Archive for July 30th, 2011
JIMMY HOFFA DISAPPEARED ON THIS DAY IN 1975
Former Teamsters union boss Jimmy Hoffa disappeared at, or sometime after,
2:45 pm on July 30, 1975, from the parking lot of the Machus Red Fox Restaurant
in Bloomfield Township, a suburb of Detroit. He reportedly was to meet there with
two Mafia leaders. Hoffa’s wife contacted police to report him missing when he
failed to return home that evening. When police arrived at the restaurant, they
discovered Hoffa’s car, but there was no sign of Hoffa himself.
An extensive investigation into his disappearance by several law enforcement
agency’s, including the FBI, began immediately, and continued over the next
several years. The investigations failed to learn anything of Hoffa’s fate and
he was declared legally dead in 1982, the seventh anniversary of his
disappearance.
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REMEMBERING ~ HENRY FORD
(July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947)
Henry Ford was a prominent American industrialist, the founder of the Ford
Motor Company, and is credited with the development of the assembly line
technique of mass production. His introduction of the Model T automobile
(below) revolutionized transportation and American industry. As owner of
the Ford Motor Company, he became one of the richest and best-known
people in the world.
Henry Ford beside his Model T automobile
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HILARY SWANK IS 37 TODAY
Hilary Ann Swank rose to fame in the 1990s in a number of TV series appearances
and as one of the female supporting players in the cult film Buffy the Vampire Slayer,
as well as her first leading role in The Next Karate Kid (1994). Hilary is a two-time Academy Award and Golden Globe Award-winner for her leading roles in Boys
Don’t Cry (1999) and in the Clint Eastwood film Million Dollar Baby (2005).
Hilary Swank with co-star Clint Eastwood in Million Dollar Baby
Hilary portraying Amelia Earhart in Amelia (2009)
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MOTTO ADOPTED ON THIS DAY IN 1956
"In God We Trust" was adopted as the official motto of the United States On
July 11, 1954, just one month after the phrase "under God" was incorporated
into the Pledge of Allegiance. The U.S. Congress enacted Public Law 84-140,
which required the motto on all coins and currency. The law was approved by
President Eisenhower on July 30, 1956, and the motto was progressively added
to paper money over a period from 1957 to 1966.
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