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30 July 2016 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 30 July 2016 was a Saturday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Cold Water” by Major Lazer ft. Justin Bieber & MØ.
- Top Film of 2016
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2016 was Captain America: Civil War.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 30 July is Leo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 30 July 2016 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for July is Ruby.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 30 July 2016 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 30 July
- 2006 The world's longest running music show Top of the Pops is broadcast for the last time on BBC Two. The show had aired for 42 years.
- 2011 Marriage of Queen Elizabeth II's eldest granddaughter Zara Phillips to former rugby union footballer Mike Tindall.
- 2012 A power grid failure in Delhi leaves more than 300 million people without power in northern India.
- 2020 NASA's Mars 2020 mission is launched on an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
- 2025 A magnitude 8.8 earthquake hits Russia, causing tsunamis over the Pacific Ocean.
Famous people born on 30 July
- Christopher Nolan, English-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1970)
- Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian-American bodybuilder, actor, and politician, 38th Governor of California (born 1947)
- Joey King, American actress (born 1999)
- Simon Baker, Australian actor, director, and producer (born 1969)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2016 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '2016 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 5 May – UK local and Police and crime commissioner elections, as well as elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly, Welsh Assembly and Scottish Parliament are held.
- 23 June – The 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum is held in the UK and Gibraltar, the first of its kind since the 1975 referendum on the UK's membership of the then European Economic Community.
- 11 July – Theresa May is announced as the Conservative Party leader, and Prime Minister-designate, after Andrea Leadsom withdraws from the leadership election.New Prime Minister and Conservative leader Theresa May
Life in 2016
Prime Minister
Theresa May
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Pint of Beer
£3.45
Loaf of Bread
£1.45
Average House
£214,578
Weekly Wage
£789.00
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