August 30 in History
What happened on August 30 in history?
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on august 30 in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened on august 30 in history.
?>1986
KGB arrests journalist Nicholas Daniloff (US News World Report) on a charge of spying and hold him for 13 days.
1983
Lieutenant Colonel Guion S. Bluford, Jr., becomes the first African-American astronaut to travel in space.
1983
Eiffel Tower welcomes its 150 millionth visitor, 33-year-old Parisian Jacqueline Martinez.
1982
Yasser Arafat, leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) forced out of Lebanon after 10 years in Beirut during Lebanese Civil War.
1979
First recorded instance of a comet (Howard-Koomur-Michels) hitting the sun; the energy released is equal to approximately 1 million hydrogen bombs.
1976
Tom Brokaw becomes news anchor of Today Show.
1967
US Senate confirms Thurgood Marshall as first African-American Supreme Court justice.
1963
Hot Line communications link installed between Moscow and Washington, DC.
1961
President John F. Kennedy appoints General Lucius D. Clay as his personal representative in Berlin.
1944
Ploesti, the center of the Rumanian oil industry, falls to Soviet troops.
1932
Nazi leader Hermann Goering is elected president of the Reichstag.
1892
The Moravia, a passenger ship arriving from Germany, brings cholera to the United States.
1861
Union General John Fremont declares martial law throughout Missouri and makes his own emancipation proclamation to free slaves in the state. President Lincoln overrules the general.
1860
The first British tramway is inaugurated at Birkenhead by an American, George Francis Train.
1813
Creek Indians massacre over 500 whites at Fort Mims, Alabama.
1781
The French fleet arrives in the Chesapeake Bay to aid the American Revolution.
1721
The Peace of Nystad ends the Second Northern War between Sweden and Russia, giving Russia considerably more power in the Baltic region.
1617
Rosa de Lima of Peru becomes the first American saint to be canonized.