July 30 in Pop Culture History

762 – Caliph Al-Mansur founded Baghdad.

1619 – In Jamestown, Virginia, the first representative assembly in the Americas, the House of Burgesses, convenes for the first time.

1729 – Founding of Baltimore, Maryland.

1733 – The first Masonic Grand Lodge in the future United States was constituted in Massachusetts.

1866 – New Orleans, Louisiana’s Democratic government ordered police to raid an integrated Republican Party meeting, killing 40 people and injuring 150.

1871 – The Staten Island Ferry Westfield’s boiler exploded, killing over 85 people.

1930 – In Montevideo, Uruguay won the first FIFA World Cup.

1932 – Premiere of Walt Disney’s Flowers and Trees, the first cartoon short to use Technicolor and the first Academy Award-winning cartoon short.

1956 – A joint resolution of the US Congress was signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, authorizing In God we trust as the US national motto.

1962 – The Trans-Canada Highway, the largest national highway in the world, officially opened.

1965 – US President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Social Security Act of 1965, establishing Medicare and Medicaid.

#1 Hit July 30, 1966 – August 12, 1966: The Troggs – Wild Thing

1975 – Jimmy Hoffa disappeared from the parking lot of the Machus Red Fox restaurant in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. He was declared dead in July 30, 1982.

#1 Hit July 30, 1977 – August 19, 1977: Andy Gibb – I Just Want to Be Your Everything

1982 – An Officer and a Gentleman, Tex, Forced Vengeance and Night Shift debuted in theaters.

1986 – Flight of the Navigator was released in theaters.

#1 Hit July 30, 1988 – August 26, 1988: Steve Winwood – Roll with It

1990 – MLB Commissioner Fay Vincent forced George Steinbrenner to resign as principal partner of the New York Yankees for hiring Howie Spira to “get dirt” on Dave Winfield.

1993 – Rising Sun, So I Married an Axe Murderer, Tom and Jerry: The Movie and Robin Hood: Men in Tights debuted in theaters.

1999 – Runaway Bride and Deep Blue Sea were released in theaters.

2003 – The last Volkswagen Beetle rolled off the assembly line in Mexico.

2004 – The Village, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle and The Manchurian Candidate debuted in theaters.

2006 – The world’s longest-running music show Top of the Pops was broadcast for the last time. It had run since January 1, 1964.

2010 – Dinner for Schmucks, Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore and Charlie Saint Cloud were released in theaters.

2014 – Sharknado 2: The Second One aired on SyFy

#1 Hit July 30, 2022 – August 12, 2022: About Damn Time – Lizzo