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30 July in internet history

Things that can be dated to 30 July: the day something was posted, a record that changed hands, an event research has pinned to a date. Every entry links to where it was read.

Nothing this archive holds can be dated to 30 July. That is a statement about what has been researched so far, not about the day.

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These did not happen on 30 July. They are shown because the day itself is thin, and each one carries its own date.

  1. Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up is released as a single. Rickrolling Wikipedia — Rickrolling

  2. Ramirez registers Trolls with the United States Copyright Office. Trollface Wikipedia — Trollface

  3. Phish open a concert at Madison Square Garden with it. Chocolate Rain Wikipedia — Chocolate Rain

  4. The first short is released on YouTube. Don't Hug Me I'm Scared Wikipedia — Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared

  5. The start of the period, ending 21 August, in which the ALS Association receives 41.8 million US dollars. ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Wikipedia — Ice Bucket Challenge

  6. A copyright claim against the game Garry’s Mod, made in the series’ name, becomes public. Gerasimov says he did not send it, and it is resolved. Skibidi Toilet Wikipedia — Skibidi Toilet

  7. The video is posted to YouTube, about a year after it was filmed, at the suggestion of the band’s webmaster. Here It Goes Again Wikipedia — Here It Goes Again

  8. It passes 100 million downloads. Pokémon Go Wikipedia — Pokémon Go

  9. Jess Glynne is reported as calling one use of it, by an official White House account over footage of deportations, “sick”. Nothing beats a Jet2 holiday Wikipedia — Jet2holidays

  10. Umehara parries all fifteen hits of Wong’s super move and wins the round with a twelve-hit combination. EVO Moment 37 Wikipedia — Evo Moment 37

  11. YouTube removed the "301+" freeze, ending the years in which a popular upload visibly stopped counting at 301 views while it was checked for fraud. Wikipedia — Timeline of YouTube

  12. It reaches number one on the UK singles chart. Golden Wikipedia — Golden (Huntrix song)

  13. The song’s official video is released. Shiggy appears in it, and it ends with a montage of people doing the dance. Kiki Challenge Wikipedia — In My Feelings (song)

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