| General Information for July 30th 2017 |
| There are 2 public holidays today. |
| Day 211 of 2017 |
| 154 days left in 2017 |
| Week 30 of the year |
| On this Day in History |
| 2005 - Sudans's former rebel leader Dr John Garang dies in an air crash just three weeks after he is sworn in as Vice President and President of the South Sudanese Government. |
| 1916 - Black Tom Island explosion in Jersey City, New Jersey. |
| 1865 - The steamboat Brother Jonathan sinks off the coast of Crescent City, California, killing 225 passengers, the deadliest shipwreck on the Pacific Coast of the U.S. at the time. |
| 1733 - The first Masonic Grand Lodge in the future United States is constituted in Massachusetts. |