Hisdates•ComPage 7: Historical Events In August - 30
Sunday, 22 December 2024
1969 Racial disturbances in Fort Lauderdale Florida on this day in history. 
1970 On August - 30 anna Casati, Italian marchesa, murdered at 41
1972 David Barrett 1930- leads the NDP to victory over WAC Bennett's Social Credit Party, taking 39 seats in the British Columbia provincial election; upsetting 20 years of Socred rule on August - 30.
1973 Kenya bans the hunting of elephants and the trade in ivory on this day in history.
1974 Express train runs full speed into Zagreb, Yugo rail yard killing 153 on August - 30.
1974 Abraham Schierbeek, Dutch biologist (Leeuwenhoek), dies at 87 on this day in history.
1976 Tom Brokaw becomes news anchor of the Today Show on August - 30.
1976 On this day in history uSS Oriskany, the last of the Essex-class attack carriers, was decommissioned at San Francisco and placed in the mothball fleet. Oriskany saw extensive action in the Korean and Vietnam conflicts.
1979 A U.S. Navy CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter of VR-24 lifted a 12-foot bronze statue of the Madonna and Child to the top of Mt. Tiberius on Capri, Italy, to replace one which had been destroyed by lightning. The statue was too large to be transported overland on August - 30.
1979 The first prototype of the Navy's SH-60B Seahawk helicopter was unveiled at the Sikorsky Aircraft Division at Stratford, Connecticut on August - 30.
1979 On this day in history the first recorded occurrence-comet hits sun (energy=1 mil hydrogen bombs)
1981 On this day in history in Iran, the President and Prime Minister are killed by a bomb
1981 Mohammad Ali Rajai, president of Iran, assassinated by a bomb on August - 30.
1982 Leo[nhard] Pappenheim, conductor, dies at 86 on August - 30.
1983 8th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 3-launched (6 days) on this day in history.
1983 On this day in history guion S. Bluford Jr, the first African-American astronaut, blasts off as a crewmember aboard the space shuttle Challenger.
1983 On this day in history guy Bluford becomes the first black American in space
1984 12th Space Shuttle Mission (41-D)-Discovery 1-launched (6 days) on August - 30.
1986 On this day in history in Romania a 6.9 earthquake killed 2 people, 558 injured, and about 55,000 homes damaged, leaving more than 12,500 people homeless in the Kishinev-Kagul area
1986 Soviet authorities arrested Nicholas Daniloff (US News World Report) on this day in history.
1986 US News and World Report correspondent Nicholas Daniloff is arrested by Soviet authorities for suspicion of spying on this day in history.
1986 On this day in history otto Mortensen, composer, dies at 79
1987 On August - 30 ben Johnson of Canada runs 100 m in world record 9.83 sec
1987 On August - 30 stefka Kostadinova of Bulgaria sets high jump women's record (6'10¬")
1988 On August - 30 julianne Philips files for divorce from Bruce Springsteen
1988 On August - 30 tennis star Chris Everett weds skier Andy Mills
1989 Roman Polanski marries actress Emmanuelle Seigner on this day in history.
1989 Joe De Santis, dies at 80 on August - 30.
1991 Dan O'Brien sets US decathalon record with 8,812 points on August - 30.
1991 France beats US by narrowest Ryder Cup margin - 14« to 13« on this day in history.
1991 Alan Wheatley on August - 30.
1993 Richard Jordan, US actor (Hunt for Red October, Posse), dies at 55 on this day in history.
1994 On August - 30 lindsay Anderson, British director/critic (If ...), dies at 71
1995 On August - 30 dame Pattie Maie Menzies, Australian, dies at 96
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