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| Birthday August 30, 1748 Jacques-Louis David, French Neoclassical painter |
| Birthday August 30, 1797 Mary Shelley, author (Frankenstein) |
| Birthday August 30, 1837 Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur, wife of president Chester A. Arthur |
| Birthday August 30, 1871 Ernest Rutherford, in Engl, phycist |
| Birthday August 30, 1884 Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist, worked with colloids (Nobel '26) |
| Birthday August 30, 1893 Huey P. Long, (gov-sen-La) |
| Birthday August 30, 1896 Raymond Massey, Actor |
| Birthday August 30, 1901 John Gunther, writer |
| Birthday August 30, 1901 Roy Wilkins, director of NAACP |
| Birthday August 30, 1907 Shirley Booth, NY - Hazel |
| Birthday August 30, 1908 Fred MacMurray, Actor (Caine Mutiny, My Three Sons) |
| Birthday August 30, 1909 Joan Blondell, in NY |
| Birthday August 30, 1918 Ted Williams, Boston Red Sox |
| Birthday August 30, 1922 Regina Resnik, mezzo-soprano |
| Birthday August 30, 1931 John L. Swigert Jr., US astronaut (Apollo 13) |
| Birthday August 30, 1941 Elizabeth Ashley, in Florida |
| Birthday August 30, 1943 R. Crumb, cartoonist |
| Birthday August 30, 1943 Jean-Claude Killy, skier |
| Birthday August 30, 1947 Peggy Lipton, NYC (Mod Squad) |
| Birthday August 30, 1951 Timothy Bottoms, Actor |
| History August 30, 0000 Cleopatra commits suicide |
| History August 30, 1645 treaty of peace between Dutch & Indians |
| History August 30, 1776 Washington refuses Howe's letter |
| History August 30, 1850 Honolulu Hawaii becomes a city |
| History August 30, 1862 Rebels rout Yankees at the Battle of Richmond, Kentucky |
| History August 30, 1880 Apache Chief Diablo is killed |
| History August 30, 1904 Henry James returns to the U.S. |
| History August 30, 1906 Hal Chase became 1st Yank to hit 3 triples in a game |
| History August 30, 1910 Yank Tom Hughes pitches 9 no hit innings but loses 5-0 in the 11th |
| History August 30, 1918 The Belfort Ruse |
| History August 30, 1918 Vladimir Lenin shot |
| History August 30, 1945 MacArthur arrives in Japan |
| History August 30, 1961 1st Negro judge of a District Court confirmed - JB Parsons |
| History August 30, 1963 Hotline established between Washington and Moscow |
| History August 30, 1963 The U.S.-Soviet hot line goes into operation |
| History August 30, 1963 The U.S.-Soviet hot line goes into operation |
| History August 30, 1965 Casey Stengel retires |
| History August 30, 1966 China agrees to provide aid to North Vietnam |
| History August 30, 1969 Ho Chi Minh responds to Nixon letter |
| History August 30, 1970 Elections held in South Vietnam |
| History August 30, 1974 Train crashes into station in Yugoslavia |
| History August 30, 1979 1st recorded occurrance-comet hits sun (energy=1 mil hydrogen bombs) |
| History August 30, 1980 Christopher Cross has his first of two #1 hits with Sailing |
| History August 30, 1983 8th Space Shuttle Mission - Challenger 3 is launched |
| History August 30, 1983 First African American in space |
| History August 30, 1984 12th Space Shuttle Mission - Discovery 1 is launched |
| History August 30, 1989 A murdering couple is sentenced to death |
| History August 30, 2003 Movie tough guy Charles Bronson dies |
| History August 30, 2006 California Senate passes Global Warming Solutions Act |