30TH
AUGUST
FEAST DAY OF
"SAINTS FELIX & AUDAUCTUS; ST
FANTINUS; ST PAMMACHIUS; ST MARGARET WARD; |
| 30TH |
30bc |
EGYPTIAN QUEEN, ‘CLEOPATRA,’ COMMITS SUICIDE BY
LETTING AN ASP BITE HER. |
| 30TH |
257 |
"ST. SIXTUS II" BEGINS HIS
REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 30TH |
1833 |
THE SHIP AMPHRITRITE WITH 100 CONVICT WOMEN BOUND FOR
AUSTRALIA ABOARD WAS WRECKED ON THE FRENCH COAST WITH THE LOSS OF 134 LIVES. |
| 30TH |
1881 |
4 DIE IN A RAIL DERAILMENT AT JOLIMONT,
VICTORIA. |
| 30TH |
1885 |
13,000 METEORS ARE SEEN IN ONE HOUR NEAR ANDROMEDA. |
| 30TH |
1901 |
SCOTTISH INVENTOR, "HUBERT CECIL
BOOTH," PATENTED THE VACUUM CLEANER. |
| 30TH |
1936 |
‘DONALD DUCK’ MADE HIS APPEARANCE IN THE CARTOON
‘WISE LITTLE HEN,’ WITH THE VOICE OF "CLARENCE NASH." |
| 30TH |
1939 |
IN ANTICIPATION OF GERMAN BOMBING, THE
GREAT EVACUATION OF CHILDREN FROM BRITISH CITIES BEGAN. |
| 30TH |
1945 |
HONG KONG IS LIBERATED FROM JAPAN. |
| 30TH |
1946 |
LISMORE, NSW, PROCLAIMED A CITY. |
| 30TH |
1955 |
A PILOTLESS ‘AUSTER’ AIRCRAFT TAKES OFF FROM
BANKSTOWN & FLIES OVER SYDNEY FOR 3 HOURS BEFORE BEING SHOT DOWN BY NAVY PLANES. |
| 30TH |
1963 |
TO REDUCE THE POSSIBILITY OF ACCIDENTAL
NUCLEAR WAR, THE "HOTLINE" BETWEEN THE U.S. PRESIDENT & THE SOVIET PREMIER
WAS ESTABLISHED. |
| 30TH |
1968 |
THE BEATLES RELEASED THE CLASSIC ‘HEY JUDE.’ |
| 30TH |
1973 |
KENYA BANS THE HUNTING OF ELEPHANTS AND
THE TRADE IN IVORY. |
| 30TH |
1979 |
A CESSNA 206 CRASH AT SHEPPARTON, VICTORIA, CLAIMS 6 LIVES. |
| 30TH |
1979 |
THE FIRST RECORDED COMET HITTING THE
SUN; ENERGY IS PUT AS EQUAL TO ONE MILLION HYDROGEN BOMBS. |
| 30TH |
1979 |
WHILE ON A CANOE TRIP IN PLAINS, GEORGIA, "PRESIDENT
CARTER" IS ATTACKED BY A RABBIT. |
| 30TH |
1987 |
CANADIAN ‘BEN JOHNSON RAN A WORLD
RECORD 100metres IN 9.83seconds. THE RECORD WAS LATER WITHDRAWN FOLLOWING JOHNSONS PROVEN
ABUSE OF STEROIDS. |
| 30TH |
1987 |
"YVES POL" OF FRANCE, RUNS A FULL MARATHON
BACKWARDS IN 3 HOURS 57 MINUTES 57 SECONDS. |
| 30TH |
1988 |
"JULIANNE PHILLIPS" FILES FOR
DIVORCE FROM "BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN." |
| 30TH |
1988 |
TENNIS PLAYER, "CHRIS EVETT" MARRIES SKIER,
"ANDY MILLS." |
| 30TH |
1989 |
FILM PRODUCER, "ROMAN
POLANSKI" MARRIES ACTRESS, "EMMANUELLE SEIGER." |
| 30TH |
1991 |
"JAN BERRY" OF THE 1960’s SURF MUSIC DUO,
"JAN & DEAN" MARRIED EX-WAITRESS "GERTIE FILIP" IN LAS VEGAS,
NEVADA, ON STAGE DURING A "JAN & DEAN" PERFORMANCE. |
| 30TH |
1994 |
U.S. RAPPER, "DR. DRE" (ANDRE
YOUNG) WAS GAOLED FOR EIGHT MONTHS AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO DRUNK DRIVING CHARGES
FOLLOWING A HIGH SPEED CHASE THROUGH BEVERLY HILLS IN JANUARY. |
| 30TH |
2000 |
A HUMAN HEAD, BELIEVED TO THAT OF A MISSING FISHERMAN, IS
FOUND INSIDE A 44kg COD, CAUGHT OFF THE QUEENSLAND COAST. |
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