THE DAY IN HISTORY · JULY 30
July 30 in history
What happened on July 30: 2 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1937 and 1980, each linked to the map that shows it.
— NKVD Order No. 00447
30 Jul 1937 — Nikolai Yezhov signed Order No. 00447 at NKVD headquarters. Known as the “kulak operation”, it assigned every region a quota of people to be shot and sent to camps. Regional chiefs repeatedly sought higher limits. Nearby, in the House of Unions, the show trials of 1936–38 were staged.
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— World Conference on Women, Copenhagen
14–30 Jul 1980 — The mid-Decade conference is divided over Zionism and apartheid. Yet on 17 July dozens of states, including the United States, sign CEDAW at a ceremony. The US Senate never ratifies the convention.
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