Today is Tuesday, July 30, the 212th day of 2024. There are 154 days left in the year. Today in history: On July 30, 1976, Caitlyn Jenner, who was then known as Bruce Jenner, set a world record of 8,618 points and won the gold medal in the Olympic decathlon at the Montreal Summer Games. Also on this date: In 1619, the first representative assembly in Colonial America convened in Jamestown in the Virginia Colony. Related Articles Today in History: July 29, USS Forrestal accident Today in History: July 28, US Army airplane crashes into Empire State Building Today in History: July 27, Korean War hostilities end Today in History: July 26, Americans with Disabilities Act signed into law Today in History: July 25, Tuskegee Syphilis Study exposed In 1864, during the Civil War, Union forces tried to take Petersburg, Virginia, by exploding a gunpowder-laden mine shaft beneath Confederate defense lines; the attack failed. In 1916, German saboteurs blew up a munitions plant on Black Tom, an island near Jersey City, New Jersey, killing about a dozen people. In 1930, Uruguay won the first FIFA World Cup, defeating Argentina 4-2. In 1945, the Portland class heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis, having just delivered components of the atomic bomb to Tinian in the Mariana Islands during World War II, was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine; only 316 out of nearly 1,200 service members survived. In 1956, President Dwight D.