Today's selected anniversaries: 30th July 2024

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Today's selected anniversaries: 30th July 2024

1811:

Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (depicted), a leader of the Mexican War of Independence, was executed by Spanish forces in Chihuahua City, Mexico.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Hidalgo_y_Costilla

1871:

The boiler of the Staten Island Ferry Westfield II exploded at South Ferry in New York City, killing at least 45 people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staten_Island_Ferry

1990:

British Conservative member of Parliament Ian Gow was killed outside his home in a car bombing by the Provisional Irish Republican Army.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Gow

2014:

More than 150 people died after heavy rains triggered a landslide in the village of Malin in Maharashtra, India.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Malin_landslide

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