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1334 Pedro De Wrede, King of Castilio & Leon 1693 Jacobus Nozeman, composer/organist 1748 Jacques-Louis David, France, Neoclassical painter (Death of Marat) 1769 Bonifacio Asioli, composer/music writer 1772 Henri D Count the Larochejacquelin, French royalist leader 1797 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, London England, author (Frankenstein) 1811 Th‚ophile Gautier, French poet/writer/historian/critic 1837 Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur, 1st lady (1881-85) 1844 Friedrich Ratzel, German social-geographer (Lebensraum) 1849 Joseph Mallaby Dent, publisher 1852 Jacobus Henricus van't Hoff, Neth, physical chemist (Nobel 1901) 1866 Georges Minne, Flemish sculptor 1871 Ernest Lord Rutherford, Engld, physicist (atomic nucleus; Nobel 1908) 1878 Paul Hazard, French literature historian 1882 Me˜er de Dog, rabbi 1883 Theo Van Doesburg [Christian EM Kupper], painter/architect (Style) 1884 Theodor Svedberg, Sweden, chemist, worked with colloids (Nobel 1926) 1890 S ndor Rem‚nyik, [V‚gv ri], Hungary, poet (Campfire) 1893 Huey P Long, Winn Parish La, (gov/sen-D-La) 1896 Raymond Massey, Toronto Canada, actor (Dr Gillespie-Dr Kildare) 19-- Anthony Call, actor (Herb Callison-One Life to Live) 19-- Ben Jones, NC, actor (Cooter-Dukes of Hazzard) 19-- Deedy Peters, Hartford City Indiana, actress (House Calls) 19-- Dorian Lopinto, actress (One Life to Live) 19-- James Vallely, New Brunswick NJ, acotr (Charles-Double Trouble) 19-- William G Schilling, Phila Pa, actor (Dr Samuels-Head of the Class) 1900 Franklin C Fry, US minister (Lutheran World Relief) 1901 John C Stennis, (Sen-D-MS, 1947-88) 1901 John Gunther, Chicago Ill, author/host (John Gunther's High Road) 1901 Roy Wilkins, civil rights director (NAACP) 1906 Gravin van Longford, biographer/historian 1907 Fred MacMurray, Kankakee Ill, actor (Caine Mutiny, My 3 Sons) 1908 Willie Bryant, New Orleans La, singer (Sugar Hill Times) 1909 Joan Blondell, NYC, actress (Real McCoys, Here Come the Brides) 1910 Donald Bisset, actor/children book writer 1912 Edward M Purcell, US physicist (Nobel 1952) 1913 Allan David, actor/director/producer 1913 Thomas Torrance, theologist 1915 Liesbeth Sa˜ers, sculptor 1916 John Thoday, geneticist 1916 Kornelis MR Van de Brook, reformed vicar in Arnhem 1916 Lord Keith of Castleacre, English banker 1917 Denis Healey, English politician 1917 Julie Bishop, Denver Colo, actress (Northern Pursuit, Threat) 1918 Ted Williams, Baseball's last .400 hitter (Boston Red Sox) 1919 Kitty Wells, Nashville Tn, country singer (Grand Ole Opry) 1920 Ben Cami, Flemish writer 1922 Regina Resnik, NYC, mezzo-soprano (Sieglinde-Bayreuth) 1923 Elias Victor Seixas, US, mixed double tennis player (Wimbeld 1953-56) 1923 Gerhard Wimberger, Austria composer (Of the Handschuh) 1925 Julien Schoenaerts, Flemish actor (Daens/Medea) 1927 Geoffrey Beene, Louisiana, dress designer (8 Coty Awards) 1928 Bill Daily, Des Moines Iowa, actor (I Dream of Jeannie, Newhart) 1928 Johnny Mann, Balt Md, music director (Johnny Mann Stand Up & Cheer) 1930 Warren Buffett, author (The Midas Touch) 1931 John L Swigert Jr, Denver Colorado, astronaut (Apollo 13) 1934 Eric Schneider, actor 1935 John Phillips, singer/guitarist (Mama & Papas-California