Page 4: Historical Events In August - 30

1906  Hal Chase became 1st Yank to hit 3 triples in a game on this day in history.   

1906  On this day in history countess of Longford, biographer/historian   

1907  Fred MacMurray, Kankakee Ill, actor (Caine Mutiny, My 3 Sons) on August - 30.   

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 August - 30 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  Donald Bisset, Dutch children book writer/actor (Battle of the Sexes) on August - 30.   

1910  On August - 30 albert Vandal, French earl/historian (Napoleon), dies at 57   

1912  On August - 30 st Louis Brown Earl Hamilton no-hits Detroit Tigers, 5-1   

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

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 this day in history allan David, actor/director/producer (Cry of the Children)   

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

1914  On this day in history 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  Paul Von Hindenburg becomes chief-of-General-Staff in Germany on August - 30.   

1916  Boston's Dutch Leonard no-hits St Louis Browns, 4-0 on August - 30.   

1916  On this day in history john Thoday, geneticist   

1917  On August - 30 denis Healey, English politician   

1917  Uritsky, leader of Petrogradse Czech, dies on August - 30.   

1918  Czechoslovakia forms independence republic on August - 30.   

1918  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) on August - 30.   

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

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  On August - 30 ben Cami, Flemish writer/poet (Rose from Mud)   

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

1922  On this day in history babe Ruth is thrown out of a game for 5th time in 1922   

1922  Regina Resnik, NYC, mezzo-soprano (Sieglinde-Bayreuth) on this day in history.   

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1334  Pedro, the Cruel, King of Castilia & Leon was born on this day in history.   

1334  Pedro of Castile (d. 1369) was born on August - 30.   

1377  On August - 30 birth of shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (d. 1447)   

1609  Artus I Quellinus "the Old", Flemish sculptor, baptised was born on August - 30.   

1687  Francesco Maria Vallara, composer was born on August - 30.   

1693  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

0524  On August - 30 chlodomer, King of the France to Orleans, dies at about 29   

0526  Death of Theodorik the Great, King of Ostrogoten (b. 454) on this day in history.   

1181  On this day in history alexander III, [Orlando Bandinelli], Italian Pope (1159-81), dies   

1428  On August - 30 death of emperor Shōkō (b. 1401)   

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

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

1529  On August - 30 juan del Encina, composer, dies at 61   

1580  On this day in history emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherlands, dies