THURSDAY, JULY 30, 2020

1889-Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "The Naval Treaty" (BG)

1909-John A. Heyder becomes president of baseball's National League

1909-U.S. Army accepts delivery of first military airplane

1913-Conclusion of the second Balkan War

1928-George Eastman demonstrates first color movie

1942-FDR signs bill creating women's Navy auxiliary agency (WAVES)

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

1956-U.S. motto "In God We Trust" authorized

1971-Japanese Boeing 727 collides with an F-86 fighter killing 162

1980-British New Hebrides becomes independent and takes name Vanuatu

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

1990-Five Bank of Credit & Commerce International members found guilty of money laundering

1991-MTV announces it will split into 3 channels in 1993