Historical Events In August - 30

1906  On August - 30 hal Chase became 1st Yank to hit 3 triples in a game   

1906  Countess of Longford, biographer/historian on August - 30.   

1907  Fred MacMurray, Kankakee Ill, actor (Caine Mutiny, My 3 Sons) on this day in history.   

1908  The birth of Fred MacMurray, American actor on this day in history.   

1908  Leonor Fini, painter on August - 30.   

1909  On August - 30 burgess Shale fossils discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.   

1909  On this day in history barry Appleby, cartoonist   

1910  Yank Tom Hughes pitches 9 no-hit innings but loses to Cleve 5-0 in 11 on this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history donald Bisset, Dutch children book writer/actor (Battle of the Sexes)   

1910  Albert Vandal, French earl/historian (Napoleon), dies at 57 on August - 30.   

1912  St Louis Brown Earl Hamilton no-hits Detroit Tigers, 5-1 on August - 30.   

1912  Edward M Purcell, US physicist (Nobel 1952) on August - 30.   

1913  US Navy tests Sperry gyroscopic stabilizer (automatic pilot) on August - 30.   

1913  Phillies lead Giants 8-6 in top of 9th, fans in bleachers try to distract Giants, Umpire forefeits game to Giants, later overruled on this day in history.   

1913  Allan David, actor/director/producer (Cry of the Children) on August - 30.   

1914  Battle of Tannenberg, one of history's great military disasters, ends after the Russian Second Army under Samsonov is enveloped and crushed by the Germans, losing 30,000 men; Samsonov committed suicide on August - 30.   

1914  On this day in history 1st German plane bombs above Paris, 2 killed   

1914  Julie Bishop, Denver CO, actress (My Hero, Northern Pursuit, Threat) on this day in history.   

1914  Adrian H Stewart, British lieutenant, dies in battle in Cameroon at 26 on this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history liesbeth Saijers, Dutch sculptor   

1916  On August - 30 paul Von Hindenburg becomes chief-of-General-Staff in Germany   

1916  On August - 30 boston's Dutch Leonard no-hits St Louis Browns, 4-0   

1916  John Thoday, geneticist on August - 30.   

1917  On August - 30 denis Healey, English politician   

1917  Uritsky, leader of Petrogradse Czech, dies on this day in history.   

1918  Czechoslovakia forms independence republic on this day in history.   

1918  On August - 30 ted Williams, American baseball player, last player in MLB to bat over .400 in a single season (Red Sox, AL MVP '46, '49; Trip Crown '42, '47)   

1919  Ernst Toller's "Die Wandlung," premieres in Berlin on this day in history.   

1919  Kitty Wells, Nashville Tn, country singer (Grand Ole Opry) on this day in history.   

1919  Johann Sigurjonsson, Icelandic writer (Dr Rung), dies on August - 30.   

1920  Ben Cami, Flemish writer/poet (Rose from Mud) on August - 30.   

1922  On this day in history tiger Rag, still a familiar ragtime tune, is recorded by the New Orleans Rhythm Kings.   

1922  On August - 30 babe Ruth is thrown out of a game for 5th time in 1922   

1922  Regina Resnik, NYC, mezzo-soprano (Sieglinde-Bayreuth) on August - 30.   

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1334  On this day in history birth of pedro, the Cruel, King of Castilia & Leon   

1334  Pedro of Castile (d. 1369) was born on this day in history.   

1377  On this day in history birth of shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (d. 1447)   

1609  On August - 30 birth of artus I Quellinus "the Old", Flemish sculptor, baptised   

1687  Francesco Maria Vallara, composer was born on this day in history.   

1693  Jacobus Nozeman, Dutch composer/organist was born on August - 30.   

1705  On this day in history birth of david Hartley, English philosopher (d. 1757)   

1720  Samuel Whitbread, English brewer (d. 1796) was born on this day in history.   

0524  Chlodomer, King of the France to Orleans, dies at about 29 on August - 30.   

0526  Death of Theodorik the Great, King of Ostrogoten (b. 454) on August - 30.   

1181  Alexander III, [Orlando Bandinelli], Italian Pope (1159-81), dies on this day in history.   

1428  On this day in history death of emperor Shōkō (b. 1401)   

1482  On this day in history louis van Bourbon, prince-Bishop of Luik (Cluppelslagers), dies   

1483  Louis XI, King of France (1461-83), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1529  Juan del Encina, composer, dies at 61 on August - 30.   

1580  Emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherlands, dies on this day in history.