Today In History

Today In History: July 30

7/30/2022

A bit of July 30th history…

101 BC - Battle of Vercellae: Roman army under Gaius Marius defeats the Cimbri in Cisalpine Gaul, ending the Celto-Germanic threat on Italy’s border with over 100,000 Cimbri killed

1619 - House of Burgesses form in Virginia - 1st elective American body(pictured)

1863 - President Lincoln issues “eye-for-eye” order - to shoot a rebel prisoner for every black prisoner shot

1928 - George Eastman shows 1st amateur color motion picture to guests at his NY house including Thomas Edison

1932 - Walt Disney’s “Flowers and Trees” premiers; 1st academy award winning cartoon and 1st cartoon short to use Technicolor

1935 - 1st penguin book is published, starting the paperback revolution

1945 - After delivering the Atomic Bomb across the Pacific, the cruiser USS Indianapolis is torpedoed and sunk by Japanese submarine; only 316 out of 1196 survived, most were attacked by sharks (see Jaws)

1965 - US President Johnson signed into law Social Security Act that established Medicare and Medicaid; went into effect following year

1974 - US House of Reps Judiciary Committee voted to impeach Nixon for blocking Watergate investigation and for abuse of power

2006 - World’s longest running music show “Top of the Pops”is broadcast for the last time - aired for 42 years

Today In History: July 30

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Today In History: July 30