraft to orbit Mars.
- 1984 - The United States and the Soviet Union sign the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, which bans the production and deployment of intermediate-range missiles.
- 1991 - The United States launches the Space Shuttle Columbia on its 13th mission, which carries a crew of seven astronauts to the Mir space station.
- 2013 - The United States launches the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, which is designed to take humans to Mars and beyond.
These are just a few of the many significant events that have occurred on July 30th throughout history.