Ranger 7, an unmanned U.S. lunar probe, took the first close-up
images of the moon—4,308 in total—before it hit the lunar surface northwest of the Sea of Clouds. The images were 1,000 times as
clear as anything ever seen through earth-bound telescopes.
In July 1969, two Americans walked on the moon in the first
Apollo Program lunar landing mission.
Wesley Snipes is a actor and martial artist. In a film career
spanning more than thirty years, Snipes has appeared in a
variety of genres, such as numerous thrillers, dramatic
feature films, and comedies, though he is best known for
his action films.
On the morning of July 31, 1975, James Riddle Hoffa, one of
the most influential American labor leaders of the 20th century,
was officially reported missing after he failed to return home
the previous night.
Though he is popularly believed to have been the victim of a
Mafia hit, conclusive evidence was never found and Hoffa’s fate
remains a mystery.
Several conspiracy theories have been floated about Hoffa’s disappearance and the location of his remains, but the truth
remains unknown.
President Lyndon Johnson (left) signed the Social Security Amendments with former President Harry Truman and his
wife Bess present.
On July 30, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare,
a health insurance program for elderly Americans, into law.
At the bill-signing ceremony, which took place at the Truman
Library in Independence, Missouri, former President Harry
Truman was enrolled as Medicare’s first beneficiary and
received the first Medicare card.
Johnson wanted to recognize Truman, who, in 1945, had
become the first president to propose national health
insurance, an initiative that was opposed at the time by
Congress.
On July 30, 2003, the last of 21,529,464 Volkswagen Beetles
built since World War II rolled off the production line at
Volkswagen’s plant in Puebla, Mexico.
One of a 3,000-unit final edition, the baby-blue vehicle was
sent to a museum in Wolfsburg, Germany, where Volkswagen
is headquartered.
