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

1908  Leonor Fini, painter on August - 30.   

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

1909  Barry Appleby, cartoonist on August - 30.   

1910  On August - 30 yank Tom Hughes pitches 9 no-hit innings but loses to Cleve 5-0 in 11   

1910  On August - 30 donald Bisset, Dutch children book writer/actor (Battle of the Sexes)   

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

1912  On this day in history st Louis Brown Earl Hamilton no-hits Detroit Tigers, 5-1   

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

1913  On this day in history 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  On this day in history allan David, actor/director/producer (Cry of the Children)   

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 August - 30.   

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

1914  On August - 30 julie Bishop, Denver CO, actress (My Hero, Northern Pursuit, Threat)   

1914  Adrian H Stewart, British lieutenant, dies in battle in Cameroon at 26 on this day in history.   

1915  Liesbeth Saijers, Dutch sculptor on August - 30.   

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  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  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 this day in history.   

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  Johann Sigurjonsson, Icelandic writer (Dr Rung), dies on August - 30.   

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  On August - 30 babe Ruth is thrown out of a game for 5th time in 1922   

1922  On August - 30 regina Resnik, NYC, mezzo-soprano (Sieglinde-Bayreuth)   

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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 August - 30.   

1377  Shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (d. 1447) was born on August - 30.   

1609  Artus I Quellinus "the Old", Flemish sculptor, baptised was born on this day in history.   

1687  Francesco Maria Vallara, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

0526  Death of Theodorik the Great, King of Ostrogoten (b. 454) on August - 30.   

1181  On August - 30 alexander III, [Orlando Bandinelli], Italian Pope (1159-81), dies   

1428  Death of Emperor Shōkō (b. 1401) on August - 30.   

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

1483  On August - 30 louis XI, King of France (1461-83), dies at 60   

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

1580  Emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherlands, dies on this day in history.