Discover what happened on July 30 with HISTORY's summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.

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Discover what happened on July 30 with HISTORY&#8217;s summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.

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America’s Founding Fathers decided that one elected civilian - the U.S. president - would lead the executive branch of the federal government, a governmental structure that has remained in place for more than 200 years.

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The U.S. government, with its three branches of government and a system of checks and balances, is responsible for governing the 50 states and all districts and territories of the United States.

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The 1970s are remembered as an era when the women's rights, gay rights and environmental movements competed with the Watergate scandal, the energy crisis and the ongoing Vietnam War for the world's attention.&nbsp;

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Crime has been a dark and powerful undercurrent in human society throughout history. Uncover the facts behind some of the most daring robberies, brazen scams and brutal murders ever committed.&nbsp;

The Civil War was America's bloodiest and most divisive conflict, pitting the Union Army against the Confederate States of America. The war resulted in the deaths of more than 620,000 people, with millions more injured and the South left in ruins.

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Sports and recreation are an integral part of human history, from the ancient Olympics to the Kentucky Derby, Jackie Robinson, Negro League Baseball, the Super Bowl and more.

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Art history tells the complex story of human civilization through art and design. It ranges from prehistoric art of the Neolithic period through Renaissance masterpieces, Impressionism, Modernism, the Bauhaus and contemporary art.

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<a href="https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/world-war-ii-history">World War II</a> was the biggest and deadliest war in history, involving more than 30 countries. Sparked by the 1939 Nazi invasion of Poland, the war dragged on for six bloody years until the Allies defeated Nazi Germany and Japan in 1945.

World War II

Inventions from the telephone to the Model T and the computer have defined human history, and inventors like Leonardo da Vinci, Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, Eli Whitney and Alexander Graham Bell have transformed our society.

This Day In History: July 30

President Johnson signs Medicare into law

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The Troggs take their signature hit, “Wild Thing,” to #1

USS Indianapolis torpedoed

Watergate affair approaches climax

First legislative assembly in America convenes in Jamestown

Hitler gets news of Italy’s imminent defection

Caitlyn Jenner wins Olympic decathlon

President Eisenhower signs “In God We Trust” into law

“The Blair Witch Project” released in theaters

Fighter jet collides with passenger plane

Man charged in murder of Megan Kanka

Union forces stopped at the Battle of the Crater

Last classic VW Beetle rolls off the line

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