Dreaming) 1938 Steve Delaney, Dobbs Ferry NY, newscaster (Monitor) 1939 Elizabeth Ashley, Ocala Florida, actress (Coma, Evening Shade) 1941 John McNally, rocker (Searchers) 1941 Sue MacGregor, BBC-radio hostess 1942 Jonathan Aitken, English parliament member 1943 Jean Claude Killy, France, skier (Olympic-3 golds-1968) 1943 Robert Crumb, US, cartoonist (Father Time, Fritz Cat) 1944 Frederick De Young, comedian 1944 John Surman, jazz musician 1947 Peggy Lipton, Lawrence NY, actress (Julie-Mod Squad, Twin Peaks) 1950 John Landis, actor (American Werewolf in London) 1951 Dana, singer 1951 Timothy Bottoms, actor (Paper Chase, East of Eden) 1952 Greg Duncan, Software Engineer. 1953 Robert Parish, NBA center (Boston Celtics) 1954 Gerard Hadders, Dutch postage stamp designer (1991 children stamp) 1955 Martin Jackson, rocker (Swing Out Sister-Swing Out) 1956 Jayne Irving, English TV hostess 1964 Joan Bennett, Chicago Ill, playmate (January, 1985) 1964 Michael Chiklis, actor (Commish) 1964 Stephen Baker, NFL receiver (NY Giants) 1974 Matt Bongiovi, heavy metal rocker (cousin of Jon Bon Jovi) Back to GREGSITE Passings for August 3030 -BC- Cleopatra, 7th & most famous queen of Egypt, commits suicide 1181 Alexander III, [Orlando Bandinelli], Italian Pope (1159-81), dies 1482 Louis van Bourbon, prince-Bishop of Luik (Cluppelslagers), dies 1483 Louis XI, king of France (1461-83), dies at 60 1580 Emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherlands, dies 1666 Benedictus Carpzovius, [Benedikt Carpzov], German lawyer, dies 1809 Ignacy Potocki, Polish Foreign Minister (constitution), dies 1844 Francis Baily, English astronomer/mathematician (Baily's beads, dies 1879 John B Hood, confederate general (lost Atlanta), dies at 48 1903 Vincente F Lopez, historian (Historia the Chile), dies at 87 1917 Uritsky, leader of Petrogradse Czech, dies 1919 Johann Sigurjonsson, Icelandic writer (Dr Rung), dies 1928 Wilhelm Vienna, German physicist (laws of motion, Nobel 1911), dies 1930 William H Taft, 27th US President (1909-13), dies 1934 Earnest L Wolzogen, German writer (That tolle Komtess), dies at 79 1935 Henri Barbusse, French writer (Le feu), dies 1943 A[braham] [P] Merritt, author (Moon Pool, Creep Shadow!), dies at 58 1944 Morten Nielsen, Danish resistance fighter, dies 1952 Arky Vaughn, infielder (Pirates & Dodgers), drowns 1961 Charles Coburn, Acad award winning actor, dies at 84 1963 Axel Stordahl, orch leader (Frank Sinatra Show), dies at 50 1968 William Talman, actor (Hamilton-Perry Mason), dies at 53 1970 Del Moore, actor/announcer (Cal-Bachelor Father), dies at 53 1974 Abraham Schierbeek, biologist (Leeuwenhoek), dies at 87 1981 Mohammad Ali Rajai, president of Iran, assassinated by a bomb 1981 Mohammad Javad Bahonar, prime minister of Iran, assassinated by a bomb 1982 Leo[nhard] Pappenheim, conductor, dies at 86 1984 Wesley Lau, actor (Lt Anderson-Perry Mason), dies at 43 1991 Hans Koetsier, sculptor artist (KLM-Schiphol), dies 1991 Jean Tinguely, Swiss sculptor artist (moving objects), dies Back to GREGSITE Holidays for August 30[Afghanistan] Children's Day [Gibraltar] Bank Holiday [Peru] Patrones of America & India, official feast day [Turkey] Victory Day (1922) [Turks & Caicos Islands] Constitution Day (1976) [Hong Kong] Liberation Day (1945) Back to GREGSITE Interest events for August 30670 [RC] Comm of St Fiacre, Irish hermit, patron of gardeners 1617 [Old RC] Feast of St Rose of Lima (1568-1617), patron of Latin America Back to GREGSITE Special events for August 30 31 -BC- Origin of Era of Augustus 257 St Sixtus II begins his reign as Catholic Pope 1464 Pietro Barbo elected to succeed Pope Pius II (Paul II) 1563 Jewish community of Neutitschlin Moravia expelled 1645 Dutch & Indians sign peace treaty 1776 US army evacuates Long Island/falls back to Manhattan, NYC 1843 1st blacks participation in natl political convention (Liberty Party) 1850 Honolulu, Hawaii becomes a city 1860 1st British tram opens (Birkenhead) 1861 John Fremont issues proclamation freeing slaves of Missouri rebels 1862 2nd Battle of Bull Run 1862 Battle of 2nd Manassas-Pope defeated by Lee-Battle of Richmond, KY 1862 Battle of Altamont-Confederates beat Union forces in Tennessee 1862 Battle of Richmond, KY 1880 J Coggia discovers asteroid #217 Eudora 1885 13,000 meteors seen in 1 hour near Andromeda 1888 Lord Walsingham kills 1070 grouse in a single day 1891 J Palisa discovers asteroid #313 Chaldaea 1901 Hubert Cecil Booth patents vacuum cleaner 1905 Detroit Tiger Ty Cobb's 1st major league at bat (vs NY Yankees) 1906 Hal Chase became 1st Yank to hit 3 triples in a game 1908 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #675 Ludmilla 1910 Yank Tom Hughes pitches 9 no-hit innings but loses to Cleve 5-0 in 11 1912 St Louis Brown Earl Hamilton no-hits Detroit Tigers, 5-1 1916 Boston's Dutch Leonard no-hits St Louis Browns, 4-0 1916 Paul Von Hindenburg becomes chief-of-General-Staff in Germany 1918 Czechoslovakia forms independence republic 1918 Fanya Kaplan shoots at Lenin 1918 M Wolf discovers asteroid #901 Brunsia 1925 6th Iron pilgrim at Diksmuide Belgium 1927 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1080 Orchis 1928 Jawaharlal Nehru requests independence of India 1930 M Wolf & M Ferrero discovers asteroids #1169 Alwine & #2119 Schwall 1932 Hermann G”ring elected chairman (Reichstag) 1932 M Laugier discovers asteroid #1247 Memoria 1933 Portuguese dictator Salazar forms secret police (PIDE) 1935 E Delporte discovers asteroid #1361 Leuschneria & #1363 Herberta 1935 E Hubble discovers asteroid #1373 Cincinnati 1937 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1653 Yakhontovia 1937 Heavyweight Joe Louis KOs Tommy Farr in NYC 1939 NY Yankee Atley Donald pitches a baseball a record 94.7 mph (152 kph) 1939 Poland mobilizes 1941 Siege of Leningrad by Nazi troops began during WW II 1941 St Louis Card Lon Warneke no-hits Cin Reds, 2-0 1942 Nazi-Germany annexes Luxembourg 1944 Soviet troops enter Bucharest Romania 1945 Gen MacArthur lands in Japan 1945 Hong Kong liberated from Japan 1949 WTVN (now WSYX) TV channel 6 in Columbus, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Future NYC mayor David Dinkins marries Joyce Burrows in NYC 1956 White mob prevents enrollment of blacks at Mansfield HS, Texas 1957 US senator Strom Thurmond speaks 24hrs 27m against civil rights 1961 1st Negro judge of a US District Court confirmed-JB Parsons 1961 Last Spanish troops leave Morocco 1961 Oriole Jack Fisher walks 12 LA Angels in a 9 inning game 1963 Hot Line communications link between Wash