JULY 30 — 1965 LBJ signs Medicare into law; 1898 Will Kellogg invents Corn Flakes; 1780 Patriots take Ft. Thicketty; 1872 Maholon Loomis patents wireless telegraphy; 2007 HD Britney Spears/Kevin Federline; 1956 In God We Trust becomes nation’s motto; 1978 Expos crush Braves 19-0
JULY 30
1965 – President LBJ signs Medicare into law.
This national social insurance program, says Wiki, currently uses about 30 privater insurance companies throughout the US. It provides medical insurance for Americans 65 or older who have worked and paid into the system. It also provides insurance for younger people with certain disabilities. Harry Truman was the first recipeant of Medicare. In December 2003, President George W. Bush signed into law the Medicare Modernization Act, which added outpatient prescription drug benefits. In 2014, 15.6% of Americans were covered by Medicare. Johnson also signed Medicaid into law, which provides insurance for low-income people.
1898 – Will Kellogg invents Corn Flakes.
Born April 7, 1880 in Battle Creek, Michigan, Kellogg came up with a wide variety of yummy cereal. He was a member the Seventh-day Adventist Church and was a vegetarian. He also had a huge ranch where he would breed Arabian horses. Legend has it he created it with his brother to help cure masturbation.Not sure how,l but I saw it on mentalfloss.com. Then there’s the story of how Will discovered Corn Flakes by accident. He left some boiled wheat and it got stale. Rather than throwing it away, he and his brother put it through the rollers. They wanted to get out a sheet of dough, but instead got flakes. They toasted the flakes and served it and it was an instant success.
1780 – Patriots take Ft. Thicketty,
…aka Ft. Anderson. According to Carolina.com, the fort contained a Loyalist garrison inside commanded by Capt. Patrick Moore. The Patriots, led by Colonel Isaac Shelby, persuaded the Loyalists to surrender, and the Loyalists did so peacefully without any gunfire.
1872 – Mahlon Loomis patents wireless telegraphy. Loomis was an American dentist who claimed to have sent a signal wirelessly 1`4 miles apart but neglected to identify his independent witnesses.
2007 – Happy divorsary Britney Spears and Kevin Federline after two years of marriage.
1956 – In God We Trust becomes America’s motto.
…It first showed up on a US coin in 1864. Separation of church and state indeed! Just be glad you don’t have to say the original American unofficial motto: E pluribus unum. I think that’s like French or something for Please pass the brie and crackers. But seriously, E pluribus unum is Latin for Out of many (comma) one, and it was accepted on the Great Seal of the United States in 1782.
In 1956, President Eisenhower signed it into law as being the nation’s motto. Here’s argument. In God We Trust goes against the US Constitution. Or does it? What do we mean by God exactly? Recall that immigrants came here from Europe escaping religious persecution. Though mostly Judeo-Christian, America was the welcoming hand for these folks who were free to be Protestants,Ccatholics, Christians, Angelica, Easter Orthodox, heck even Jews to a certain extent, then later Hinduism, Muslim, Mormon, etc. etc. etc. call I God, Yahweh, Ra, Jesus, Mohamad, Buddha, or Joe DeCristoforo. I make a great god, by the way. If you want to worship me, I do not discourage that. Worship away and send me beer.
That was argued in the 1970 case Aronow v. the united states, but the US court of appeals fro the ninth circuit stated: “It is quite obvious that the national motto and the slogan on coinage and currency ‘In God We Trust’ has nothing whatsoever to do with the establishment of religion. Its use is of patriotic or ceremonial character and bears no true resemblance to a governmental sponsorship of a religious exercise.”
On a side note, close to my hometown of Sacramento, the phrase Under God in the Pledge of Allegiance was unsuccessfully fought at Elk Grove Unified School District Vs Newdow. Newdow, whatever.
In my opinion, just watching the 1994 reboot of the movie Miracle on 34th Street makes this not a controversy at all. It’s one of the most celebrated Christmas movies ever, and in the end of this one, spoiler alert, a judge decides in a case that since the Dep’t of the Treasury can have legal faith in God without cold evidence, New York City can have faith in Santa Claus. Thankfully, since I receive blessings and tiny miracles every day, it’s easy to me to believe in God. Or Yahweh. Or Santa Claus, but that’s just me and it works pretty well. Thank YOU….
1978 – Expos crush the Braves, 19-0 collecting 28 hits and NL-record tying 8 HRs.
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