THURSDAY, JULY 30, 2015

Today is Thursday, July 30, the 211th day of 2015. There are 154 days left in the year.

1733 — Society of Freemasons opens first American lodge in Boston

1792 — 500 men in Marseille sing France’s national anthem for first time

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

1913 — Conclusion of the Second Balkan War

1928 — George Eastman demonstrates first color movie

1942 — German SS kills 25,000 Jews in Minsk, Belorussia

1956 — U.S. motto “In God We Trust” authorized

1966 — Beatles’ “Yesterday & Today” album goes No. 1 and stays No. 1 for five weeks

1974 — House of Representatives recommends three articles of impeachment of Nixon

1983 — Official speed record for a piston-driven aircraft, 832 kph, Calif

1983 — Weightlifter Sergei Didyk of USSR jerks a record 261 kg