DC & Moscow begins 1965 Casey Stengel announces his retirement after 55 years in baseball 1967 US Senate confirm Thurgood Marshall as 1st black justice 1968 1st record under Apple label (Beatle's Hey Jude) 1969 120,000 attend Texas Intl Pop Festival 1969 25,000 attend 2nd Annual Sky River Rock Festival, Tenino Wash 1969 Racial disturbances in Fort Lauderdale Florida 1971 WNPI TV channel 18 in Norwood, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting 1974 Express train runs full speed into Zagreb, Yugo rail yard killing 153 1975 Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroids #2189 Zaragoza & #2893 1975 KTW-AM in Seattle Wash changes call letters to KYAC (now KKFX) 1976 E F Helin discovers asteroid #2645 Daphne Plane 1976 Tom Brokaw becomes news anchor of Today Show 1976 Turks & Caicos Islands adopts constitution 1979 1st recorded occurrance-comet hits sun (energy=1 mil hydrogen bombs) 1979 Hurricane David hits Domincan Rep, Puerto Rico & US; about 2,000 die 1979 L Brozek discovers asteroid #2613 Plzen 1979 Pres Carter attacked by a rabbit on a canoe trip in Plains Ga 1980 Polish government recognizes Solidarity 1981 A Gilmore & P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3087 Beatrice Tinsley 1983 8th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 3-launched (6 days) 1984 12th Space Shuttle Mission (41-D)-Discovery 1-launched (6 days) 1984 R S Dunbar & M Barucci discovers asteroid #3362 Khufu 1986 Soviet authorities arrested Nicholas Daniloff (US News World Report) 1987 Ben Johnson of Canada runs 100 m in world record 9.83 sec 1987 Stefka Kostadinova of Bulgaria sets high jump woman's record (6'10¬") 1987 Yves Pol of France runs complete marathon backwards (3:57:57) 1988 Julianne Philips files for divorce from Bruce Springsteen 1988 Tennis star Chris Everett weds skier Andy Mills 1989 Roman Polanski marries actress Emmanuelle Seigner 1991 Dan O'Brien sets US decathalon record with 8,812 points 1991 France beats US by narrowest Ryder Cup margin - 14« to 13« 1991 Mike Powell of US, sets then long jump record at 29' 4«" (8.95m) 1992 David Lewett & Jane Luu discovers comet: "1992 QB1" 64 mil km from Sun Back to GREGSITE Facts for August 30242nd day of year with 123 days left (Numerology = 2) 1965 50øF lowest temperature for August in NYC 1973 98øF highest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on August 3008/30/40 --- Maybe --- Ink Spots 08/30/45 --- I Wish I Knew --- Haymes, Dick 08/30/47 --- Near You --- Craig, Francis 08/30/47 --- Feudin' And Fightin' --- Shay, Dorothy 08/30/69 --- Jean --- Oliver 08/30/69 --- Hot Fun In The Summertime --- Sly & The Family Stone 08/30/69 --- I Can't Get Next To You --- Temptations 08/30/75 --- I'm Sorry --- Denver, John 08/30/75 --- Dance With Me --- Orleans 08/30/75 --- Ain't No Way To Treat A Lady --- Reddy, Helen 08/30/75 --- They Just Can't Stop It The (Games Peopl --- Spinners 08/30/75 --- Rocky --- Roberts, Austin 08/30/80 --- Xanadu --- Newton-John, Olivia 08/30/80 --- He's So Shy --- Pointer Sisters 08/30/80 --- Never Knew Love Like This Before --- Mills, Stephanie 08/30/80 --- Another One Bites The Dust --- Queen 08/30/86 --- All Cried Out --- Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam |
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