On July 30, 1956, two years after pushing to have the phrase
“under God” inserted into the pledge of allegiance, President
Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a law officially declaring “In
God We Trust” to be the nation’s official motto.

The law, P.L. 84-140, also mandated that the phrase be printed
on all American paper currency. The phrase had been placed
on U.S. coins since the Civil War when, according to the
historical association of the United States Treasury, religious
sentiment reached a peak. Eisenhower’s treasury secretary, 
George Humphrey, had suggested adding the phrase to
paper currency as well.

Two years before making ‘In God We Trust’ the national
motto, President Eisenhower (center) introduced a stamp
carrying the slogan (below).

"Traveling Wilburys" Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison and George Harrison. (1988)Source: Pinterest

National Lampoon’s Vacation, sometimes referred to as
simply Vacation, is a 1983 road trip comedy film directed
by Harold Ramis starring Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo,
Imogene Coca, Randy Quaid, John Candy, and Christie
Brinkley in her acting debut with special appearances by
Eddie Bracken, Brian Doyle-Murray, Miriam Flynn, James
Keach, Eugene Levy and Frank McRae.

Cornelius Crane "Chevy" Chase will be 80
on October 8th.

The U.S. Congress passed legislation establishing the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),
a civilian agency responsible for coordinating America’s
activities in space, on July 29, 1958. NASA has since
sponsored space expeditions, both human and mechanical,
that have yielded vital information about the solar system
and universe. It has also launched numerous earth-orbiting
satellites that have been instrumental in everything from
weather forecasting to navigation to global communications.

NASA was created in response to the Soviet Union’s October
4, 1957 launch of its first satellite, Sputnik I.

    
    
    
    
    
A follow-up release from their debut album, The Doors became
groups first bona fide smash. “Light My Fire,” which earned the
top spot in the Billboard Hot 100 on July 29, 1967, transformed
The Doors from cult favorites of the rock cognoscenti into
international pop stars and avatars of the ’60s counterculture.