July 30

Events
 * 1872 - Mahlon Loomis received a patent for "a new and Improved Mode of Telegraphing and of Generating Light, Heat, and Motive Power" (U.S.No. 129,971).

Births


 * 1751 – Maria Anna Mozart, Austrian musician (d. 1829)
 * 1899 – Gerald Moore, English pianist (d. 1987)
 * 1921 – Grant Johannesen, American pianist (d. 2005)
 * 1926 – Christine McGuire, American singer (The McGuire Sisters)
 * 1936 – Buddy Guy, American blues guitarist and singer
 * 1941 – Paul Anka, Canadian singer and composer
 * 1945 – David Sanborn, American saxophonist
 * 1949 – Duck Baker, American guitarist
 * 1957 – Rat Scabies, English drummer (The Damned)
 * 1958 – Kate Bush, English singer/songwriter
 * 1958 – Neal McCoy, American singer/songwriter
 * 1968 – Sean Moore, Welsh drummer (Manic Street Preachers)
 * 1977 – Ian Watkins, Welsh singer (Lostprophets)