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August 30, 1998 State Farm Rail Golf Classic August 30, 1997 1st WNBA Championshion: Houston Comets beat New York Liberty August 30, 1997 Greg Rudaski is 1st to serve (2) 141 MPH serves in a match (U.S. Open) August 30, 1995 Cable News Network joins internet August 30, 1995 Tigers teammates Lou Whitaker and Alan Trammell play in 1,914 game together tying AL record August 30, 1994 Gund Arena in Cleveland opens August 30, 1994 Largest U.S. Tennis Open single session (total) 23,618 August 30, 1993 Hassan II mosque opens in Casablanca, 2nd largest mosque in the world August 30, 1992 "2 Trains Running" closes at Walter Kerr Theater New York City after 160 performances August 30, 1992 "Most Happy Fella" closes at Booth Theater New York City after 229 performances August 30, 1992 92nd U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Justin Leonard August 30, 1992 David Lewett and Jane Luu discovers comet: "1992 QB1" 64 mil km from Sun August 30, 1992 Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA Sun-Times Golf Challenge August 30, 1991 Dan O'Brien sets U.S. decathalon record with 8,812 points August 30, 1991 France beats U.S. by narrowest Ryder Cup margin - 14 to 13 August 30, 1991 Mike Powell of U.S., sets then long jump record at 29' 4 " (8.95m) August 30, 1991 Tamil Tigers capture Sri Lanka poet Selvi August 30, 1990 Ken Griffey and Ken Griffey, Jr. become 1st father and son to play on same team (Seattle Mariners), both single in 1st inning August 30, 1989 Roman Polanski marries actress Emmanuelle Seigner August 30, 1988 France performs nuclear test August 30, 1988 Julianne Philips files for divorce from Bruce Springsteen August 30, 1988 Kent Tekulve is 2nd pitcher in majors to appear in 1,000 games August 30, 1988 Tennis star Chris Everett weds skier Andy Mills August 30, 1987 87th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Billy Mayfair August 30, 1987 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Nestle World Golf Championship August 30, 1987 Ben Johnson of Canada runs 100 m in world record 9.83 sec August 30, 1987 Kirby Puckett goes 6-for-6 with 2 home runs in Minnesota 10-6 win over Milwaukee August 30, 1987 Stefka Kostadonova of Bulgaroa sets high jump woman's record (6'10") August 30, 1987 Yves Pol of France runs complete marathon backwards (3:57:57) August 30, 1987 Knuckleballer Charlie Hough on the mound, Rangers catcher Geno Petralli ties the major league record by allowing 6 passed balls August 30, 1986 Gelindo Bordin wins Stuttgart marathon (2:10:54) August 30, 1986 Soviet authorities arrested Nicholas Daniloff (US News World Report) August 30, 1984 12th Space Shuttle Mission (41-D)-Discovery 1-launched (6 days) August 30, 1984 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation August 30, 1984 Red Sox Jim Rice grounds into record 33rd double play en route to 36 August 30, 1984 Sotherby's in London begins 2 day auction of rock memorabilla August 30, 1983 8th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 3-launched (6 days) August 30, 1983 Elizabeth R Zakarian (Devon Pierce), 17, New York, crowned 1st Miss Teen USA August 30, 1983 WKBC-TV (channel 48) ends broadcasting in Phila August 30, 1983 Guion Bluford becomes 1st African-American astronaut in space August 30, 1982 PLO leader Yasser Arafat leaves Beirut August 30, 1981 Joanne Carner wins Columbia Savings LPGA Golf Classic August 30, 1980 Polish government recognizes Solidarity August 30, 1979 1st recorded occurrance-comet hits sun (energy=1 mil hydrogen bombs) August 30, 1979 Ian Botham makes 1000 runs/100 wkts in Tests in his 21st match August 30, 1979 Kathy Horvath (14y5d) is youngest to play in U.S. Tennis Open, she loses August 30, 1979 President Carter attacked by a rabbit on a canoe trip in Plains Ga August 30, 1979 Wildest U.S. Tennis Open match, McEnroe defeats Ilie Nastase 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. Nastase