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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 - USS Indianapolis — 17 / 36

U.S. Navy

1945: USS Indianapolis is torpedoed by a Japanese submarine and sinks in minutes. Of 1,196 crewmen aboard, approximately 300 went down with the ship. The remaining 900 men faced exposure, dehydration and shark attacks as they waited four days for rescue. Only 317 survived.

OTD July 30 - Baghdad

OTD July 30 - House of Burgesses

OTD July 30 - Naples earthquake

OTD July 30 - Baltimore flag

OTD July 30 - Emily Bronte

OTD July 30 - Henry Ford

OTD July 30 - SS Brother Jonathan

OTD July 30 - first auto ad

OTD July 30 - Black Tom Island

OTD July 30 - 1930 World Cup

OTD July 30 - Flowers and Trees

OTD July 30 - 1932 Olympics

OTD July 30 - Bud Selig

OTD July 30 - Penguin Books

OTD July 30 - Buddy Guy

OTD July 30 - Paul Anka

OTD July 30 - USS Indianapolis

OTD July 30 - Arnold Schwarzenegger

OTD July 30 - Elvis

OTD July 30 - In God We Trust

OTD July 30 - Laurence Fishburne

OTD July 30 - Lisa Kudrow

OTD July 30 - Medicare

OTD July 30 - Beatles Yesterday and Today

OTD July 30 - Christopher Nolan

OTD July 30 - Apollo 15

OTD July 30 - Richard Nixon

OTD July 30 - Hilary Swank

OTD July 30 - Jimmy Hoffa

OTD July 30 - George Steinbrenner

OTD July 30 - Saturn

OTD July 30 - Tommy Lasorda

OTD July 30 - Pitt and Aniston

OTD July 30 - Lance Armstrong

OTD July 30 - VW Beetle

OTD July 30 - Tops of the Pops

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