30 July

 10 weird and wonderful things which happened on 30 July:

1. This date in 1863 saw the birth of car manufacturer Henry Ford, who famously said: “Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it’s Black.”
2. Also born on this date, in 1818, was Emily Bronte, author of Wuthering Heights
3. In 1792, the French national anthem La Marseillaise by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, was first sung in Paris.
4. In 2006, the world's longest running music show, Top of the Pops, broadcast for the last time on BBC2 after 42 years.
5. In 1972, 53 caribou were found dead near an army base which had once been a chemical and biological warfare laboratory. The post commander suggested the animals might have been struck by Lightning.
6. In 1918, the police went on strike in London. 2,000 officers marched from Scotland Yard to Tower Hill where they held a meeting calling for more pay and the reinstatement of a colleague dismissed for political activity. Bus and taxi drivers went on point duty and escorted prisoners to court.
7. On this date in 1760, London ceased to be a walled city when three of its city gates were sold for scrap.
8. In 1988, Antonio Gomez dos Santos stood motionless for a record 15 hours, 2 minutes, 55 seconds at a Lisbon shopping centre.
9. Another endurance record was beaten in 2001. Kota Baru museum Malaysia. Malena Hassan had spent 30 days in a small cage with 2000 Scorpions, and only got stung seven times.
10. In 2010, thousands of children in Gaza broke their own world record for the number of Kites flown at the same time.

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