Birthdates Which Occur on August 30:
580 Mohammed Arabic prophet/founder (Islam)
1334 Pedro the Cruel King of Castili‰ & Leon
1609 Artus I Quellinus "the Old" Flemish sculptor, baptised
1687 Francesco Maria Vallara composer
1693 Jacobus Nozeman Dutch composer/organist
1748 Jacques-Louis David France, Neoclassical painter (Death of Marat)
1767 Christian Frederich Gottlieb Schwencke composer
1769 Bonifacio Asioli composer/music writer
1772 Henri D Count de Larochejacquelin French royalist leader
1797 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley London England, author (Frankenstein)
1804 Aleksandr I Polezjajev Russian poet (Sasjka) [OS]
1805 Michael Sars Norwegian zoologist
1809 Adolf Friedrich Hesse composer
1820 George Frederick Root composer
1837 Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur 1st lady (1881-85)
1842 Victor Alphonse Duvernoy composer
1844 Friedrich Ratzel German social-geographer (Lebensraum)
1849 Joseph Mallaby Dent Dutch publisher
1852 Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff Neth, physical chemist (Nobel 1901)
1866 Georges Minne Flemish sculptor
1871 Ernest Lord Rutherford Engld, physicist (atomic nucleus; Nobel 1908)
1878 Paul Hazard French literature historian
1882 Me˜er de Hond Dutch rabbi/writer
1883 Theo Van Doesburg [Christian EM Kupper], painter/architect (Style)
1884 Theodor Svedberg Sweden, chemist, worked with colloids (Nobel 1926)
1889 Edward Ciannelli Ischia Italy, actor (You Can't Escape Forever)
1890 S ndor Rem‚nyik [V‚gv ri], Hungary, poet (Campfire)
1893 Huey P Long Winn Parish La, (gov/sen-D-La)
1896 Raymond Massey Toronto Canada, actor (Dr Gillespie-Dr Kildare)
19-- Anthony Call actor (Herb Callison-One Life to Live)
and Ben Jones NC, actor (Cooter-Dukes of Hazzard)
and Deedy Peters Hartford City Indiana, actress (House Calls)
and Dorian Lopinto actress (One Life to Live)
and Heather Lere XXX actress (Last Girl Scout, Taboo X, Club Head)
and James Vallely New Brunswick NJ, acotr (Charles-Double Trouble)
and Michael Michele Evansville In, actress (Nikki-Central Park West)
and William G Schilling Phila Pa, actor (Dr Samuels-Head of the Class)
1900 Franklin C Fry US minister (Lutheran World Relief)
1901 John C Stennis (Sen-D-MS, 1947-88)
and John Gunther Chicago Ill, author/host (John Gunther's High Road)
and Roy Wilkins civil rights director (NAACP)
1902 Arnold Maria Walter composer
1906 Countess of Longford biographer/historian
1907 Fred MacMurray Kankakee Ill, actor (Caine Mutiny, My 3 Sons)
1908 Willie Bryant New Orleans La, singer (Sugar Hill Times)
1909 [Rose] Joan Blondell NYC, actress (Real McCoys, Here Come the Brides)
1910 Donald Bisset Dutch children book writer/actor (Battle of the Sexes)
1912 Edward M Purcell US physicist (Nobel 1952)
1913 Allan David actor/director/producer (Cry of the Children)
and Thomas Torrance theologist
1914 Julie Bishop Denver CO, actress (My Hero, Northern Pursuit, Threat)
1915 Liesbeth Sa˜ers Dutch sculptor
1916 John Thoday geneticist
and Kornelis MR van der Beek reformed vicar in Arnhem
and Lord Keith of Castleacre English banker
1917 Denis Healey English politician
1918 Ted Williams Baseball's last .400 hitter (Boston Red Sox)
1919 Kitty Wells Nashville Tn, country singer (Grand Ole Opry)
1920 Ben Cami Flemish writer/poet (Rose from Mud)
1922 Regina Resnik NYC, mezzo-soprano (Sieglinde-Bayreuth)
1923 Elias Victor Seixas US, mixed double tennis player (Wimbeld 1953-56)
and Gerhard Wimberger Austria composer (Glove)
1925 Julien Schoenaerts Flemish actor (Daens/Medea)
