Page 4: Historical Events In August - 30

1906  Hal Chase became 1st Yank to hit 3 triples in a game on this day in history.   

1906  On August - 30 countess of Longford, biographer/historian   

1907  Fred MacMurray, Kankakee Ill, actor (Caine Mutiny, My 3 Sons) on this day in history.   

1908  The birth of Fred MacMurray, American actor on this day in history.   

1908  On this day in history leonor Fini, painter   

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

1909  On this day in history barry Appleby, cartoonist   

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

1910  On August - 30 donald Bisset, Dutch children book writer/actor (Battle of the Sexes)   

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

1912  St Louis Brown Earl Hamilton no-hits Detroit Tigers, 5-1 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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 August - 30.   

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

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

1914  Adrian H Stewart, British lieutenant, dies in battle in Cameroon at 26 on this day in history.   

1915  Liesbeth Saijers, Dutch sculptor on this day in history.   

1916  Paul Von Hindenburg becomes chief-of-General-Staff in Germany on this day in history.   

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

1916  On August - 30 john Thoday, geneticist   

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  On this day in history 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)   

1919  On this day in history ernst Toller's "Die Wandlung," premieres in Berlin   

1919  On this day in history kitty Wells, Nashville Tn, country singer (Grand Ole Opry)   

1919  On this day in history johann Sigurjonsson, Icelandic writer (Dr Rung), dies   

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  On this day in history regina Resnik, NYC, mezzo-soprano (Sieglinde-Bayreuth)   

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1334  Pedro, the Cruel, King of Castilia & Leon was born on this day in history.   

1334  On August - 30 birth of pedro of Castile (d. 1369)   

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

1609  Artus I Quellinus "the Old", Flemish sculptor, baptised was born on August - 30.   

1687  On August - 30 birth of francesco Maria Vallara, composer   

1693  On this day in history birth of jacobus Nozeman, Dutch composer/organist   

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

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 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 August - 30.