Historical Events In August - 30

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

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

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

1908  On this day in history the birth of Fred MacMurray, American actor   

1908  On August - 30 leonor Fini, painter   

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 August - 30.   

1910  Donald Bisset, Dutch children book writer/actor (Battle of the Sexes) on this day in history.   

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

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

1912  Edward M Purcell, US physicist (Nobel 1952) on this day in history.   

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

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  1st German plane bombs above Paris, 2 killed on August - 30.   

1914  On this day in history julie Bishop, Denver CO, actress (My Hero, Northern Pursuit, Threat)   

1914  Adrian H Stewart, British lieutenant, dies in battle in Cameroon at 26 on August - 30.   

1915  On this day in history liesbeth Saijers, Dutch sculptor   

1916  On this day in history paul Von Hindenburg becomes chief-of-General-Staff in Germany   

1916  Boston's Dutch Leonard no-hits St Louis Browns, 4-0 on this day in history.   

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 August - 30.   

1918  Czechoslovakia forms independence republic on August - 30.   

1918  On this day in history 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  On this day in history ben Cami, Flemish writer/poet (Rose from Mud)   

1922  On August - 30 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  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  Shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (d. 1447) was born on August - 30.   

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

1687  On this day in history birth of francesco Maria Vallara, composer   

1693  On this day in history birth of jacobus Nozeman, Dutch composer/organist   

1705  On August - 30 birth of david Hartley, English philosopher (d. 1757)   

1720  On August - 30 birth of samuel Whitbread, English brewer (d. 1796)   

0524  On this day in history chlodomer, King of the France to Orleans, dies at about 29   

0526  On August - 30 death of theodorik the Great, King of Ostrogoten (b. 454)   

1181  Alexander III, [Orlando Bandinelli], Italian Pope (1159-81), dies on August - 30.   

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

1482  Louis van Bourbon, prince-Bishop of Luik (Cluppelslagers), dies on this day in history.   

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

1529  On this day in history juan del Encina, composer, dies at 61   

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