Page 7: Historical Events In August - 30
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
1969 On this day in history racial disturbances in Fort Lauderdale Florida
1970 Anna Casati, Italian marchesa, murdered at 41 on this day in history.
1972 On August - 30 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
1973 On this day in history kenya bans the hunting of elephants and the trade in ivory.
1974 On this day in history express train runs full speed into Zagreb, Yugo rail yard killing 153
1974 On August - 30 abraham Schierbeek, Dutch biologist (Leeuwenhoek), dies at 87
1976 On August - 30 tom Brokaw becomes news anchor of the Today Show
1976 On this day in history 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.
1979 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 on this day in history.
1979 The first prototype of the Navy's SH-60B Seahawk helicopter was unveiled at the Sikorsky Aircraft Division at Stratford, Connecticut on August - 30.
1979 The first recorded occurrence-comet hits sun (energy=1 mil hydrogen bombs) on August - 30.
1981 In Iran, the President and Prime Minister are killed by a bomb on August - 30.
1981 On this day in history mohammad Ali Rajai, president of Iran, assassinated by a bomb
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 this day in history 12th Space Shuttle Mission (41-D)-Discovery 1-launched (6 days)
1986 On August - 30 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
1986 On August - 30 soviet authorities arrested Nicholas Daniloff (US News World Report)
1986 On this day in history uS News and World Report correspondent Nicholas Daniloff is arrested by Soviet authorities for suspicion of spying.
1986 Otto Mortensen, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.
1987 Ben Johnson of Canada runs 100 m in world record 9.83 sec on this day in history.
1987 On this day in history stefka Kostadinova of Bulgaria sets high jump women's record (6'10¬")
1988 Julianne Philips files for divorce from Bruce Springsteen on this day in history.
1988 Tennis star Chris Everett weds skier Andy Mills on August - 30.
1989 On this day in history roman Polanski marries actress Emmanuelle Seigner
1989 On this day in history joe De Santis, dies at 80
1991 Dan O'Brien sets US decathalon record with 8,812 points on this day in history.
1991 On this day in history france beats US by narrowest Ryder Cup margin - 14« to 13«
1991 Alan Wheatley on August - 30.
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 this day in history dame Pattie Maie Menzies, Australian, dies at 96
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