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It happened today – this day in history – July 30
762: The city of Baghdad is founded by Abbasid caliph Al-Mansur, just north of ancient Baghdad. 1678: English troops land in Flanders. 1729: The city of Baltimore is founded in Maryland, US. 1771: Death of poet Thomas Gray aged 54. 1775: Captain James Cook …