Page 4: 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  Fred MacMurray, Kankakee Ill, actor (Caine Mutiny, My 3 Sons) on this day in history.   

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

1908  Leonor Fini, painter on August - 30.   

1909  Burgess Shale fossils discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott on August - 30.   

1909  Barry Appleby, cartoonist on this day in history.   

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  Albert Vandal, French earl/historian (Napoleon), dies at 57 on August - 30.   

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

1912  On August - 30 edward M Purcell, US physicist (Nobel 1952)   

1913  US Navy tests Sperry gyroscopic stabilizer (automatic pilot) on August - 30.   

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 this day in history.   

1913  Allan David, actor/director/producer (Cry of the Children) on August - 30.   

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  On August - 30 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  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 this day in history.   

1917  Denis Healey, English politician on this day in history.   

1917  On this day in history uritsky, leader of Petrogradse Czech, dies   

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 August - 30 ernst Toller's "Die Wandlung," premieres in Berlin   

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

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

1922  Babe Ruth is thrown out of a game for 5th time in 1922 on this day in history.   

1922  Regina Resnik, NYC, mezzo-soprano (Sieglinde-Bayreuth) on August - 30.   

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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 this day in history.   

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

1609  On this day in history birth of artus I Quellinus "the Old", Flemish sculptor, baptised   

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

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

1705  On this day in history birth of david Hartley, English philosopher (d. 1757)   

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

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  Death of Emperor Shōkō (b. 1401) on this day in history.   

1482  On August - 30 louis van Bourbon, prince-Bishop of Luik (Cluppelslagers), dies   

1483  Louis XI, King of France (1461-83), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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

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