was defaulted by the umpire then reinstated August 30, 1976 Tom Brokaw becomes news anchor of Today Show August 30, 1976 Turks and Caicos Islands adopts constitution August 30, 1975 KTW-AM in Seattle Washington changes call letters to KYAC (now KKFX) August 30, 1974 Express train runs full speed into Zagreb, Yugo rail yard killing 153 August 30, 1974 Launching of 1st Dutch satellite, ANS, from Vandenberg August 30, 1974 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site August 30, 1973 Danny Seiwell quits Wings August 30, 1972 John Lennon and Yoko Ono perform at Madison Square Garden August 30, 1971 WNPI TV channel 18 in Norwood, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting August 30, 1969 120,000 attend Texas International Pop Festival August 30, 1969 25,000 attend 2nd Annual Sky River Rock Festival, Tenino Wash August 30, 1969 69th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Steve Melnyk August 30, 1969 Racial disturbances in Fort Lauderdale Florida August 30, 1968 1st record under Apple label, Beatle's Hey Jude August 30, 1968 John and Yoko's "One on One" benefit for children at MSG August 30, 1967 U.S. Senate confirm Thurgood Marshall as 1st black justice August 30, 1965 Casey Stengel announces his retirement after 55 years in baseball August 30, 1965 Section of Allalin glacier wipes out construction site at Mattmark Dam near Saas-Fee, Switzerland August 30, 1964 Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Riverside Ladies Golf Open August 30, 1963 Hot Line communications link between Washington D.C. and Moscow begins August 30, 1961 J B Parsons is 1st African American judge of a U.S. District Court August 30, 1961 Last Spanish troops leave Morocco August 30, 1961 Oriole Jack Fisher walks 12 LA Angels in a 9 inning game August 30, 1961 U.S.S.R. says it will resume nuclear testing August 30, 1960 Boston 2nd baseman Pete Runnels goes 6-for-7 August 30, 1960 East Germany imposes a partial blockade on West Berlin August 30, 1958 U.S. performs nuclear test at S Atlantic Ocean August 30, 1957 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site August 30, 1957 U.S. senator Strom Thurmond speaks 24hrs 27m against civil rights August 30, 1956 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test (atmospheric tests) August 30, 1956 White mob prevents enrollment of blacks at Mansfield HS, Texas August 30, 1954 Hurricane Carol, kills 68 August 30, 1953 Future New York City mayor David Dinkins marries Joyce Burrows in New York City August 30, 1951 U.S. and Philippines sign mutual defense pact August 30, 1949 Roly Jenkins (Worcs vs. Surrey) takes his 2nd hat-trick of the game August 30, 1949 WTVN (now WSYX) TV channel 6 in Columbus, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting August 30, 1945 12th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 19, All-Stars 7 (92,753) August 30, 1945 Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 9th Symphony August 30, 1945 General MacArthur lands in Japan August 30, 1945 Hong Kong liberated from Japan August 30, 1944 11th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 24, All-Stars 21 (48,769) August 30, 1944 Philip Yordan's "Anna Lucasta," premieres in New York City August 30, 1944 Soviet troops enter Bucharest, Romania August 30, 1942 Nazi-Germany annexes Luxembourg August 30, 1941 Siege of Leningrad by Nazi troops began during WW II August 30, 1941 St. Louis Card Lon Warneke no-hits Cin Reds, 2-0 August 30, 1939 6th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: New York Giants 9, All-Stars 0 (81,456) August 30, 1939 General Reijnders appointed supreme commander of Dutch army August 30, 1939 Isoroku Yamamoto appointed supreme commander of Japanese fleet August 30, 1939 New York Yankee Atley Donald pitches a baseball a record 94.7 mph (152 kph) August 30, 1939 Poland mobilizes August 30, 1937 Joe Louis beats Tommy Farr in 15 for heavyweight boxing title