1926 Olgerts Gravitis composer
1927 Geoffrey Beene Louisiana, dress designer (8 Coty Awards)
and Pieter Willem Kee composer
1928 Bill Daily Des Moines Iowa, actor (I Dream of Jeannie, Newhart)
and Johnny Mann Balt Md, music director (Johnny Mann Stand Up & Cheer)
1930 Warren Burger US author (Midas Touch)
1931 John L Swigert Jr Denver Colorado, astronaut (Apollo 13)
1933 Arne Mellnas composer
1934 Eric Schneider Dutch actor (Drop Out, Family, Flanagan)
1935 John Phillips singer/guitarist (Mama & Papas-California Dreaming)
1938 Steve Delaney Dobbs Ferry NY, newscaster (Monitor)
1939 Elizabeth Ashley [Cole], Ocala Florida, actress (Coma, Evening Shade)
1941 John McNally Liverpool, rock guitarist/vocalist (Searchers)
and Sue MacGregor BBC-radio hostess
1942 Jean-Claude Killy French alpine skiier (Olympic-Gold-1968)
and Jonathan Aitken English parliament member
1943 David Henry Maslanka composer
and Jean Claude Killy France, skier (Olympic-3 golds-1968)
and Robert Crumb US, cartoonist (Father Time, Fritz Cat)
1944 Charles Colbert Chicago Ill, rocker (American Breed)
and Freek de Jonge Dutch comedian (Neerlands Hoop)
and John Surman jazz musician
1945 David Schiff composer
1946 Anne-Marie Danish princess/daughter of Frederik IX
1947 Peggy Lipton Lawrence NY, actress (Julie-Mod Squad, Twin Peaks)
1950 John Landis Chicago IL, actor (American Werewolf in London)
1951 Dana singer
and Timothy Bottoms Santa Barbara CA, actor (Paper Chase, East of Eden)
1953 Robert Parish NBA center (Boston Celtics)
1954 David Paymer actor (Love Mary, Mr Saturday Night)
and Gerard Hadders Dutch postage stamp designer (1991 children stamp)
1955 Martin Jackson rocker (Swing Out Sister-Swing Out)
1956 Jayne Irving English TV hostess
1964 Joan Bennett Chicago Ill, playmate (January, 1985)
and Michael Chiklis actor (Commish)
and Stephen Baker NFL receiver (NY Giants)
1972 Cameron Diaz actress (The Mask)
1974 Matt Bongiovi heavy metal rocker (cousin of Jon Bon Jovi)
Deaths Which Occured August 30:
30 -BC- Cleopatra 7th & most famous queen of Egypt, commits suicide
524 Chlodomer King of the France to Orl‚ans, dies at about 29
526 Theodorik the Great King of Ostrogoten
1181 Alexander III [Orlando Bandinelli], Italian Pope (1159-81), dies
1482 Louis van Bourbon prince-Bishop of Luik (Cluppelslagers), dies
1483 Louis XI King of France (1461-83), dies at 60
1529 Juan del Encina composer, dies at 61
1580 Emanuel Philibert Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherlands, dies
1666 Benedictus Carpzovius [Benedikt Carpzov], German lawyer, dies
1745 Jean-Baptiste Maurice Quinault composer, dies at 57
1808 Joseph Anton Bauer composer, dies at 83
1809 Ignacy Potocki Polish Foreign Minister (constitution), dies
1826 Theodor Zwetler composer, dies at 67
1844 Francis Baily English astronomer/mathematician (Baily's Beads), dies
1879 John B Hood confederate general (lost Atlanta), dies at 48
1903 Vincente F L¢pez historian (Historia the Chile), dies at 87
1904 Kate Fanny Loder composer, dies at 79
1910 Albert Vandal French earl/historian (Napoleon), dies at 57
1914 Adrian H Stewart British lieutenant, dies in battle in Cameroon at 26
Aleksandr Samsonov Russian general, commits suicide
1917 Uritsky leader of Petrogradse Czech, dies
1919 Johann Sigurjonsson Icelandic writer (Dr Rung), dies
1928 Wilhelm Vienna German physicist (laws of motion, Nobel 1911), dies
1930 William H Taft 27th US President (1909-13), dies
1932 Willem M van Rossum cardinal/prefect of Propaganda Fide, dies at 77
1934 Earnest L Wolzogen German writer (That tolle Komtess), dies at 79
