Today is Wednesday, July 30, the 212th day of 2008. There are 154 days left in the year.
1733 _ Society of Freemasons opens first American lodge in Boston
1792 _ 500 Marseillaisian men 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
1908 _ Around the World Automobile Race ends in Paris
1913 _ Conclusion of the second Balkan War
1930 _ Uruguay beats Argentina 4-2 for soccer's first World Cup in Montevideo
1956 _ U.S. motto ``In God We Trust" authorized
1966 _ Beatles' ``Yesterday & Today," album goes No. 1 and stays No. 1 for five weeks
1968 _ Wash Senator Ron Hansen makes first unassisted triple-play in 41 years
1975 _ Teamsters Pres Jimmy Hoffa disappears in suburban Detroit