TODAY IN HISTORY AUGUST 30

THE HISTORY OF AUGUST 30

WORLD EVENTS

Today is National Roasted Marshmallow Day

1645  American Indians and Dutch made a peace treaty at New Amsterdam (NYC)

1780  Benedict Arnold secretly promised to surrender the fort at West Point to the British

1893  Louisiana Governor Huey P. Long was born – “Kingfish”

1901  Hubert Booth patented the vacuum cleaner

1930  Legendary investor Warren Buffett was born

1935  FDR signed the Revenue Act – was a wealth tax on inheritance, gifts, and higher income individuals

1941  The siege of Leningrad by the Nazis began

1945  General MacArthur set up the Allied occupation headquarters in Tokyo

1945  Hong Kong was liberated from Japan

1960  A partial blockade of West Germany by Eat Germany was imposed

1963  Actor Michael Chiklis was born – “The Shield”

1967  The U.S. Senate confirmed Thurgood Marshall as the first black Supreme Court justice

1972  Actress Cameron Diaz was born

1979  The first recorded occurrence of a comet hitting the sun – the energy was equal to 1 million hydrogen bombs

1983  Guion Buford became the 1^st black astronaut on the 8^th space shuttle

1992  “Murphy Brown” won three Emmys including best comedy series

1993  “The Late Show with David Letterman” premiered on CBS

2001  The Japanese stock market, Nikkei, fell to a 17 year low

2003  Charles Bronson, actor in over 60 movies, died

2003  Harley-Davidson celebrated its 100^th birthday with a parade of 10,000 motorcycles

2004  The Republican Convention opened in NYC – would nominate Bush/Cheney

2005  24 hours after Katrina hit New Orleans, 80% of the area was flooded and over 20,000 people were in the Superdome

SPORTS HISTORY on AUGUST 30

2006  Pittsburgh beats Chicago 10-9 in 11 innings – each team had 20 hits – no HRs

2006  Red Sox Curt Schilling gets his 3,000^th strikeout – ends with 3,116

2004  Houston’s Jeff Bagwell steals a base – 11^th player in MLB history with 400 HRs and 200 steals

1998  Sammy Sosa hits his 54^th HR and Mark McGwire hits his 55^th

1998  Roger Clemens beats the Twins 6-0 – has 29 inning scoreless streak going

1998  Philadelphia’s Curt Schilling throws his 13^th complete game of the season –

benefited by a triple play

1997  Red Sox Nomar Garciaparra does not get a hit – ending AL rookie record at 30 consecutive games

1988  Phillies Kent Tekulve becomes the second pitcher in MLB history to appear in 1,000 games – Hoyt Wilhelm

1987  Twins Kirby Puckett is 6 for 6 in the game (ties AL record) – went 4 for 5 yesterday – ties MLB record 10 in 2 games

1984  Boston’s Jim Rice grounds into his 33^rd double play of the season – MLB record – will end with 36

1974  Texas’ Dave Nelson steals 2^nd, 3^rd, and home in the 1^st inning – only 3^rd time in MLB history it is done in the 1^st inning

1969  Senators Frank Howard steals a base – his first in 3 years – ends career with 8

1969  Angels catcher Jose Azcue ties AL record with 3 consecutive passed balls

1964  Milwaukee and San Francisco combine to use MLB record 15 pinch hitters in a double header

1905  Ty Cobb makes his debut – got a hit – will make 4,189 of them

#1 SONGS on AUGUST 30

1960  It’s Now or Never – Elvis Presley

1964  Where Did Our Love Go – The Supremes

1965  Help – The Beatles

1966  Sunshine Superman - Donovan

1967  Ode to Billie Joe – Bobbie Gentry

1968  People Got to Be Free – The Rascals

1969  Honky Tonk Woman – The Rolling Stones

1972  Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl) – Looking Glass

1973  Brother Love - Stories

1974  Having My Baby – Paul Anka with Odia Coates

1975  Get Down Tonight – KC & the Sunshine Band

1976  You Should Be Dancing – The Bee Gees

1979  My Sharona – The Knack

1980  Sailing – Christopher Cross

1981  Endless Love – Diana Ross & Lionel Richie

1982  Eye of the Tiger - Survivor

1983  Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) – The Eurythmics

1984  What’s Love Got to Do With It – Tina Turner

1985  The Power of Love – Huey Lewis & the News

1987  La Bamba – Los Lobos

1991  Every Thing I Do – Bryan Adams

1992  End of the Road – Boyz II Men

1994  I’ll Make Love to You – Boyz II Men

1995  You Are Not Alone – Michael Jackson

1996  Macarena – Los Del Rio