Right now is Tuesday, July 30, the 212th day of 2024. There are 154 days left within the 12 months.
Right now in historical past:
On July 30, 1976, Caitlyn Jenner, who was then often called Bruce Jenner, set a world report of 8,618 factors and received the gold medal within the Olympic decathlon on the Montreal Summer season Video games.
Additionally on this date:
In 1619, the primary consultant meeting in Colonial America convened in Jamestown within the Virginia Colony.
In 1864, through the Civil Struggle, Union forces tried to take Petersburg, Virginia, by exploding a gunpowder-laden mine shaft beneath Accomplice protection strains; the assault failed.
In 1916, German saboteurs blew up a munitions plant on Black Tom, an island close to Jersey Metropolis, New Jersey, killing a few dozen folks.
In 1930, Uruguay received the primary FIFA World Cup, defeating Argentina 4-2.
In 1945, the Portland class heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis, having simply delivered parts of the atomic bomb to Tinian within the Mariana Islands throughout World Struggle II, was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine; solely 316 out of almost 1,200 service members survived.
In 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a measure making “In God We Belief” the nationwide motto, changing “E Pluribus Unum.”
In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Social Safety Amendments of 1965, which led to the creation of Medicare and Medicaid.
In 2008, ex-Bosnian Serb chief Radovan Karadzic (RA’-doh-van KA’-ra-jich) was extradited to The Hague to face genocide costs after almost 13 years on the run. (He was sentenced by a U.N. courtroom in 2019 to life imprisonment after being convicted of genocide, crimes towards humanity and conflict crimes.)
In 2012, three electrical grids in India collapsed in a cascade, reducing energy to 620 million folks on this planet’s largest blackout.
In 2013, U.S. Military Pfc. Chelsea Manning was acquitted of aiding the enemy — essentially the most severe cost she confronted — however was convicted of espionage, theft and different costs at Fort Meade, Maryland, greater than three years after she’d spilled secrets and techniques to WikiLeaks. (The previous intelligence analyst was later sentenced to as much as 35 years in jail, however the sentence was commuted by President Barack Obama in his ultimate days in workplace.)
In 2016, 16 folks died when a scorching air balloon caught fireplace and exploded after hitting high-tension energy strains earlier than crashing right into a pasture close to Lockhart, Texas, about 70 miles northeast of San Antonio.
Right now’s Birthdays:
- Former Main League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig is 90.
- Blues musician Buddy Man is 88.
- Singer Paul Anka is 83.
- Actor and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is 77.
- Actor Jean Reno is 76.
- Actor Ken Olin is 70.
- Actor Delta Burke is 68.
- Legislation professor Anita Hill is 68.
- Singer-songwriter Kate Bush is 66.
- Movie director Richard Linklater is 64.
- Actor Laurence Fishburne is 63.
- TV character Alton Brown is 62.
- Actor Lisa Kudrow is 61.
- Basketball Corridor of Famer Chris Mullin is 61.
- Actor Vivica A. Fox is 60.
- Actor Terry Crews is 56.
- Actor Simon Baker is 55.
- Movie director Christopher Nolan is 54.
- Actor Tom Inexperienced is 53.
- Actor Christine Taylor is 53.
- Actor Hilary Swank is 50.
- Olympic gold medal seashore volleyball participant Misty Might-Treanor is 47.
- Actor Jaime Pressly is 47.
- Alt-country singer-musician Seth Avett (AY’-veht) is 44.
- Former soccer participant 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.
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