Today is Tuesday, July 30, the 211th day of 2013. 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
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
1942 ― German SS kills 25,000 Jews in Minsk, Belorussia
1948 ― Professional wrestling premiers on prime-time network TV (DuMont)
1956 ― U.S. motto “In God We Trust” authorized
1971 ― Japanese Boeing 727 collides with an F-86 fighter killing 162
1974 ― House of Representatives recommends three articles of impeachment of Nixon