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Tuesday, July 30, 2013 – Daily News PEANUTS® 3B By Charles Schultz Today in History By The Associated Press DILBERT® GARFIELD® SHOE BLONDIE® BEETLE BAILEY® HAGAR the Horrible® ZITS FRANK & ERNEST® ALLEY OOP By Scott Adams By Jim Davis By Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins By Dean Young and Stan Drake By Mort Walker By Chris Browne BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN By Bob Thaves Today is Tuesday, July 30, the 211th day of 2013. There are 154 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 30, 1863, American automaker Henry Ford was born in Dearborn Township, Mich. On this date: In 1729, Baltimore, Md. was founded. In 1864, during the Civil War, Union forces tried to take Petersburg, Va., by exploding a gunpowder-filled mine under Confederate defense lines; the attack failed. In 1918, poet Joyce Kilmer, a sergeant in the 165th U.S. Infantry Regiment, was killed during the Second Battle of the Marne in World War I. (Kilmer is perhaps best remembered for his poem ''Trees.'') In 1932, the Summer Olympic Games opened in Los Angeles. In 1945, the Portland class heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine during World War II; only 316 out of some 1,200 men survived. In 1953, the Small Business Administration was founded. In 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a measure making ''In God We Trust'' the national motto, replacing ''E Pluribus Unum'' (''Out of many, one''). In 1963, the Soviet Union announced it had granted political asylum to Harold ''Kim'' Philby, the ''third man'' of a British spy ring. In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Medicare bill, which went into effect the following year. In 1975, former Teamsters union president Jimmy Hoffa disappeared in suburban Detroit; although presumed dead, his remains have never been found. In 1980, Israel's Knesset passed a law reaffirming all of Jerusalem as the capital of the Jewish state. In 1990, British Conservative Party lawmaker Ian Gow was killed in a bombing claimed by the Irish Republican Army. Ten years ago: President George W. Bush took personal responsibility for the first time for using discredited intelligence in his State of the Union address, but predicted he would be vindicated for going to war against Iraq. Iraq's U.S.-picked interim government named its first president: Ibrahim al-Jaafari, a Shiite Muslim from a party banned by Saddam Hussein. Five years ago: President George W. Bush quietly signed a housing bill he'd once threatened to veto; it was intended to rescue some cash-strapped homeowners in fear of foreclosure. Amid corruption allegations and his own plummeting popularity, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced he would resign. One year ago: Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney, on a visit to Israel, outraged Palestinians by telling Jewish donors that their culture was part of the reason Israel was more economically successful than the Palestinians. Today's Birthdays: Actor Richard Johnson is 86. Actor Edd ''Kookie'' Byrnes is 80. Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig is 79. Blues musician Buddy Guy is 77. Movie director Peter Bogdanovich is 74. Feminist activist Eleanor Smeal is 74. Former U.S. Rep. Patricia Schroeder, D-Colo., is 73. Singer Paul Anka is 72. Jazz musician David Sanborn is 68. Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is 66. Actor William Atherton is 66. Actor Jean Reno is 65. Blues singer-musician Otis Taylor is 65. Actor Frank Stallone is 63. Actor Ken Olin is 59. Actress Delta Burke is 57. Law professor Anita Hill is 57. Singersongwriter Kate Bush is 55. Country singer Neal McCoy is 55. Actor Richard Burgi is 55. Movie director Richard Linklater is 53. Actor Laurence Fishburne is 52. Actress Lisa Kudrow is 50. Bluegrass musician Danny Roberts (The Grascals) is 50. Country musician Dwayne O'Brien is 49. Actress Vivica A. Fox is 49. Actor Terry Crews is 45. Actor Simon Baker is 44. Movie director Christopher Nolan (''The Dark Night'') is 43. Actor Tom Green is 42. Rock musician Brad Hargreaves (Third Eye Blind) is 42. Thought for Today: ''You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.'' — Henry Ford, American auto manufacturer (1863-1947). RUBES® By Leigh Rubin