July 30, 2023
QUOTE
The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.
--William Penn
BIRTHDAYS
1881 – Smedley Butler, General, Medal of Honor recipient
1946 – Neil Bonnett, Stockcar driver and sportscaster
1946 – Jeffrey Hammond, English bass player
1947 – Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bodybuilder, actor, and politician, 38th Governor of California
1974 – Hilary Swank, Actress and producer
IN MEMORY
1718 – William Penn, English businessman and philosopher, founded the Province of Pennsylvania
1898 – Otto von Bismarck, German lawyer and politician, 1st Chancellor of Germany
1996 – Claudette Colbert, French-American actress
1998 – Buffalo Bob Smith, Television host
IN ON THIS DAY
762 – Baghdad is founded.
1945 – Japanese submarine I-58 sinks the USS Indianapolis, killing 883 seamen. Most die during the following four days, until an aircraft notices the survivors.
1956 – A joint resolution of the U.S. Congress is signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, authorizing In God We Trust as the U.S. national motto.
1965 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Social Security Act of 1965 into law, establishing Medicare and Medicaid.
1974 – President Richard Nixon releases subpoenaed White House recordings after being ordered to do so by the Supreme Court of the United States.
2003 – In Mexico, the last ‘old style’ Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the assembly line.