National News Today in History Today is Friday, July 30, the 211th day of 2021. There are 154 days left in the year. by Associated Press Jul. 29 2021 @ 8:24pm Today is Friday, July 30, the 211th day of 2021. There are 154 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On July 30, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed a measure creating Medicare, which began operating the following year. On this date: In 1619, the first representative assembly in America convened in Jamestown in the Virginia Colony. 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.