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

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

1909  On this day in history 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  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  On August - 30 uS Navy tests Sperry gyroscopic stabilizer (automatic pilot)   

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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 August - 30.   

1915  On August - 30 liesbeth Saijers, Dutch sculptor   

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

1916  On August - 30 boston's Dutch Leonard no-hits St Louis Browns, 4-0   

1916  John Thoday, geneticist on this day in history.   

1917  Denis Healey, English politician on August - 30.   

1917  On August - 30 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  Johann Sigurjonsson, Icelandic writer (Dr Rung), dies on August - 30.   

1920  Ben Cami, Flemish writer/poet (Rose from Mud) on August - 30.   

1922  On August - 30 tiger Rag, still a familiar ragtime tune, is recorded by the New Orleans Rhythm Kings.   

1922  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of pedro, the Cruel, King of Castilia & Leon   

1334  Pedro of Castile (d. 1369) was born on August - 30.   

1377  Shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (d. 1447) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1693  Jacobus Nozeman, Dutch composer/organist was born on August - 30.   

1705  On this day in history birth of david Hartley, English philosopher (d. 1757)   

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  Death of Theodorik the Great, King of Ostrogoten (b. 454) on this day in history.   

1181  Alexander III, [Orlando Bandinelli], Italian Pope (1159-81), dies on this day in history.   

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  On August - 30 louis XI, King of France (1461-83), dies at 60   

1529  On August - 30 juan del Encina, composer, dies at 61   

1580  On August - 30 emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherlands, dies