Sunday, July 30, 2023

July 30: Medicare becomes law

 Today July 30 in history 

* 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 Truman was enrolled as Medicare’s first beneficiary and received the first Medicare card. 

* 1866: The New Orleans Massacre 

* 1956: President Eisenhower signs "In God We Trust" into law

1945: USS Indianapolis torpedoed | July 30, 1945 | HISTORY

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