Today is Tuesday, July 30, the 212th day of the yr 2024. There are 154 days left within the yr.
Today in history:
On July 30, 1976, Caitlyn Jenner, then generally known as Bruce Jenner, set a world record of 8,618 points and won the gold medal within the Olympic decathlon on the Summer Olympics in Montreal.
Also on this date:
In 1619, the primary representative assembly in colonial America met in Jamestown, Virginia.
In 1916, German saboteurs blew up a munitions factory on Black Tom, an island near Jersey City, New Jersey, killing a few dozen people.
In 1930, Uruguay won the primary FIFA World Cup, defeating Argentina 4-2.
In 1945, the Portland-class heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis, which had just delivered components of the atomic bomb to Tinian within the Mariana Islands during World War II, was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine; only 316 of the nearly 1,200 soldiers survived.
In 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a law making “In God We Trust” the national motto, replacing “E Pluribus Unum.”
In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Social Security Amendments of 1965, which led to the creation of Medicare and Medicaid.
In 2008, after nearly 13 years on the run, former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic (RA'-doh-van KA'-ra-jich) was extradited to The Hague to face genocide charges. (He was sentenced to life imprisonment by a UN court in 2019 after being found guilty of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.)
In 2012, three power grids in India collapsed suddenly, cutting off electricity to 620 million people. This was the biggest blackout on this planet.
In 2013, U.S. soldier Chelsea Manning was acquitted of aiding the enemy—probably the most serious charge she faced—but convicted of espionage, theft and other charges at Fort Meade, Maryland, greater than three years after she leaked secrets to WikiLeaks. (The former intelligence analyst was later sentenced to as much as 35 years in prison, but President Barack Obama commuted the sentence to probation in his final days in office.)
In 2016, 16 people died when a hot air balloon caught fire and exploded after hitting power lines after which crashed in a pasture near Lockhart, Texas, about 70 miles northeast of San Antonio.
Today's birthdays:
- Former Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig is 90.
- Blues musician Buddy Guy is 88.
- Singer Paul Anka is 83.
- Actor and former governor of California 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 star Alton Brown is 62.
- Actress Lisa Kudrow is 61.
- Chris Mullin, member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, is 61.
- Actress Vivica A. Fox is 60.
- Actor Terry Crews is 56.
- Actor Simon Baker is 55.
- Film director Christopher Nolan is 54.
- Actor Tom Green is 53.
- Actress Christine Taylor is 53.
- Actress Hilary Swank is 50.
- Beach volleyball Olympic champion Misty May-Treanor is 47.
- Actor Jaime Pressly is 47.
- Alternative country singer and musician Seth Avett (AY'-veht) is 44.
- Former soccer player Hope Solo is 43.
- Actress Yvonne Strahovski is 42.
- Actor Martin Starr is 42.
- Actress Gina Rodriguez is 40.
- Actor Nico Tortorella is 35.
- Actor Joey King is 25.
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