1935 Henri Barbusse French writer (Le feu), dies
1943 A[braham] [P] Merritt author (Moon Pool, Creep Shadow!), dies at 58
1944 Morten Nielsen Danish resistance fighter, dies
1952 Arky Vaughn infielder (Pirates & Dodgers), drowns
1953 Dimiter Nenov composer, dies at 51
1956 Jose Antonio de Donostia composer, dies at 70
1961 Charles Coburn actor (Heaven Can Wait, Idiot's Delight), dies at 84
1963 Axel Stordahl orch leader (Frank Sinatra Show), dies at 50
1964 Wesley Lau actor (Lt Anderson-Perry Mason), dies at 43
1968 William Talman actor (Hamilton-Perry Mason), dies at 53
1970 Anna Casati Italian marchesa, murdered at 41
Del Moore actor/announcer (Cal-Bachelor Father), dies at 53
1974 Abraham Schierbeek biologist (Leeuwenhoek), dies at 87
1981 Mohammad Ali Rajai president of Iran, assassinated by a bomb
Mohammad Javad Bahonar prime minister of Iran, assassinated by a bomb
Vera-Ellen dies at 55
1982 Leo[nhard] Pappenheim conductor, dies at 86
1986 Otto Mortensen composer, dies at 79
1989 Joe De Santis dies at 80
1991 Alan Wheatley
Hans Koetsier sculptor artist (KLM-Schiphol), dies
Jean Tinguely Swiss sculptor artist (moving objects), dies
1993 Richard Jordan US actor (Hunt for Red October, Posse), dies at 55
Richard Jordan dies of brain tumor at 55
1994 Lindsay Anderson British director/critic (If ...), dies at 71
Michael Gribble film animator (Mike & Spike Festival), dies at 42
Holidays Which Occur August 30:
Afghanistan Children's Day
Gibraltar Bank Holiday
Peru Patrones of America & India, official feast day
Turkey Victory Day (1922)
Turks & Caicos Islands Constitution Day (1976)
Religious Observances on August 30:
Islam Birthday of prophet Mohammed
RC Felix & Adauctus, Roman martyrs
RC Pammachius, Roman senator
670 RC Comm of St Fiacre, Irish hermit, patron of gardeners
1617 Old RC Feast of St Rose of Lima (1568-1617), patron of Latin America
Things to Remember for August 30:
FLOWERS-gladiolus & poppy GEMS-sardonyx & peridot
Sandwich-National Catfish-Month
1 ?? [Hawaii] Aukake
1 Day Zeta Draconid meteor shower, radiant in Draco
23 Days Astrological sign: Virgo
2 S Tennis Open begins
Highlights in History Which Occur August 30:
31 -BC- Origin of Era of Augustus
257 St Sixtus II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1125 Duke Lotharius of Supplinburg elected king of Germany
1464 Pietro Barbo elected to succeed Pope Pius II (Paul II)
1481 2 Latvian monarchs executed for conspiracy to Polish king Kazimierz IV
1563 Jewish community of Neutitschlin Moravia expelled
1645 Dutch & Indians sign peace treaty
1673 Leopold I, Spain, Netherlands & Lutherans form anti-French covenant
1721 Russian/Swedish Peace of Nystad, ends North Sea War
1751 Georg Friedrich H„ndel completes oratorio "Jephtha"
1757 Battle at Gross J„gerndorf: Russian army beats Prussia
1776 US army evacuates Long Island/falls back to Manhattan, NYC
1799 Bataafse fleet surrender to English
1831 Charles Darwin refuses to travel with HMS Beagle
1843 1st blacks participation in natl political convention (Liberty Party)
1850 Honolulu, Hawaii becomes a city
1854 John Fremont issues proclamation freeing slaves of Missouri rebels
1860 1st British tram opens (Birkenhead)
1862 2nd Battle of Bull Run
and Battle of 2nd Manassas-Pope defeated by Lee-Battle of Richmond, KY
and Battle of Altamont-Confederates beat Union forces in Tennessee
and Battle of Richmond, KY
1880 J Coggia discovers asteroid #217 Eudora
1885 13,000 meteors seen in 1 hour near Andromeda
1888 Lord Walsingham kills 1070 grouse in a single day
