Today is Tuesday, July 30, the 211th day of 2013. There are 154 days left in the year.
On July 30, 1863, American automaker Henry Ford was born in Dearborn Township, Mich.
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In 1932, the Summer Olympic Games opened in Los Angeles.
In 1945, the Portland class heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine during World War II; only 316 out of some 1,200 men survived.
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 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Medicare bill.
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