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Interesting things that happened August 30th:
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Birthdays on this date:
In 1748 Jacques-Louis David, French Neoclassical painter
In 1797 Mary Shelley, author (Frankenstein)
In 1837 Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur, wife of president Chester A. Arthur
In 1871 Ernest Rutherford (in England), phycist
In 1884 Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist, worked with colloids (Nobel '26)
In 1893 Huey P. Long, Louisiana Governor
In 1896 Raymond Massey, actor
In 1901 John Gunther, writer
+ Roy Wilkins, director of NAACP
In 1907 Shirley Booth (in New York), actor (Hazel)
In 1908 Fred MacMurray, actor (Caine Mutiny, My Three Sons)
In 1909 Joan Blondell (in New York)
In 1918 Ted Williams, baseball great
In 1922 Regina Resnik, mezzo-soprano
In 1931 John L. Swigert, Jr., US astronaut (Apollo 13)
In 1941 Elizabeth Ashley (in Florida)
In 1943 Jean-Claude Killy, skier
+ R. Crumb, cartoonist
In 1947 Peggy Lipton (in New York City), actor (Mod Squad)
In 1951 Timothy Bottoms, actor
Events worth noting:
+ Feast of St. Rose of Lima, virgin, patron of Latin America
+ Zeta Draconid meteor shower, radiant in Draco
In 1645 Treaty of peace between Dutch and Indians.
In 1850 Honolulu, Hawaii becomes a city.
In 1862 Battle of Richmond, KY.
+ Battle of Second Manassas - Pope defeated by Lee.
In 1906 Hal Chase became first Yank to hit 3 triples in a game.
In 1910 Yank Tom Hughes pitches 9 no hit innings but loses 5-0 in the 11th.
In 1961 First Black judge of a District Court confirmed - JB Parsons.
In 1979 First recorded occurrence of a comet hitting the sun (the energy
released was about equal to 1 million hydrogen bombs).
In 1983 Eighth Space Shuttle Mission - Challenger 3 is launched.
In 1984 Twelfth Space Shuttle Mission - Discovery 1 is launched.
In 1985 Israel transfers first shipment of US missiles to Iran as
intermediary in arms-for-hostages deal.
And remember ...
National Inventors Month
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