Tuesday July 30, is the 211th day of 2013. There are 154 days left in the year.
Today’s birthdays: Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig is 79. Blues musician Buddy Guy is 77. Movie director Peter Bogdanovich is 74. Singer Paul Anka is 72. Jazz musician David Sanborn is 68. Former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is 66. Actor Ken Olin is 59. Actress Delta Burke is 57. Law professor Anita Hill is 57. Singer-songwriter Kate Bush is 55. Actor Laurence Fishburne is 52. Actress Lisa Kudrow is 50. Actress Vivica A. Fox is 49. Actress Hilary Swank is 39.
In 1864, during the Civil War, Union forces tried to take Petersburg, Va., by exploding a gunpowder-filled mine under Confederate defense lines; the attack failed.
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In 1945, the Portland-class heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine during World War II; only 316 out of some 1,200 men survived.
In 1956, President Eisenhower signed a measure making ‘‘In God We Trust’’ the national motto, replacing ‘‘E Pluribus Unum.’’
In 1975, former Teamsters union president Jimmy Hoffa disappeared in suburban Detroit; although presumed dead, his remains have never been found.