July 30th
Today in America's Present Past
1619 | Civil Rights: The first legislative election occurred with the election of representatives to the House of Burgesses.
1718 | William Penn died.
1729 | City of Baltimore, Maryland, founded.
1733 | Society of Freemasons opens first American lodge in Boston, Massachusetts.
1844 | The first US yacht club, the New York Yacht Club, is organized by John Cox Stevens.
1849 | Inventor Jacob Perkins died.
1855 | Sculptor James E. Kelly was born.
1863 | Indian Wars: Chief Pocatello of the Shoshone tribe signs the Treaty of Box Elder.
1863 | Civil War: Republican President Lincoln issues "eye-for-eye" order to shoot a rebel prisoner for every black prisoner shot.
1863 | Entrepreneur Henry Ford was born in Dearborn Township, Michigan.
1864 | Civil War: Battle of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
1866 | Civil Rights: New Orleans Republican massacre.
1880 | Publisher Robert R. McCormick was born.
1901 | Historian Herbert Baxter Adams died.
1916 | WWI: Black Tom explosion, Jersey City, New Jersey.
1917 | Actor Eddy Grove was born.
1918 | Poet Joyce Kilmer died.
1922 | Entrepreneur Henry W. Bloch was born.
1930 | Radio: First broadcast of "Death Valley Days.”
1935 | Starting a paperback sensation, the first Penguin books were published.
1942 | WWII: Democrat President Roosevelt signs a bill creating the United States Naval Reserve (WAVES).
1947 | Actor, politician, and entrepreneur Arnold Schwarzenegger was born.
1947 | Actor William Atherton was born.
1956 | Congress: Enacted “In God We Trust” as the motto of the United States.
1961 | Actor Lawrence Fishburne was born.
1965 | POTUS: Democrat President Johnson signs the Medicare bill.
1967 | Civil Rights: A Long, hot summer of riots continues in Portland, Oregon, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
1974 | Actress Hilary Swank was born.
1975 | Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa disappears in suburban Detroit, Michigan.
1991 | Metallica released their single "Enter Sandman.”
1998 | Entertainer Buffalo Bob Smith died.