It happened on a… July 30

In Mexico, the last ‘old style’ Volkswagon Beetle rolled off an assembly line.

Heavy metal band Metallica release their single “Enter Sandman”.

Soap Opera “Santa Barbara” premieres on NBC TV.

Quebec National Assembly passes Bill 22, making French the province’s official language, and setting up la Régie de la Langue Française.

Walt Disney’s “Flowers and Trees” premiered. It was the first Academy Award winning cartoon and first cartoon short to use Technicolor.

French chemist Eugène Schueller founds L’Oréal with his new range of hair dyes.