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 — In NKVD headquarters, Nikolai Yezhov signs Order No. 00447, the “kulak operation”, which set every region a quota of people to be shot and sent to camps; regional chiefs repeatedly asked for higher limits. The show trials of 1936–38 were staged nearby in the House of Unions.
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— World Conference on Women, Copenhagen
14–30 Jul 1980 — The mid-Decade conference splits over Zionism and apartheid, yet on 17 July dozens of states, the United States among them, sign CEDAW in a ceremony. The US Senate never ratifies it.
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