Historical Events In August - 30

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

1906  On August - 30 countess of Longford, biographer/historian  

1907  On this day in history fred MacMurray, Kankakee Ill, actor (Caine Mutiny, My 3 Sons)  

1908  On August - 30 the birth of Fred MacMurray, American actor  

1908  Leonor Fini, painter on August - 30.  

1909  Burgess Shale fossils discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott on this day in history.  

1909  Barry Appleby, cartoonist on August - 30.  

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

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

1910  On this day in history albert Vandal, French earl/historian (Napoleon), dies at 57  

1912  St Louis Brown Earl Hamilton no-hits Detroit Tigers, 5-1 on this day in history.  

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

1913  US Navy tests Sperry gyroscopic stabilizer (automatic pilot) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1914  1st German plane bombs above Paris, 2 killed on August - 30.  

1914  Julie Bishop, Denver CO, actress (My Hero, Northern Pursuit, Threat) on August - 30.  

1914  On August - 30 adrian H Stewart, British lieutenant, dies in battle in Cameroon at 26  

1915  On this day in history liesbeth Saijers, Dutch sculptor  

1916  Paul Von Hindenburg becomes chief-of-General-Staff in Germany on this day in history.  

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

1916  John Thoday, geneticist on this day in history.  

1917  Denis Healey, English politician on August - 30.  

1917  On August - 30 uritsky, leader of Petrogradse Czech, dies  

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  Ernst Toller's "Die Wandlung," premieres in Berlin on August - 30.  

1919  Kitty Wells, Nashville Tn, country singer (Grand Ole Opry) on August - 30.  

1919  On this day in history johann Sigurjonsson, Icelandic writer (Dr Rung), dies  

1920  On this day in history 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  Babe Ruth is thrown out of a game for 5th time in 1922 on August - 30.  

1922  On this day in history regina Resnik, NYC, mezzo-soprano (Sieglinde-Bayreuth)  

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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  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  On August - 30 birth of francesco Maria Vallara, composer  

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

1705  David Hartley, English philosopher (d. 1757) was born on August - 30.  

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

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 August - 30 alexander III, [Orlando Bandinelli], Italian Pope (1159-81), dies  

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  Louis XI, King of France (1461-83), dies at 60 on August - 30.  

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

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