📜 This Day in History

July 30

• 1724Bach's chorale cantata Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält, a paraphrase of Psalm 124 based on a 1524 hymn by Justus Jonas, was first performed in Leipzig.
• 1871The boiler of the Staten Island Ferry Westfield II exploded at South Ferry in New York City, killing at least 45 people.
• 1950At the height of a political crisis known as the royal question, four workers were shot dead by the Belgian Gendarmerie at a strike in Grâce-Berleur.
• 1990British Conservative member of Parliament Ian Gow was killed outside his home in a car bombing by the Provisional Irish Republican Army.
• 2014More than 150 people died after heavy rains triggered a landslide in the village of Malin in Maharashtra, India.
• 2026An avalanche on Broad Peak in Pakistan kills 10 climbers.

Born on this day

• 1818Emily Brontë, English novelist and poet (died 1848)
• 1863Henry Ford, American engineer and businessman, founded the Ford Motor Company (died 1947)
• 1947Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian-American bodybuilder, actor, and politician, 38th Governor of California
• 1970Christopher Nolan, English-American director, producer, and screenwriter