EST. DECEMBER 1994 β’ 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com π―
Owned continuously since 1994
TODAY IN HISTORY
July 30
Thursday, July 30, 2026
Day 210 of 2026 | Week 31 | 149 days until Christmas π
HISTORIC EVENTS
A magnitude 8.8 earthquake hits Russia, causing tsunamis over the Pacific Ocean.
A series of landslides occurs in Kerala, India, causing over 420 fatalities.
NASA's Mars 2020 mission was launched on an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
Twenty killed and 150 are trapped after a landslide in Maharashtra, India.
A train fire kills 32 passengers and injures 27 on the Tamil Nadu Express in Andhra Pradesh, India.
A power grid failure in Delhi leaves more than 300Β million people without power in northern India.
Marriage of Queen Elizabeth II's eldest granddaughter Zara Phillips to former rugby union footballer Mike Tindall.
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.
An Israeli airstrike kills 28 Lebanese civilians, including 16 children.
In Mexico, the last 'old style' Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the assembly line.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
Nepalese royal
American actress (The Kissing Booth
English cyclist (Olympic gold mountain bike cross country 2020
Norwegian footballer
American actress (Spencer Carlin in "South of Nowhere")
American actress (Jane the Virgin)
American basketball player
Irish footballer
English cricket fast bowler (most wickets for England in both Test and ODI cricket)
Australian actress (Chuck
South African rugby back-rower (70 Tests; RC Toulon
American motorcycle racer (MotoGP Champion 2006)
born in Lodi
English golfer (US Open 2013)
Italian volleyball player
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