July 30
Today is the 212th day of 2016, there are 154 days left in the year.
1619 - The first representative assembly in America convened in Jamestown, Virginia.
1729 - The city of Baltimore was founded.
1792 - The French national anthem, "La Marseillaise" by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, was first sung in Paris.
1863 - Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company, was born in Dearborn Township, Michigan.
1916 - German saboteurs blew up a munitions plant on Black Tom, an island near Jersey City, New Jersey. Although casualties were limited (about a dozen people were killed), the explosion was so huge, it was felt throughout New York City and damaged the Statue of Liberty.
1942 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a bill creating a women's auxiliary agency in the Navy known as Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service, or WAVES.
1945 - The USS Indianapolis, which had just delivered key components of the Hiroshima atomic bomb to the Pacific island of Tinian, was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. Only 316 out of the 1,196 men on board survived the sinking and shark-infested waters.
1956 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a measure making "In God We Trust" the national motto, replacing "E Pluribus Unum" (Out of many, one).
1965 - President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Medicare Bill into law.
1971 - Apollo 15 astronauts David R. Scott and James B. Irwin landed on the moon.
1975 - Former Teamsters union president Jimmy Hoffa disappeared in suburban Detroit. (His remains have never been found.)
1980 - The Republic of Vanuatu gained independence from France and Britain.
2002 - Expelled from Congress a week earlier, James A. Trafficant Jr. was sentenced to eight years behind bars for corruption.
2008 - Ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was extradited to The Hague to face genocide charges after nearly 13 years on the run.
2012 - Nearly 620 million people were without power in India, the worst power outage in world history.
2016 - One of the finest young men to ever don a Husker uniform, Sam Foltz, was laid to rest. #RIP27
Birthdays
25 - Diana Vickers (singer)
31 - Aml Ameen (actor)
32 - Gina Rodriguez (actress)
34 - Yvonne Strahovski (actress)
35 - Hope Solo (soccer player)
36 - April Bowlby (actress)
39 - Misty May-Treanor (volleyball player)
39 - Jaime Pressly (actress)
42 - Hillary Swank (actress)
45 - Tom Green (actor)
46 - Christopher Nolan (actor)
47 - Simon Baker (actor)
48 - Terry Crews (actor)
52 - Vivica A. Fox (actress)
53 - Lisa Kudrow (actress)
55 - Laurence Fishburne (actor)
69 - Arnold Schwarzenegger (actor)
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Today in Sports History - July 30
1930 - Host Uruguay won soccer's first World Cup with a 4-2 victory over Argentina in the final in Montevideo.
1932 - The Summer Olympic Games opened in Los Angeles.
1937 - Dolph Camilli of the Philadelphia Phillies plays first base in a game and registers no puts outs over the entire nine innings.
1960 - The first AFL preseason game is held, with the Boston Patriots beating the Buffalo Bills 28-7.
1962 - The American League wins the All-Star Game 9-4 at Wrigley Field in Chicago.
1966 - England won the World Cup when Geoff Hurst scored a hat trick in a 4-2 victory over West German in London.
1968 - Ron Hansen of the Washington Senators records the first unassisted triple play in the major leagues in 41 years.
1988 - John Franco of the Cincinnati Reds sets a major league record with 13 saves in one month.
1990 - George Steinbrenner is forced by baseball commissioner Faye Vincent to resign.
2001 - Lance Armstrong wins his third consecutive Tour de France title.
2002 - Lisa Leslie of the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks became the first woman to dunk in a professional basketball game.
Today is the 212th day of 2016, there are 154 days left in the year.
1619 - The first representative assembly in America convened in Jamestown, Virginia.
1729 - The city of Baltimore was founded.
1792 - The French national anthem, "La Marseillaise" by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, was first sung in Paris.
1863 - Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company, was born in Dearborn Township, Michigan.
1916 - German saboteurs blew up a munitions plant on Black Tom, an island near Jersey City, New Jersey. Although casualties were limited (about a dozen people were killed), the explosion was so huge, it was felt throughout New York City and damaged the Statue of Liberty.
1942 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a bill creating a women's auxiliary agency in the Navy known as Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service, or WAVES.
1945 - The USS Indianapolis, which had just delivered key components of the Hiroshima atomic bomb to the Pacific island of Tinian, was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. Only 316 out of the 1,196 men on board survived the sinking and shark-infested waters.
1956 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a measure making "In God We Trust" the national motto, replacing "E Pluribus Unum" (Out of many, one).
1965 - President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Medicare Bill into law.
1971 - Apollo 15 astronauts David R. Scott and James B. Irwin landed on the moon.
1975 - Former Teamsters union president Jimmy Hoffa disappeared in suburban Detroit. (His remains have never been found.)
1980 - The Republic of Vanuatu gained independence from France and Britain.
2002 - Expelled from Congress a week earlier, James A. Trafficant Jr. was sentenced to eight years behind bars for corruption.
2008 - Ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was extradited to The Hague to face genocide charges after nearly 13 years on the run.
2012 - Nearly 620 million people were without power in India, the worst power outage in world history.
2016 - One of the finest young men to ever don a Husker uniform, Sam Foltz, was laid to rest. #RIP27
Birthdays
25 - Diana Vickers (singer)
31 - Aml Ameen (actor)
32 - Gina Rodriguez (actress)
34 - Yvonne Strahovski (actress)
35 - Hope Solo (soccer player)
36 - April Bowlby (actress)
39 - Misty May-Treanor (volleyball player)
39 - Jaime Pressly (actress)
42 - Hillary Swank (actress)
45 - Tom Green (actor)
46 - Christopher Nolan (actor)
47 - Simon Baker (actor)
48 - Terry Crews (actor)
52 - Vivica A. Fox (actress)
53 - Lisa Kudrow (actress)
55 - Laurence Fishburne (actor)
69 - Arnold Schwarzenegger (actor)
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Today in Sports History - July 30
1930 - Host Uruguay won soccer's first World Cup with a 4-2 victory over Argentina in the final in Montevideo.
1932 - The Summer Olympic Games opened in Los Angeles.
1937 - Dolph Camilli of the Philadelphia Phillies plays first base in a game and registers no puts outs over the entire nine innings.
1960 - The first AFL preseason game is held, with the Boston Patriots beating the Buffalo Bills 28-7.
1962 - The American League wins the All-Star Game 9-4 at Wrigley Field in Chicago.
1966 - England won the World Cup when Geoff Hurst scored a hat trick in a 4-2 victory over West German in London.
1968 - Ron Hansen of the Washington Senators records the first unassisted triple play in the major leagues in 41 years.
1988 - John Franco of the Cincinnati Reds sets a major league record with 13 saves in one month.
1990 - George Steinbrenner is forced by baseball commissioner Faye Vincent to resign.
2001 - Lance Armstrong wins his third consecutive Tour de France title.
2002 - Lisa Leslie of the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks became the first woman to dunk in a professional basketball game.
