Today is Tuesday, July 30th, the 212th day of 2024. There are 154 days left this year.
Today in History:
On July 30, 1976, Bruce Jenner, now known as Caitlyn Jenner, set a world record and won the gold medal in the Olympic decathlon at the Montreal Summer Olympics with 8,618 points.
This day too:
In 1619, the first representative convention of the American colonies met in Jamestown, Virginia.
In 1916, German saboteurs blew up a munitions factory on Black Tom, an island near Jersey City, New Jersey, killing about a dozen people.
In 1930, Uruguay defeated Argentina 4-2 to win the first FIFA World Cup.
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In 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a bill making “In God We Trust” the national motto, replacing “E Pluribus Unum.”
In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Social Security Amendments Act of 1965, which created Medicare and Medicaid.
In 2012, three power grids in India collapsed in a cascading fashion, leaving 620 million people without power in the world’s largest blackout.
In 2013, U.S. Army Private First Class Chelsea Manning was acquitted of aiding the enemy (the most serious charge) but convicted of espionage, theft and other charges at Fort Meade in Maryland, more than three years after leaking classified information to WikiLeaks. The former intelligence analyst was later sentenced to up to 35 years in prison, but her sentence was commuted in the final days of President Barack Obama’s term.
In 2016, 16 people were killed when a hot air balloon struck a high-voltage power line, burst into flames, exploded and crashed into a pasture near Lockhart, Texas, about 70 miles northeast of San Antonio.
Today’s birthdays: Former MLB Commissioner Bud Selig is 90; blues musician Buddy Guy is 88; singer Paul Anka is 83; actor and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is 77; actor Jean Reno is 76; actor Ken Olin is 70; actor Delta Burke is 68; law professor Anita Hill is 68; singer-songwriter Kate Bush is 66; film director Richard Linklater is 64; actor Laurence Fishburne is 63; television personality Alton Brown is 62; actor Lisa Kudrow is 61; basketball Hall of Famer Chris Mullin is 61; actor Vivica A. Fox is 60; actor Terry Crews is 56; and actor Simon Baker is 55. Film director Christopher Nolan is 54. Actor Tom Green is 53. Actor Christine Taylor is 53. Actor Hilary Swank is 50. Olympic gold medalist beach volleyball player Misty May Trainor is 47. Actor Jaime Pressly is 47. Alternative country singer and musician Seth Avett is 44. Former soccer player Hope Solo is 43. Actor Yvonne Strahovski is 42. Actor Martin Starr is 42. Actor Gina Rodriguez is 40. Actor Nico Tortorella is 35. Actor Joey King is 25.
