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Today in History: July 30

By Photos by Associated Press

July 30, 2021

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Honolulu Harbor on July 30, 1942.
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Union Soldiers of Battery B, First Pennsylvania Light Artillery, are in the lines during the Siege of Petersburg, Va., during the American Civil War on July 30, 1864. Famed U.S. Civil War photographer, Mathew B. Brady, can be seen standing on a fuse box in the center of the photograph, wearing a straw hat. Captain James H. Cooper stands second from left leaning on a sword. The photograph was taken by an assistant to Brady.
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The U.S. president and some 7,000 spectators have gathered to watch the Wright brothers demonstrate their military flyer for the second time to the U.S. Army at Fort Myer, Va., on July 30, 1909. Orville Wright took First Lt. Benjamin D. Foulois as observer on a 10-mile cross country flight to Shuter's Hill, Alexandria, Va., and back, completing all the terms of the sale for the world's first military plane. The Wright brothers were paid the contract price of $25,000 and a $5,000 bonus for exceeding the required speed. Standing near the propellers are Lt. Foulois, left, and Wilbur Wright. At the tail end are Lt. Frank P. Lahm, left, and Orville Wright.
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From left to right: Henry Ford, Thomas Edison and Harvey Firestone on July 30, 1930. Location unknown. Edison is shaking hands with Ford, who is celebrating his 67th birthday. He’s just a mere youngster to Edison, who is 83.
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Scene at the dock at North Haven, Maine on July 30, 1931 as Senator Dwight Morrow of New Jersey and his wife bid farewell to Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife Anne, as they were about to start on the first leg of their flight to Tokyo. The 13-month-old son of the Lindberghs was on the only missing member of the family group.
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An aerial view of the Olympic Stadium in Los Angeles July 30, 1932 at the opening of the Olympic Games where more than 105,000 persons heard Vice President Charles Curtis officially open the games. Representatives of approximately 50 nations paraded.
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Three trans-Atlantic flyers were the guests of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, right, and Eleanor Roosevelt at the Roosevelt estate when the Flying Mollisons and Amelia Earhart, second from left, were received, July 30, 1933, Hyde Park, N.Y. The group was photographed on the lawn. From Left to Right are Mrs. Roosevelt, Amelia Earhart, Jim Mollison, and the President.
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Six players who were inducted into the Hall of Fame this year gather at Yankee Stadium in New York City on July 30, 1955, before the Yankee - Kansas City Athletics game. Left to right are: Joe DiMaggio, Gabby Hartnett, Ted Lyons, Dazzy Vance, Ray Schalk, and Frank "Home Run" Baker. They got into action later as the Hall of Fame team played the DiMaggio teammates for two innings with the latter winning 7-3.
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A communist security guard talks to United Nations and Communist correspondents inside armistice Hall at Panmunjom, Korea on July 30, 1953 after armistice documents were signed by U.N. and Red negotiators. Documents can be seen on display on left hand corner of table.
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President John F. Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy leave St. Francis Xavier Church in Hyannis, Mass., July 30, 1961 after attending the 10 o’clock Mass. Mrs. Kennedy wears an emerald colored sleeveless dress and beige kerchief and the president a blue pin-stripe suit. Some of the several hundred persons waiting outside the church for a view of the presidential couple push against the ropes in the background.
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Apollo 15 Lunar Module Pilot James B. Irwin salutes while standing beside the fourth American flag planted on the surface of the moon, July 30, 1971. The lunar module that took them to the moon's surface is seen at right. Hadley Delta is in the background.
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Playboy publisher Hugh Hefner, 44, right, poses with girlfriend Barbi Benton on a circular bed aboard his private jet in London, May 1970.
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A group of young men, some hold bottles and rocks, gather on Livernois near Chalfonte on Detroit's northwest side as sporadic violence continued in the wake of the shooting death of Obie Wynn in a nearby tavern, July 30, 1975.
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Bruce Jenner (U.S. decathlon Gold Medalist) shown receiving Gold decathlon medal at the XXI Olympic held in Montreal, July 30, 1976, from July17-August 1. Jenner won the decathlon. He is from San Jose. Ca.
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Earthquake survivor Pedrito Dy shields his face from the sun as he is rushed to a waiting ambulance hours after being found alive in the ruins of Hyatt Hotel in Baguio City in the northern Philippines, July 30, 1990. Dy was rescued after being trapped in the rubble of the hotel for 14 days.
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Rev. Al Sharpton, left, and Tawana Brawley walk to hold a news conference outside at Federal Court in Manhattan, July 30, 1990. The three attended the Central Park jogger trial where the defense continues to call witnesses for teenage defendant Yusef Salaam.
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Tenor Luciano Pavarotti sings to a mass audience during a free concert in London's Hyde Park, Great Britain, July 30, 1991. The concert to celebrate Pavarotti's 30th anniversay as a top classical performer, was expected to draw 250,000 fans but was plagued by torrential rain.
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Zsa Zsa Gabor looks up at someone in the crowd as she leaves jail in El Segundo, Calif., July 30, 1990, where she spent 72 hours for slapping a Beverly Hills police officer. At center in red necktie is her husband, Frederick von Anhalt.
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U.S. President George H. Bush, left, and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev gesture as they walk inside the Kremlin in Moscow, Tuesday, July 30, 1991, during a break in their summit meetings.
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Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton waves to the audience during a campaign rally in New Orleans, July 30, 1992. Clinton was ending a full day on the campaign trail in Louisiana with this rally at the University of New Orleans.
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Oil well firemen from a U.S. company discuss the day's work while a wellhead burns out of control across a lake of crude oil in the Ahmadi oil field, Kuwait, July 30, 1991.
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Photographers surround Richard Jewell prior to his testifying before a House Judiciary Crime subcommittee hearing on the 1996 Olympic bombing in Atlanta, July 30, 1997. Jewell, a former security guard who was erroneously linked to the 1996 Olympic bombing, died Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2007, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said.
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