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Defend America on Thursday, July 30, 2009 4:23:30 PM
July 30,
1956
President Eisenhower signs “In God We Trust” into law
On
this day in 1956, two years after pushing to have the phrase “under
God” inserted into the pledge of allegiance, President Dwight D.
Eisenhower signs 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.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=799
July 30,
1965
Johnson signs Medicare into law
On
this day in 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signs 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 S. 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.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=VideoArticle&id=59460
July 30,
1974
Watergate affair approaches climax
Under
coercion from the U.S. Supreme Court, President Richard M. Nixon
releases subpoenaed White House recordings--suspected to prove his
guilt in the Watergate cover-up--to special prosecutor Leon Jaworski.
The same day, the House Judiciary Committee voted a third article of
impeachment against the president: contempt of Congress in hindering
the impeachment process. The previous two impeachment articles voted
against Nixon by the committee were obstruction of justice and abuse of
presidential powers.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5221