345 Historic Events for August 30
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| 1900 |
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Franklin C Fry, US minister (Lutheran World Relief)
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| 1900 |
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Last 2000 British prisoners in Nooitgedagt South Africa freed
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| 1901 |
Birth |
John C Stennis, (Sen-D-MS, 1947-88)
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| 1901 |
Birth |
Roy Wilkins, civil rights director (NAACP)
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| 1901 |
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Hubert Cecil Booth patents vacuum cleaner
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| 1901 |
Birth |
John Gunther, Chicago Ill, author/host (John Gunther's High Road)
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| 1902 |
Birth |
Arnold Maria Walter, composer
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| 1903 |
Death |
Vincente F L¢pez, historian (Historia the Chile), dies at 87
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| 1904 |
Death |
Kate Fanny Loder, composer, dies at 79
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| 1904 |
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Thomas Hicks wins 3rd Olympics marathon (3:28:53.0) (40 km)
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| 1905 |
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Tiger Ty Cobb makes his debut, doubling off Yank Jack Chesbro
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| 1905 |
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Pogoro/Ngindo attack Fort Mahenge German East-Africa
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| 1906 |
Birth |
Countess of Longford, biographer/historian
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| 1906 |
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Hal Chase became 1st Yank to hit 3 triples in a game
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| 1906 |
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NY Highlander Joe Doyle debuts pitching back-to-back shut-outs
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| 1907 |
Birth |
Shirley Booth, actress (Hazel)
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| 1907 |
Birth |
Fred MacMurray, Kankakee Ill, actor (Caine Mutiny, My 3 Sons)
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| 1908 |
Birth |
Leonor Fini, painter
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| 1908 |
Birth |
Willie Bryant, New Orleans La, singer (Sugar Hill Times)
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| 1909 |
Birth |
[Rose] Joan Blondell, NYC, actress (Real McCoys, Here Come the Brides)
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| 1909 |
Birth |
Barry Appleby, cartoonist
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| 1910 |
Event |
Yank Tom Hughes pitches 9 no-hit innings but loses to Cleve 5-0 in 11
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| 1910 |
Birth |
Donald Bisset, Dutch children book writer/actor (Battle of the Sexes)
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| 1910 |
Death |
Albert Vandal, French earl/historian (Napoleon), dies at 57
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| 1912 |
Birth |
Edward M Purcell, US physicist (Nobel 1952)
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