Historical Events for July 1930

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1st - Great-Britain signs accord for Independence of Iraq
3rd - Veterans Administration created
4th - 43rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Elizabeth Ryan (62 62)
5th - 50th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bill Tilden beats W Allison (63 97 64)
7th - Construction begins on Boulder (Hoover) Dam
11th - Bradman scores 309 in a day vs England at Leeds, goes on to 334
12th - 34th US Golf Open: Robert T "Bobby" Jones wins
12th - Bradman out for 334 in Test Cricket at Headingley, 383 mins, 46 fours
13th - 1st-ever soccer World Cup competition began in Uruguay
13th - Sarnoff reports in NY Times "TV would be a theater in every home"
18th - SHO soccer team forms in Old Beijerland
20th - 106°F (41°C), Washington, DC (district record)
21st - 110°F (43°C) at Millsboro, Delaware (state record)
21st - US Veterans Administration forms
23rd - Earthquake strikes Ariano Italy, 1,500 killed
23rd - Pitts Pie Traynor ends both games with HRs (1st in 9th, 2nd in 13th)
25th - Phila Athletics triple steal in 1st & 4th innings vs Cleveland
27th - Andre Leducq wins Tour de France
28th - 114°F (46°C), Greensburg, Kentucky (state record)
29th - 115°F (46°C), Holly Springs, Mississippi (state record)
29th - Airship R100, 1st passenger-carrying flight from England to Canada
30th - 1st broadcast of "Death Valley Days" on NBC-radio
30th - Uruguay beats Argentina 4-2 for soccer's 1st World Cup in Montevideo
31st - Lou Gehrig grand slams as Yanks beat Red Sox 14-13


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