July 30 Dateline

Birthdays

1751 - Nannerl Mozart (born Maria Anna Walburga Ignatia Mozart), Austrian musician, the older sister of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and daughter of Leopold and Anna Maria Mozart. She was caled "Marianne" and nicknamed "Nannerl".

1818 - Emily Brontë, English novelist and poet best known for her only novel, Wuthering Heights, now considered a classic of English literature (Top 10 notes about 'Wuthering Heights'. YouTube, uploaded by WatchMojo.com. Accessed July 30, 2018. The Life of Emily Brontë, uploaded by Me65179. Accessed July 30, 2019.  Remembrance, A poem by Emily Brontë, read by Frankie MacEachen. Uploaded by Radio TheatreGroup. Accessed July 30, 2019.)

1863 - Henry Ford, American industrialist and business magnate, founder of the Ford Motor Company and chief developer of the assembly line technique of mass production. By creating the first automobile that middle-class Americans could afford, he converted the automobile from an expensive curiosity into an accessible conveyance that would profoundly impact the landscape of the 20th century. 

1931 - Brian Horace Clemens, OBE, English screenwriter and television producer, possibly best known for his work on The Avengers and The Professionals. Clemens was related to Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens), a fact reflected in the naming of his two sons, Samuel Joshua Twain Clemens and George Langhorne Clemens. Art & Hue: Remembering Brian Clemens. Accessed January 11, 2020. 
 

1939 - Peter Bogdanovich, American director, writer, actor, and producer. Part of the wave of "New Hollywood" directors, his best-known and critically most acclaimed film is The Last Picture Show. Bogdanovich also directed the the screwball comedy What's Up, Doc?, the comedy-drama Paper Moon, They All Laughed, the drama Mask, and The Cat's Meow. His most recent film, She's Funny That Way, was released in 2014.

1947 - Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian-American actor, businessman, and politician and professional bodybuilder. He served as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 to 2011. 

 
1958 - Kate Bush, English singer, songwriter and record producer. In 1978, aged 19, she topped the UK Singles Chart for four weeks with her debut single "Wuthering Heights", becoming the first female artist to achieve a UK number one with a self-written song. (Kate Bush Documentary. Updated by xenbay. Accessed July 30, 2013.  Sharing a favourite: Kate Bush  - The Man I Love - Official Music Video. uploaded by KateBushMusic. Written by George and Ira Gershwin "The Man I Love" was recorded as part of an album by Larry Adler called "The Glory of Gershwin". The song was released as a single on 18th July 1994, and the video was directed by Kevin Godley Accessed July 30, 2019.)

1963 - Lisa Kudrow, American actress, comedian, writer, singer, and producer. After making guest appearances in several television sitcoms, including Cheers, she came to prominence with her main role of Phoebe Buffay in Friends (1994–2004), receiving a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. Kudrow has received several accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series from six nominations, two Screen Actors Guild Awards from 12 nominations, and a Golden Globe Award nomination.

1974 - Hilary Swank, American actress and film producer. She is the recipient of numerous awards for her career, including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Critics' Choice Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Swank received critical acclaim for her performance as Brandon Teena, in the biographical drama film Boys Don't Cry, for which she received her first Academy Award for Best Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. For her portrayal of Maggie Fitzgerald in Clint Eastwood's sports drama film Million Dollar Baby, she received her second Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress.  In 2018, she portrayed Gail Getty on the FX television series Trust.

Lefties:
Automobile inventor Henry Ford
Actress Lisa Kudrow
Actress Hilary Swank

 

 

More birthdays and historical events today, 30 July - On This Day.

Link:  
We honour Emily Brontë and Kate Bush’s birthday by celebrating ‘Wuthering Heights’
FarOutMagazine.co.uk. Accessed July 30, 2018. 

Historical Events

1898 - William Kellogg invents corn flakes. With his brother Dr. John Kellogg, he had been experimenting on grain-based health foods to offer patients at their sanitarium. He William Kellogg founded the Battle Creek Toaster Corn Flake Company in 1906 to sell his healthy cereals.

1945 - The U.S.S. Indianapolis is torpedoed by a Japanese submarine after delivering the components of the bomb to be dropped on Hiroshima. The survivors are spotted by chance four days later. Only about 316 men were saved from the shark-infested waters.

1966 - England wins the World cup, beating Germany 4-2 at Wembley Stadium. 

1967 - Detroit, Michigan's seven days of finally rioting ends. Racial tensions exploded on July 23 when police officers, mostly white, raided an illegal bar and arrested black patrons.     

1997 - A landslide occurs at Thredbo in Australia. Eighteen lives are lost while a frost-beaten Stuart Diver, a ski instructor, is rescued from the unstable wreckage as rescuers tunneled through. At first only a small tube could be made, then a tube with fluid passed through along with a tube blowing hot air. He was freed 66 hours after the landslide. 




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2. Britannica. www.britannia.com
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5. Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History, New 3rd Revised Ed. Simon and Schuster/Touchstone (1991)
6. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org

 

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