July 30, Israeli entity perpetrates a massacre in Lebanese village of Qana

1936 – Establishment of the council of knowledge (al-Maaref) in Kuwait.

1991 – The U.S.-Soviet Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, known as START I, was signed.

2006 – Israeli entity perpetrates a massacre in Lebanese village of Qana, killing and injuring scores of civilians, among them women and children.

Born today:

1511 – Giorgio Vasari, Italian painter.

1818 – Emily Bronte, English novelist and poet.

Passed away:

1898 – german Advisor Otto von Bismarck .

Occasions:

Independence Day of Vanuatu.

H. Zain/ Barry