Page 4: Historical Events In August - 30

1906  On August - 30 hal Chase became 1st Yank to hit 3 triples in a game   

1906  Countess of Longford, biographer/historian on this day in history.   

1907  Fred MacMurray, Kankakee Ill, actor (Caine Mutiny, My 3 Sons) on August - 30.   

1908  The birth of Fred MacMurray, American actor on August - 30.   

1908  Leonor Fini, painter on August - 30.   

1909  On August - 30 burgess Shale fossils discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.   

1909  On August - 30 barry Appleby, cartoonist   

1910  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1910  Albert Vandal, French earl/historian (Napoleon), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1912  St Louis Brown Earl Hamilton no-hits Detroit Tigers, 5-1 on August - 30.   

1912  On August - 30 edward M Purcell, US physicist (Nobel 1952)   

1913  US Navy tests Sperry gyroscopic stabilizer (automatic pilot) on August - 30.   

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

1913  On August - 30 allan David, actor/director/producer (Cry of the Children)   

1914  On this day in history 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.   

1914  1st German plane bombs above Paris, 2 killed on this day in history.   

1914  Julie Bishop, Denver CO, actress (My Hero, Northern Pursuit, Threat) on this day in history.   

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

1915  On August - 30 liesbeth Saijers, Dutch sculptor   

1916  On August - 30 paul Von Hindenburg becomes chief-of-General-Staff in Germany   

1916  Boston's Dutch Leonard no-hits St Louis Browns, 4-0 on this day in history.   

1916  John Thoday, geneticist on August - 30.   

1917  On August - 30 denis Healey, English politician   

1917  On this day in history uritsky, leader of Petrogradse Czech, dies   

1918  Czechoslovakia forms independence republic on August - 30.   

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  Ernst Toller's "Die Wandlung," premieres in Berlin on this day in history.   

1919  On August - 30 kitty Wells, Nashville Tn, country singer (Grand Ole Opry)   

1919  Johann Sigurjonsson, Icelandic writer (Dr Rung), dies on August - 30.   

1920  On this day in history ben Cami, Flemish writer/poet (Rose from Mud)   

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

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 this day in history.   

1334  Pedro of Castile (d. 1369) was born on this day in history.   

1377  On August - 30 birth of shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (d. 1447)   

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  Jacobus Nozeman, Dutch composer/organist was born on August - 30.   

1705  David Hartley, English philosopher (d. 1757) was born on August - 30.   

1720  On August - 30 birth of samuel Whitbread, English brewer (d. 1796)   

0524  On this day in history 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  On this day in history alexander III, [Orlando Bandinelli], Italian Pope (1159-81), dies   

1428  On this day in history death of emperor Shōkō (b. 1401)   

1482  On August - 30 louis van Bourbon, prince-Bishop of Luik (Cluppelslagers), dies   

1483  Louis XI, King of France (1461-83), dies at 60 on August - 30.   

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

1580  On this day in history emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherlands, dies