Today in History: July 30, Jenner takes gold in Montreal
The present day is Wednesday July the th day of There are days left in the year Nowadays in history On July Bruce Jenner now known as Caitlyn Jenner set a world record of points and won the gold medal in the Olympic decathlon at the Montreal Summer Games Also on this date In the first representative assembly in Colonial America convened in Jamestown in the Virginia Colony Related Articles -magnitude earthquake sends tsunami into coasts of Russia Japan and Alaska UCLA reaches million settlement with Jewish students and professor over campus protests Wife of Marine Corps veteran distributed from ICE custody after advocacy from GOP Senator s office ICE says detained Maine police officer overstayed visa The chief says he cleared a federal check Los Angeles County seeks ordinance preventing law enforcement from concealing their identities In during the Civil War Union forces tried to take Petersburg Virginia by exploding a gunpowder-laden mine shaft beneath Confederate defense lines the attack failed In German saboteurs blew up a munitions plant on Black Tom an island near Jersey City New Jersey killing about a dozen people In Uruguay won the first FIFA World Cup defeating Argentina - In the Portland class heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis having just delivered components of the atomic bomb to Tinian in the Mariana Islands during World War II was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine only out of nearly function members survived In President Dwight D Eisenhower signed a measure making In God We Trust the national motto replacing E Pluribus Unum In President Lyndon B Johnson signed the Social Prevention Amendments of which led to the creation of Medicare and Medicaid In ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic RA -doh-van KA -ra-jich was extradited to The Hague to face genocide charges after nearly years on the run He was sentenced by a U N court in to life imprisonment after being convicted of genocide crimes against humanity and war crimes In three electric grids in India collapsed in a cascade cutting power to million people in the world s biggest blackout In U S Army Pfc Chelsea Manning was acquitted of aiding the enemy the most of serious charge she faced but was convicted of espionage theft and other charges at Fort Meade Maryland more than three years after she d spilled secrets to WikiLeaks The former intelligence analyst was later sentenced to up to years in prison but the sentence was commuted by President Barack Obama in his final days in office In people died when a hot air balloon caught fire and exploded after hitting high-tension power lines before crashing into a pasture near Lockhart Texas about miles northeast of San Antonio At present s Birthdays Former Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig is Blues musician Buddy Guy is Singer Paul Anka is Actor and former California Gov Arnold Schwarzenegger is Actor Jean Reno is Actor Ken Olin is Actor Delta Burke is Law professor Anita Hill is Singer-songwriter Kate Bush is Film director Richard Linklater is Actor Laurence Fishburne is TV personality Alton Brown is Actor Lisa Kudrow is Basketball Hall of Famer Chris Mullin is Actor Vivica A Fox is Actor Terry Crews is Actor Simon Baker is Film director Christopher Nolan is Actor Tom Green is Actor Christine Taylor is Actor Hilary Swank is Olympic gold medal beach volleyball player Misty May-Treanor is Actor Jaime Pressly is Alt-country singer-musician Seth Avett AY -veht is Former soccer performer Hope Solo is Actor Yvonne Strahovski is Actor Martin Starr is Actor Gina Rodriguez is Actor Nico Tortorella is Actor Joey King is