1891 J Palisa discovers asteroid #313 Chaldaea
1893 Robert D Wrenn wins the US Tennis Open
1894 Frederick Lugards expedition to Niger
1900 Last 2000 British prisoners in Nooitgedagt South Africa freed
1901 Hubert Cecil Booth patents vacuum cleaner
1904 Thomas Hicks wins 3rd Olympics marathon (3:28:53.0) (40 km)
1905 Detroit Tiger Ty Cobb's 1st major league at bat (vs NY Yankees)
and Pogoro/Ngindo attack Fort Mahenge German East-Africa
1906 Hal Chase became 1st Yank to hit 3 triples in a game
1908 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #675 Ludmilla
1910 Yank Tom Hughes pitches 9 no-hit innings but loses to Cleve 5-0 in 11
1912 St Louis Brown Earl Hamilton no-hits Detroit Tigers, 5-1
1913 Phillies lead Giants 8-6 in top of 9th, fans in bleachers try to
distract Giants, Umpire forefeits game to Giants, later overruled
1914 1st German plane bombs above Paris, 2 killed
and Battle at Tannenberg ends in destruction of Russian 2nd Narev army
1916 Boston's Dutch Leonard no-hits St Louis Browns, 4-0
and Paul Von Hindenburg becomes chief-of-General-Staff in Germany
1918 Czechoslovakia forms independence republic
and Fanya Kaplan shoots at Lenin
and M Wolf discovers asteroid #901 Brunsia
1919 Ernst Toller's "Die Wandlung," premieres in Berlin
1925 6th Iron pilgrim at Diksmuide Belgium
1927 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1080 Orchis
1928 Jawaharlal Nehru requests independence of India
1930 M Wolf & M Ferrero discovers asteroids #1169 Alwine & #2119 Schwall
1932 Hermann G”ring elected chairman (Reichstag)
and M Laugier discovers asteroid #1247 Memoria
1933 Air France forms
and Portuguese dictator Salazar forms secret police (PIDE)
1935 E Delporte discovers asteroid #1361 Leuschneria & #1363 Herberta
and E Hubble discovers asteroid #1373 Cincinnati
1937 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1653 Yakhontovia
and Heavyweight Joe Louis KOs Tommy Farr in NYC
1939 General Reijnders appointed supreme commander of Dutch army
and Isoroku Yamamoto appointed supreme commander of Japanese fleet
and NY Yankee Atley Donald pitches a baseball a record 94.7 mph (152 kph)
and Poland mobilizes
1941 Siege of Leningrad by Nazi troops began during WW II
and St Louis Card Lon Warneke no-hits Cin Reds, 2-0
1942 Nazi-Germany annexes Luxembourg
1944 Philip Yordan's "Anna Lucasta," premieres in NYC
and Soviet troops enter Bucharest Romania
1945 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj completes his 9th Symphony
and Gen MacArthur lands in Japan
and Hong Kong liberated from Japan
1949 WTVN (now WSYX) TV channel 6 in Columbus, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 Future NYC mayor David Dinkins marries Joyce Burrows in NYC
1956 USSR performs nuclear test (atmospheric tests)
and White mob prevents enrollment of blacks at Mansfield HS, Texas
1957 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
and US senator Strom Thurmond speaks 24hrs 27m against civil rights
1958 US performs nuclear test at S Atlantic Ocean
1961 1st Negro judge of a US District Court confirmed-JB Parsons
and Last Spanish troops leave Morocco
and Oriole Jack Fisher walks 12 LA Angels in a 9 inning game
and USSR resumes nuclear testing
1963 Hot Line communications link between Wash DC & Moscow begins
1965 Casey Stengel announces his retirement after 55 years in baseball
and Section of Allalin glacier wipes out construction site at Mattmark
Dam near Saas-Fee, Switzerland
1967 US Senate confirm Thurgood Marshall as 1st black justice
1968 1st record under Apple label (Beatle's Hey Jude)
