Today is Friday, July 30, the 211th day of 2010. There are 154 days left in the year.
1733 ― Society of Freemasons opens first American lodge in Boston
1839 ― Slave rebels, take over slaver Amistad
1863 ― Pres 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
1930 ― Uruguay beats Argentina 4-2 for soccer's first World Cup in Montevideo
1948 ― Professional wrestling premiers on prime-time network TV (DuMont)
1965 ― LBJ signs Medicare bill, which went into effect following year
1983 ― Weight lifter Sergei Didyk of USSR jerks a record 261 kg
1990 ― George Steinbrenner is forced by Commissioner Fay Vincent to resign
as principal partner of the NY Yankees