TODAY IN HISTORY
TODAY IS MONDAY, JULY 30, the 211th day of 2018. There are 154 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT IN HISTORY:
On this date in 1945, the Portland class heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis, having just delivered components of the atomic bomb to Tinian in the Mariana Islands, was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine; only 317 of nearly 1,200 men survived.
In 1619, the first representative assembly in America convened in Jamestown in the Virginia Colony.
In 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” — WAVES for short.
In 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a measure making “In God We Trust” the national motto, replacing “E Pluribus Unum” (Out of many, one).
In 1980, Israel’s Knesset passed a law reaffirming all of Jerusalem as the capital of the Jewish state.
In 2001, Robert Mueller, President George W. Bush’s choice to head the FBI, promised the Senate Judiciary Committee that if confirmed, he would move forcefully to fix problems at the agency. Mueller became FBI director on Sept. 4, 2001, a week before the 9/11 attacks.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS:
Actor Edd “Kookie” Byrnes is 85. Former Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig is 84. Blues musician Buddy Guy is 82. Movie director Peter Bogdanovich is 79. Singer Paul Anka is 77. Jazz musician David Sanborn is 73. Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and actor William Atherton are 71. Actor Jean Reno and blues singer-musician Otis Taylor are 70. Actor Frank Stallone is 68. Actor Ken Olin is 64. Actress Delta Burke is 62. Singer-songwriter Kate Bush, country singer Neal McCoy and actor Richard Burgi are 60. Actor Laurence Fishburne is 57. Actress Lisa Kudrow, bluegrass musician Danny Roberts (The Grascals) and country musician Dwayne O’Brien are 55. Actress Vivica A. Fox is 54. Actor Terry Crews is 50. Actors Simon Baker is 49. Movie director Christopher Nolan is 48. Actor Tom Green, rock musician Brad Hargreaves (Third Eye Blind) and actress Christine Taylor are 47. Actor-comedian Dean Edwards is 45. Olympic gold medal beach volleyball player Misty May-Treanor and actress Jaime Pressly are 41. Soccer player Hope Solo is 37. Actress Yvonne Strahovski and actor Martin Starr are 36. Actress Gina Rodriguez is 34. Actor Nico Tortorella is 30.