On this day — July 30
Curated American history anniversaries for July 30, each linked to a full SeeStew article with named sources. Empty calendar stubs are not published.
Black Tom Explosion (1916)
The Night German Spies Blew Up New York Harbor
In 1916, German saboteurs detonated a massive munitions depot in Jersey City — the blast shattered windows in Manhattan and damaged the Statue of Liberty.
USS Indianapolis sunk (1945)
USS Indianapolis: The Navy's Worst Disaster and the Captain They Blamed for It
After delivering the Hiroshima bomb's uranium core, the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed. 900 men went into the water. Only 316 survived — and the Navy court-martialed the captain.