Historical Events In August - 30
Thursday, 26 May 2022
1923 On this day in history elias Victor Seixas, US, mixed double tennis player (Wimbeld 1953-56)
1925 6th Iron pilgrim at Diksmuide Belgium on August - 30.
1925 On August - 30 julien Schoenaerts, Flemish actor (Daens/Medea)
1926 On August - 30 jack Hobbs scores 316* at Lord's (Surrey v Middlesex)
1926 Olgerts Gravitis, composer on August - 30.
1927 41st US Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Betty Nuthall (61 64) on this day in history.
1927 On August - 30 geoffrey Beene, Louisiana, dress designer (8 Coty Awards)
1928 Jawaharlal Nehru requests independence of India on this day in history.
1928 On this day in history bill Daily, Des Moines Iowa, actor (I Dream of Jeannie, Newhart)
1928 On August - 30 wilhelm Wien, Ger physicist (laws of motion, Nobel 1911), dies at 64
1930 On this day in history noel Harford, cricketer (brother of Roy NZ Test batsman in 1950's)
1930 On this day in history william H Taft, 27th US President (1909-13), dies
1931 On this day in history carrie Saxon Perry, 1st black mayor of a major US city (Hartford CT)
1932 On August - 30 hermann Goering elected chairman (Reichstag)
1932 Willem M van Rossum, cardinal/prefect of Propaganda Fide, dies at 77 on this day in history.
1933 On this day in history air France forms
1933 On this day in history arne Mellnas, composer
1934 B P "Baloo" Gupte, cricketer (brother of Fergie, Indian leggie) on August - 30.
1934 Earnest L Wolzogen, German writer (That tolle Komtess), dies at 79 on this day in history.
1935 On this day in history john Phillips, singer/guitarist (Mama & Papas-California Dreaming)
1935 Henri Barbusse, French writer (Le feu), dies at 62 on August - 30.
1936 On this day in history fabrizia Ramondino, writer
1937 Joe Louis beats Tommy Farr in 15 for heavyweight boxing title on August - 30.
1939 NY Yankee Atley Donald pitches a baseball a record 94.7 mph (152 kph) on this day in history.
1939 6th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: NY Giants 9, All-Stars 0 (81,456) on this day in history.
1941 Nazi forces take the city of Mga as the siege of Leningrad begins during WWII on this day in history.
1941 Siege of Leningrad by Nazi troops began during WW II on this day in history.
1942 Battle of Alam Halfa - 9th Australian Division again in action at El Alamein on August - 30.
1942 On this day in history nazi-Germany annexes Luxembourg
1943 On this day in history a[braham] [P] Merritt, author (Moon Pool, Creep Shadow!), dies at 58
1944 Soviet troops enter Bucharest Romania on August - 30.
1944 11th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 24, All-Stars 21 (48,769) on August - 30.
1944 Morten Nielsen, Danish resistance fighter, dies on August - 30.
1945 On this day in history hong Kong is liberated when the British navy under Rear-Admiral Cecil Harcourt sails into Victoria harbour to accept the Japanese surrender.
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