On this day: July 30

POSTED: 11:29 PM PDT Jul 28, 2012    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PDT Jul 29, 2012 

A breakfast classic is invented, the host nation captures the very first World Cup, Hoffa goes missing and one of Hollywood's major power couples splits up, all on this day.

OTD July 30 - Baltimore flag
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1729: The town of Baltimore, Md., is founded and is named after Lord Baltimore, who was the first Proprietary Governor of the Province of Maryland. Baltimore would grow swiftly in the 18th century as a granary for sugar-producing colonies in the Caribbean.

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