Historical Events In August - 30

1906  Hal Chase became 1st Yank to hit 3 triples in a game on August - 30.  

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

1907  On August - 30 fred MacMurray, Kankakee Ill, actor (Caine Mutiny, My 3 Sons)  

1908  The birth of Fred MacMurray, American actor on August - 30.  

1908  On August - 30 leonor Fini, painter  

1909  On this day in history burgess Shale fossils discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.  

1909  Barry Appleby, cartoonist on this day in history.  

1910  Yank Tom Hughes pitches 9 no-hit innings but loses to Cleve 5-0 in 11 on August - 30.  

1910  On August - 30 donald Bisset, Dutch children book writer/actor (Battle of the Sexes)  

1910  Albert Vandal, French earl/historian (Napoleon), dies at 57 on this day in history.  

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

1912  On this day in history edward M Purcell, US physicist (Nobel 1952)  

1913  On August - 30 uS Navy tests Sperry gyroscopic stabilizer (automatic pilot)  

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 August - 30.  

1913  On August - 30 allan David, actor/director/producer (Cry of the Children)  

1914  On August - 30 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.  

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

1914  On August - 30 julie Bishop, Denver CO, actress (My Hero, Northern Pursuit, Threat)  

1914  On this day in history adrian H Stewart, British lieutenant, dies in battle in Cameroon at 26  

1915  Liesbeth Saijers, Dutch sculptor on this day in history.  

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

1916  On this day in history boston's Dutch Leonard no-hits St Louis Browns, 4-0  

1916  John Thoday, geneticist on August - 30.  

1917  On this day in history denis Healey, English politician  

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

1918  On August - 30 czechoslovakia forms independence republic  

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  On this day in history ernst Toller's "Die Wandlung," premieres in Berlin  

1919  On this day in history kitty Wells, Nashville Tn, country singer (Grand Ole Opry)  

1919  On August - 30 johann Sigurjonsson, Icelandic writer (Dr Rung), dies  

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

1922  On August - 30 tiger Rag, still a familiar ragtime tune, is recorded by the New Orleans Rhythm Kings.  

1922  Babe Ruth is thrown out of a game for 5th time in 1922 on August - 30.  

1922  On August - 30 regina Resnik, NYC, mezzo-soprano (Sieglinde-Bayreuth)  

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1334  Pedro, the Cruel, King of Castilia & Leon was born on August - 30.  

1334  On August - 30 birth of pedro of Castile (d. 1369)  

1377  Shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (d. 1447) was born on this day in history.  

1609  Artus I Quellinus "the Old", Flemish sculptor, baptised was born on this day in history.  

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

1693  On August - 30 birth of jacobus Nozeman, Dutch composer/organist  

1705  David Hartley, English philosopher (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.  

1720  Samuel Whitbread, English brewer (d. 1796) was born on August - 30.  

0524  Chlodomer, King of the France to Orleans, dies at about 29 on this day in history.  

0526  On this day in history death of theodorik the Great, King of Ostrogoten (b. 454)  

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

1428  Death of Emperor Shōkō (b. 1401) on August - 30.  

1482  Louis van Bourbon, prince-Bishop of Luik (Cluppelslagers), dies on August - 30.  

1483  On this day in history louis XI, King of France (1461-83), dies at 60  

1529  Juan del Encina, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1580  On August - 30 emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherlands, dies