Day in History Archive July 30

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Note: These historical tidbits have been collected from various sources, mostly on the Internet. As detailed in this article, there is a lot of wrong information that is repeated hundreds of times because most websites do not validate with authoritative sources. On RF Cafe, events with hyperlinks have been verified. All will eventually be either verified or removed.
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July 30

1863: Henry Ford was born in Dearborn, MI. 1869: The ship Charles of Antwerp (Belgium) became the first tanker carrying oil from the U.S. to Europe. 1889: Vladimir Zworykin, inventor of the iconoscope and known as "the father of television," was born. 1898: Scientific American carried the first magazine automobile advertisement, for the Winton Auto Car Company. 1898: Corn Flakes were invented by William Kellogg. 1909: The Wright Brothers deliver their first military plane, the Military Flyer, to the army. 1928: George Eastman showed the first color motion pictures. 1946: The German V-2 reached an altitude of 100 miles for the first time. 1956: The phrase “In God We Trust” was adopted as the U.S. national motto. 1971: Apollo 15, the fourth manned lunar mission, landed on the moon. 1998: A group of 13 Ohio machinists stepped forward to claim the $295.7 million Powerball jackpot.