345 Historic Events for August 30
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| 1920 |
Birth |
Ben Cami, Flemish writer/poet (Rose from Mud)
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| 1922 |
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Babe Ruth is thrown out of a game for 5th time in 1922
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| 1922 |
Birth |
Regina Resnik, NYC, mezzo-soprano (Sieglinde-Bayreuth)
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| 1923 |
Birth |
Elias Victor Seixas, US, mixed double tennis player (Wimbeld 1953-56)
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| 1923 |
Birth |
Gerhard Wimberger, Austria composer (Glove)
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| 1925 |
Birth |
Julien Schoenaerts, Flemish actor (Daens/Medea)
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| 1925 |
Event |
6th Iron pilgrim at Diksmuide Belgium
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| 1926 |
Birth |
Olgerts Gravitis, composer
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| 1926 |
Event |
Jack Hobbs scores 316* at Lord's (Surrey v Middlesex)
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| 1927 |
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41st US Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Betty Nuthall (61 64)
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| 1927 |
Birth |
Geoffrey Beene, Louisiana, dress designer (8 Coty Awards)
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| 1927 |
Birth |
Pieter Willem Kee, composer
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| 1928 |
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Jawaharlal Nehru requests independence of India
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| 1928 |
Birth |
Bill Daily, Des Moines Iowa, actor (I Dream of Jeannie, Newhart)
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| 1928 |
Birth |
Johnny Mann, Balt Md, music director (Johnny Mann Stand Up and Cheer)
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| 1928 |
Birth |
Ruth Westerheimer, sex therapist (Dr Ruth)
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| 1928 |
Death |
Wilhelm Wien, Ger physicist (laws of motion, Nobel 1911), dies at 64
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| 1930 |
Birth |
Warren Burger, US, author (The Midas Touch)
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| 1930 |
Birth |
Noel Harford, cricketer (brother of Roy NZ Test batsman in 1950's)
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| 1930 |
Death |
William H Taft, 27th US President (1909-13), dies
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| 1931 |
Birth |
John Leonard Swigert Jr, Denver Colorado, astronaut (Apollo 13)
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| 1931 |
Birth |
Carrie Saxon Perry, 1st black mayor of a major US city (Hartford CT)
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| 1932 |
Death |
Willem M van Rossum, cardinal/prefect of Propaganda Fide, dies at 77
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| 1932 |
Event |
Hermann G”ring elected chairman (Reichstag)
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| 1933 |
Birth |
Arne Mellnas, composer
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