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What happened in history on this day: July 30?
On July 30 in ...
- 1984 - NBC TV debuts soap opera Santa Barbara.
- 1997 - TV show Win Ben Stein's Money debuts.
- 2006 - The world's longest running music show, Top of the Pops, broadcasts for the last time on BBC Two.
Births on July 30
- 1889 - Birth of Vladimir Zworykin; electronics engineer/inventor, father of TV.
- 1925 - Birth of Jacques Sernas in Lithuana; actor (La Dolce Vita, Helen of Troy).
- 1929 - Birth of Sid Kroft in Athens, Greece; puppeteer (Barbara Mandrell Show).
- 1931 - Birth of Joan Vohs in Saint Albans, New York, USA; actress (Fort Ti, Vice Squad, Sabrina).
- 1933 - Birth of Edd "Kookie" Byrnes in Louisiana, USA; actor (77 Sunset Strip, Jack the Ripper).
- 1934 - Birth of Ben Piazza in Arkansas, USA; actor (Blues Brothers, Ben Casey, Dallas).
- 1936 - Birth of Ralph Taeger in Richmond Hill, New York, USA; actor (Klondike, Acapulco, Hondo).
- 1939 - Birth of Peter Bogdanovich; director/producer (The Last Picture Show).
- 1940 - Birth of Reva Rose in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Temperature's Rising).
- 1945 - Birth of David Sanborn; saxophonist (Late Night with David Letterman).
- 1947 - Birth of Arnold Schwarzenegger in Austria; body builder, American actor (Commando, Terminator), governor of California.
- 1947 - Birth of William Atherton in Connecticut, USA; actor (Real Genius, Ghostbusters, Class of 44).
- 1950 - Birth of Frank Stallone in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Barfly, Outlaw Force).
- 1954 - Birth of Ken Olin in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Hill Street Blues, Michael - Thirty Something).
- 1956 - Birth of Delta Burke in Orlando, Florida, USA; actress (Suzanne - Designing Women).
- 1957 - Birth of Mark Tymchyshyn in Minneapolis, USA; actor (Gavin - As the World Turns).
- 1958 - Birth of Richard Burge; actor (Another World).
- 1963 - Birth of Monique Gabrielle in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Bad Girls 4, Amazon Women on the Moon).
Deaths on July 30
- 1980 - Charles McGraw, actor (Michael - Falcon, Smith Family), dies at age 66.
- 1983 - Death of Lynn Fontanne at age 95; actress (The Magnificent Yankee (Emmy award), US Steel Hour, Producer's Showcase), narrator (Peter Pan (1960)).
- 1998 - Death of Bob Smith at age 80; pioneer TV kids' show host (Howdy Doody).
- 2022 - Death of Pat Carroll at age 95 from pneumonia at home in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA; voice actor (Ursula - The Little Mermaid movie).
- 2022 - Death of Nichelle Nichols at age 89 of heart failure in Silver City, New Mexico, USA; actor (Porgy and Bess movie (1959), The Lieutenant TV show (1964), Lieutenant Uhura - Star Trek TV show (1966-1970), Star Trek: The Motion Picture movie, Heroes TV show (2007), The Young and the Restless TV show (2017)), author (Beyond Uhura book).
- 2023 - Death of Paul Reubens at age 70 of cancer in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Pee-wee Herman - Pee-wee's Big Adventure movie (1985), Pee-wee's Playhouse TV show (1986-1990), Blow movie (2001), Murphy Brown TV show, 30 Rock TV show).
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