Historical Events In August - 30

1906  On this day in history 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  On this day in history the birth of Fred MacMurray, American actor   

1908  On August - 30 leonor Fini, painter   

1909  Burgess Shale fossils discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott on this day in history.   

1909  Barry Appleby, cartoonist on this day in history.   

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

1910  Donald Bisset, Dutch children book writer/actor (Battle of the Sexes) on August - 30.   

1910  Albert Vandal, French earl/historian (Napoleon), dies at 57 on August - 30.   

1912  On August - 30 st Louis Brown Earl Hamilton no-hits Detroit Tigers, 5-1   

1912  Edward M Purcell, US physicist (Nobel 1952) on August - 30.   

1913  US Navy tests Sperry gyroscopic stabilizer (automatic pilot) on this day in history.   

1913  On August - 30 phillies lead Giants 8-6 in top of 9th, fans in bleachers try to distract Giants, Umpire forefeits game to Giants, later overruled   

1913  Allan David, actor/director/producer (Cry of the Children) on August - 30.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1914  On this day in history julie Bishop, Denver CO, actress (My Hero, Northern Pursuit, Threat)   

1914  On August - 30 adrian H Stewart, British lieutenant, dies in battle in Cameroon at 26   

1915  On this day in history liesbeth Saijers, Dutch sculptor   

1916  Paul Von Hindenburg becomes chief-of-General-Staff in Germany on August - 30.   

1916  On this day in history boston's Dutch Leonard no-hits St Louis Browns, 4-0   

1916  John Thoday, geneticist on this day in history.   

1917  On this day in history denis Healey, English politician   

1917  On August - 30 uritsky, leader of Petrogradse Czech, dies   

1918  Czechoslovakia forms independence republic on this day in history.   

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 August - 30.   

1919  On August - 30 ernst Toller's "Die Wandlung," premieres in Berlin   

1919  Kitty Wells, Nashville Tn, country singer (Grand Ole Opry) on August - 30.   

1919  Johann Sigurjonsson, Icelandic writer (Dr Rung), dies on this day in history.   

1920  On August - 30 ben Cami, Flemish writer/poet (Rose from Mud)   

1922  On this day in history tiger Rag, still a familiar ragtime tune, is recorded by the New Orleans Rhythm Kings.   

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

1922  Regina Resnik, NYC, mezzo-soprano (Sieglinde-Bayreuth) on August - 30.   

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1334  Pedro, the Cruel, King of Castilia & Leon was born on August - 30.   

1334  On this day in history birth of pedro of Castile (d. 1369)   

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

1609  On this day in history birth of artus I Quellinus "the Old", Flemish sculptor, baptised   

1687  On this day in history birth of francesco Maria Vallara, composer   

1693  On August - 30 birth of jacobus Nozeman, Dutch composer/organist   

1705  On August - 30 birth of david Hartley, English philosopher (d. 1757)   

1720  Samuel Whitbread, English brewer (d. 1796) was born on this day in history.   

0524  On August - 30 chlodomer, King of the France to Orleans, dies at about 29   

0526  On August - 30 death of theodorik the Great, King of Ostrogoten (b. 454)   

1181  Alexander III, [Orlando Bandinelli], Italian Pope (1159-81), dies on August - 30.   

1428  Death of Emperor Shōkō (b. 1401) on this day in history.   

1482  Louis van Bourbon, prince-Bishop of Luik (Cluppelslagers), dies on August - 30.   

1483  Louis XI, King of France (1461-83), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1529  Juan del Encina, composer, dies at 61 on August - 30.   

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