30 July
What happened today in history?
- 1932 – Walt Disney’s Flowers and Trees (the first cartoon to use Technicolor) is released.
- 2006 – Top of the Pops (the world’s longest running music show) is shown on BBC Television for the last time.
Who was born today?
- 1818 – Emily Bronte – British novelist.
- 1863 – Henry Ford – American businessman (Ford Motor Company).
- 1898 – Henry Moore – English artist.
- 1940 – Clive Sinclair – English inventor.
- 1947 – Arnold Schwarzenegger – Austrian-American actor and politician (The Terminator, The Expendables).
- 1958 – Daley Thompson – British Olympic decathlete.
- 1964 – Jurgen Klinsmann – German footballer.
- 1980 – Justin Rose – English golfer.
- 1991 – Diana Vickers – English singer-songwriter.
Who died today?
- 2012 – Maeve Binchy – Irish writer.