Page 4: Historical Events In August - 30

1906  On this day in history hal Chase became 1st Yank to hit 3 triples in a game   

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

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

1908  The birth of Fred MacMurray, American actor on this day in history.   

1908  On this day in history leonor Fini, painter   

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

1909  On this day in history barry Appleby, cartoonist   

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

1910  On this day in history donald Bisset, Dutch children book writer/actor (Battle of the Sexes)   

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

1912  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1913  Allan David, actor/director/producer (Cry of the Children) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1915  On August - 30 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 August - 30.   

1916  On August - 30 john Thoday, geneticist   

1917  On this day in history denis Healey, English politician   

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

1918  On this day in history czechoslovakia forms independence republic   

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

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

1919  Johann Sigurjonsson, Icelandic writer (Dr Rung), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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1334  On August - 30 birth of pedro, the Cruel, King of Castilia & Leon   

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

1687  On August - 30 birth of francesco Maria Vallara, composer   

1693  Jacobus Nozeman, Dutch composer/organist was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1181  On August - 30 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  Louis XI, King of France (1461-83), dies at 60 on August - 30.   

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

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