This Day in History – July 30, 2011

1619 House of Burgesses Virginia formed, 1st elective US governing body 1729 City of Baltimore founded 1836 1st English newspaper published in Hawaii 1839 Slave rebels, take over slaver Amistad 1908 Around the World Autombile Race ends in Paris 1928 George Eastman demonstrates 1st color movie 1932 10th modern Olympic games opens in Los Angeles 1942 FDR signs bill creating women’s Navy auxiliary agency (WAVES) 1943 Last Judy Garland-Mickey Rooney movie released (Girl Crazy) 1948 Professional wrestling premiers on prime-time network TV (DuMont) 1956 US motto “In God We Trust” authorized 1960 1st AFL preseason game Boston Patriots defeat Bills in Buffalo (28-7) 1965 LBJ signs Medicare bill, which went into effect following year 1966 Beatles’ “Yesterday… & Today,” album goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks 1971 US Apollo 15 lands on Mare Imbrium on the Moon 1974 House of Reps recommends 3 articles of impeachment of Nixon 1975 Teamsters Pres Jimmy Hoffa disappears in suburban Detroit 1991 MTV announces it will split into 3 channels in 1993]]]]> ]]>