August 30, 1933 Air France forms August 30, 1933 Portuguese dictator Salazar forms secret police (PIDE) August 30, 1932 Hermann Goering elected chairman (Reichstag) August 30, 1928 Jawaharlal Nehru requests independence of India August 30, 1927 41st U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Betty Nuthall (61 64) August 30, 1926 Jack Hobbs scores 316* at Lord's (Surrey vs. Middlesex) August 30, 1925 6th Iron pilgrim at Diksmuide Belgium August 30, 1922 Babe Ruth is thrown out of a game for 5th time in 1922 August 30, 1919 Ernst Toller's "Die Wandlung," premieres in Berlin August 30, 1918 Czechoslovakia forms independence republic August 30, 1918 Fanya Kaplan shoots at Lenin August 30, 1918 Lenin, new leader of Soviet Russia, shot and wounded after speech August 30, 1916 Boston's Dutch Leonard no-hits St. Louis Browns, 4-0 August 30, 1916 Paul Von Hindenburg becomes chief-of-General-Staff in Germany August 30, 1914 1st German plane bombs above Paris, 2 killed August 30, 1914 Battle at Tannenberg ends in destruction of Russian 2nd Narev army August 30, 1913 Phillies lead Giants 8-6 in top of 9th, fans in bleachers try to distract Giants, Umpire forefeits game to Giants, later overruled August 30, 1912 St. Louis Brown Earl Hamilton no-hits Detroit Tigers, 5-1 August 30, 1910 Yank Tom Hughes pitches 9 no-hit innings but loses to Cleveland 5-0 in 11 August 30, 1906 Hal Chase became 1st Yank to hit 3 triples in a game August 30, 1906 New York Highlander Joe Doyle debuts pitching back-to-back shut-outs August 30, 1905 Pogoro/Ngindo attack Fort Mahenge German East-Africa August 30, 1905 Tiger Ty Cobb makes his debut, doubling off Yank Jack Chesbro August 30, 1904 Thomas Hicks wins 3rd Olympics marathon (3:28:53.0) (40 km) August 30, 1901 Hubert Cecil Booth patents vacuum cleaner August 30, 1900 Last 2000 British prisoners in Nooitgedagt South Africa freed August 30, 1895 Belgium begins compulsory Roman Catholic education August 30, 1894 Frederick Lugards expedition to Niger August 30, 1893 13rd U.S. Mens Tennis: Robert D Wrenn beats Fred H Hovey (64 36 64 64) August 30, 1888 Lord Walsingham kills 1070 grouse in a single day August 30, 1885 13,000 meteors seen in 1 hour near Andromeda August 30, 1862 2nd Battle of Bull Run - Confederates beat Union August 30, 1862 Battle of 2nd Manassas-Pope defeated by Lee-Battle of Richmond, KY August 30, 1862 Battle of Altamont-Confederates beat Union forces in Tennessee August 30, 1860 1st British tram opens (Birkenhead) August 30, 1854 John Fremont issues proclamation freeing slaves of Missouri rebels August 30, 1850 Honolulu, Hawaii becomes a city August 30, 1843 1st blacks participation in national political convention (Liberty Party) August 30, 1831 Charles Darwin refuses to travel with HMS Beagle August 30, 1799 Bataafse fleet surrender to English August 30, 1781 French fleet of 24 ships under Comte de Grasse defeat British under Admiral Graves at battle of Chesapeake Capes in Revolutionary War August 30, 1776 U.S. Army evacuates Long Island/falls back to Manhattan, New York City August 30, 1757 Battle at Gross Jagerndorf: Russian army beats Prussia August 30, 1751 Georg Friedrich Handel completes oratorio "Jephtha" August 30, 1721 Russian/Swedish Peace of Nystad, ends North Sea War August 30, 1682 William Penn left England to sail to New World August 30, 1673 Leopold I, Spain, Netherlands and Lutherans form anti-French covenant August 30, 1645 Dutch and Indians sign peace treaty (New Amsterdam (NY)) August 30, 1563 Jewish community of Neutitschlin Moravia expelled August 30, 1481 2 Latvian monarchs executed for conspiracy to Polish king Kazimierz IV August 30, 1464 Pietro Barbo elected to succeed Pope Pius II (Paul II) August 30, 1146 European leaders outlaw crossbow intending to ending war for all time August 30, 1125 Duke Lotharius of Supplinburg elected king of Germany August 30, 257 St. Sixtus II begins his reign as Catholic Pope |