1969 120,000 attend Texas Intl Pop Festival
and 25,000 attend 2nd Annual Sky River Rock Festival, Tenino Wash
and Racial disturbances in Fort Lauderdale Florida
1970 T Smirnova discovers asteroids #1977 Shura, #2011 Veteraniya,
#2126 Gerasimovich, #2141 Simferopol & #1857 Parchomenko
1971 WNPI TV channel 18 in Norwood, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting
1972 John Lennon & Yoko Ono perform at Madison Square Garden
1974 Express train runs full speed into Zagreb, Yugo rail yard killing 153
and US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
and launching of 1st Dutch satellite, ANS, from Vandenberg
1975 Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroids #2189 Zaragoza & #2893
and KTW-AM in Seattle Wash changes call letters to KYAC (now KKFX)
1976 E F Helin discovers asteroid #2645 Daphne Plane
and Tom Brokaw becomes news anchor of Today Show
and Turks & Caicos Islands adopts constitution
1979 1st recorded occurrance-comet hits sun (energy=1 mil hydrogen bombs)
and Hurricane David hits Domincan Rep, Puerto Rico & US; about 2,000 die
and Kathy Horvath (14y5d) is youngest to play in US Tennis Open, she loses
and L Brozek discovers asteroid #2613 Plzen
and Pres Carter attacked by a rabbit on a canoe trip in Plains Ga
and Wildest US Tennis Open match, McEnroe defeats Ilie Nastase 6-4, 4-6,
6-3, 6-2. Nastase was defaulted by the umpire then reinstated
1980 Polish government recognizes Solidarity
1981 A Gilmore & P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3087 Beatrice Tinsley
and E Bowell discovers asteroid #2730 Barks, #2863 Ben Mayer,
#2871 Schober & #3123 Dunham
1982 PLO leader Yasser Arafat leaves Beirut
1983 8th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 3-launched (6 days)
Guion Bluford becomes 1st African-American astronaut in space
1984 12th Space Shuttle Mission (41-D)-Discovery 1-launched (6 days)
and R S Dunbar & M Barucci discovers asteroid #3362 Khufu
1986 Gelindo Bordin wins Stuttgart marathon (2:10:54)
and Soviet authorities arrested Nicholas Daniloff (US News World Report)
1987 Ben Johnson of Canada runs 100 m in world record 9.83 sec
and Stefka Kostadinova of Bulgaria sets high jump woman's record (6'10¬")
and Yves Pol of France runs complete marathon backwards (3:57:57)
1988 France performs nuclear test
and Julianne Philips files for divorce from Bruce Springsteen
and Tennis star Chris Everett weds skier Andy Mills
1989 Roman Polanski marries actress Emmanuelle Seigner
1990 Ken Griffey & Ken Griffey Jr become 1st father & son to play on
same team (Seattle Mariners), both single in 1st inning
1991 Dan O'Brien sets US decathalon record with 8,812 points
and France beats US by narrowest Ryder Cup margin - 14« to 13«
and Mike Powell of US, sets then long jump record at 29' 4«" (8.95m)
and Tamil Tigers capture Sri Lanka poet Selvi
1992 David Lewett & Jane Luu discovers comet: "1992 QB1" 64 mil km from Sun
1993 150,000,000 millionth visitor to Eiffel Tower
and Hassan II mosque opens in Casablanca, 2nd largest mosque in the world
1994 Largest US Tennis Open single session (total) 23,618
1965 Section of Allalin glacier wipes out construction site at Mattmark
Dam near Saas-Fee, Switzerland.
1974 Express train ran full speed into Zagreb, Yugoslavia's rail
yards, overturning and killing 153.
Your Special Reminders for August 30:
1965 50øF lowest temperature for August in NYC
and 1973 98øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 242nd day of year with 123 days left (Numerology = 2)
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