Today is Friday, July 30, 2010.... On this day in....
1619 - The first representative assembly in America convened in Jamestown, VA. (House of Burgesses)
1898 - "Scientific America" carried the first magazine automobile ad. The ad was for the Winton Motor Car Company of Cleveland, OH.
1932 - Walt Disney's "Flowers and Trees" premiered. It was the first Academy Award winning cartoon and first cartoon short to use Technicolor.
1968 - Ron Hansen of the Washington Senators made the first unassisted triple play in the major leagues in 41 years.
1975 - Jimmy Hoffa, former Teamsters union president, disappeared in Michigan. His remains were never found.
1990 - The first Saturn automobile rolled off the assembly line.
1998 - A group of Ohio machine-shop workers (who call themselves the Lucky 13) won the $295.7 million Powerball jackpot. It was the largest-ever American lottery.
2003 - In Mexico, the last 'old style' Volkswagon Beetle rolled off an assembly line
