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Sunday, 26 October 2025
1969 On August - 30 racial disturbances in Fort Lauderdale Florida 
1970 On this day in history anna Casati, Italian marchesa, murdered at 41
1972 David Barrett 1930- leads the NDP to victory over WAC Bennett's Social Credit Party, taking 39 seats in the British Columbia provincial election; upsetting 20 years of Socred rule on August - 30.
1973 Kenya bans the hunting of elephants and the trade in ivory on this day in history.
1974 Express train runs full speed into Zagreb, Yugo rail yard killing 153 on August - 30.
1974 Abraham Schierbeek, Dutch biologist (Leeuwenhoek), dies at 87 on this day in history.
1976 On August - 30 tom Brokaw becomes news anchor of the Today Show
1976 USS Oriskany, the last of the Essex-class attack carriers, was decommissioned at San Francisco and placed in the mothball fleet. Oriskany saw extensive action in the Korean and Vietnam conflicts on August - 30.
1979 On August - 30 a U.S. Navy CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter of VR-24 lifted a 12-foot bronze statue of the Madonna and Child to the top of Mt. Tiberius on Capri, Italy, to replace one which had been destroyed by lightning. The statue was too large to be transported overland.
1979 On this day in history the first prototype of the Navy's SH-60B Seahawk helicopter was unveiled at the Sikorsky Aircraft Division at Stratford, Connecticut
1979 On August - 30 the first recorded occurrence-comet hits sun (energy=1 mil hydrogen bombs)
1981 In Iran, the President and Prime Minister are killed by a bomb on August - 30.
1981 Mohammad Ali Rajai, president of Iran, assassinated by a bomb on August - 30.
1982 On August - 30 leo[nhard] Pappenheim, conductor, dies at 86
1983 On August - 30 8th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 3-launched (6 days)
1983 On August - 30 guion S. Bluford Jr, the first African-American astronaut, blasts off as a crewmember aboard the space shuttle Challenger.
1983 On August - 30 guy Bluford becomes the first black American in space
1984 On August - 30 12th Space Shuttle Mission (41-D)-Discovery 1-launched (6 days)
1986 In Romania a 6.9 earthquake killed 2 people, 558 injured, and about 55,000 homes damaged, leaving more than 12,500 people homeless in the Kishinev-Kagul area on this day in history.
1986 Soviet authorities arrested Nicholas Daniloff (US News World Report) on August - 30.
1986 US News and World Report correspondent Nicholas Daniloff is arrested by Soviet authorities for suspicion of spying on this day in history.
1986 Otto Mortensen, composer, dies at 79 on August - 30.
1987 On August - 30 ben Johnson of Canada runs 100 m in world record 9.83 sec
1987 On August - 30 stefka Kostadinova of Bulgaria sets high jump women's record (6'10¬")
1988 On this day in history julianne Philips files for divorce from Bruce Springsteen
1988 Tennis star Chris Everett weds skier Andy Mills on this day in history.
1989 On August - 30 roman Polanski marries actress Emmanuelle Seigner
1989 Joe De Santis, dies at 80 on August - 30.
1991 On August - 30 dan O'Brien sets US decathalon record with 8,812 points
1991 France beats US by narrowest Ryder Cup margin - 14« to 13« on this day in history.
1991 On August - 30 alan Wheatley
1993 On August - 30 richard Jordan, US actor (Hunt for Red October, Posse), dies at 55
1994 On this day in history lindsay Anderson, British director/critic (If ...), dies at 71
1995 On August - 30 dame Pattie Maie Menzies, Australian, dies at 96
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