Historical Events
- 1146 European leaders outlaw the crossbow, intending to end war for all time
- 1363 Beginning of the Battle of Lake Poyang; two Chinese rebel leaders Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang are pitted against each other in what was one of the largest naval battles in history during Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty
- 1590 Tokugawa Ieyasu enters Edo Castle (Traditional Japanese date: August 1, 1590)
- 1682 William Penn leaves England to sail to the New World
- 1862 Second Battle of Bull Run in Manassas, Virginia, ends with a Confederate victory over Union forces
- 1914 Battle of Tannenberg (WWI) in East Prussia ends in destruction of the Russian Second Army with 122,000-170,000 killed, injured or captured by the German 8th Army led by Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff
- 1928 Jawaharlal Nehru requests independence of India
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Aug 30 in Film & TV
- 1976 Tom Brokaw starts as news anchor of NBC's "The Today Show"
Aug 30 in Music
- 1968 1st record released on Apple label in UK is The Beatles single "Hey Jude"
Aug 30 in Sport
- 1905 Detroit Tigers future Baseball HOF center fielder Ty Cobb makes his MLB debut, doubling off Jack Chesbro in a 5-3 win over the NY Highlanders at Bennett Park, Detroit
Did You Know?
Hotline communication link between the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. and the Kremlin in Moscow installed. Often known as the "red telephone" no phones were ever used, relying instead on Teletype equipment, fax machines and most recently secure email.
On August 30, 1963
Peter the Cruel
Mary Shelley
Ted Williams
Vic Seixas
Alexander Lukashenko
Cameron DiazWould You Believe?
1st recorded occurrence of a comet hitting the sun, releases energy equal to one million hydrogen bombs
On August 30, 1979
Famous Weddings
- 1846 Author and Christian pioneer Ellen G. White (18) weds preacher James Springer White (25) in Portland, Maine
- 1940 American CBS news correspondent Mike Wallace (22) weds Norma Kaphan in Brookline, Massachusetts; divorce in 1948
- 1953 Future NYC mayor David Dinkins marries Joyce Burrows in NYC
Famous Divorces
- 1988 American actress Julianne Philips files for divorce from American rock star Bruce Springsteen
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J. J. Thomson
Vera-Ellen
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Ernest Rutherford, The Man Who ‘Split’ The Atom
New Zealand’s Ernest Rutherford, the first man to “split” the atom, and who would become world-famous as “the Father Of Nuclear Physics” was born on this day.
August 30, 1871
Weekly Quiz for August 26 - September 1
Test your knowledge of historical events and famous people in our weekly history quiz for August 26 - September 1. Then challenge your friends!
