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Today in History: Tuesday, August\u00a0 30, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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AP Highlight in History:<\/span>
\nOn Aug. 30, 2005, a day after Hurricane Katrina hit, floodwaters covered 80 percent of New Orleans, looting continued to spread and rescuers in helicopters and boats picked up hundreds of stranded people.
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1797<\/td>\n“Frankenstein” author Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was born in London.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1862<\/td>\nUnion forces were defeated by the Confederates at the Second Battle of Bull Run in Manassas, Va.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1893<\/td>\nHuey P. Long, the “Kingfish” of Louisiana politics, was born in Winn Parish, La.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1905<\/td>\nBaseball Hall of Famer Ty Cobb made his major league debut with the Detroit Tigers.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1918<\/td>\nBaseball Hall of Famer Ted Williams was born in San Diego.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1941<\/td>\nNazi forces began a siege of Leningrad during World War II that lasted nearly two and a half years.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1945<\/td>\nGen. Douglas MacArthur arrived in Japan and set up Allied occupation headquarters.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1963<\/td>\nA hot-line communications link between Washington, D.C., and Moscow went into operation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1965<\/td>\nThe album “Highway 61 Revisited” by Bob Dylan was released.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1967<\/td>\nThe Senate confirmed the appointment of Thurgood Marshall as the first African-American justice on the Supreme Court.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1983<\/td>\nGuion S. Bluford Jr. became the first African-American astronaut to travel in space when he blasted off aboard the space shuttle Challenger.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1989<\/td>\nA federal jury in New York found “hotel queen” Leona Helmsley guilty of income tax evasion but acquitted her of extortion.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1990<\/td>\nPresident George H.W. Bush told a news conference that a “new world order” could emerge from the Persian Gulf crisis.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1993<\/td>\n“The Late Show with David Letterman” premiered on CBS.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1999<\/td>\nResidents of East Timor voted for independence from Indonesia in a U.N.-sponsored ballot.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Today’s Birthdays:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Berkshire Hathaway chairman and CEO Warren Buffett turns 86 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Bill Daily<\/td>\nActor (“I Dream of Jeannie,” “The Bob Newhart Show”)<\/td>\n89<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Elizabeth Ashley<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n77<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
R. Crumb<\/td>\nCartoonist (“Fritz the Cat”)<\/td>\n73<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jean-Claude Killy<\/td>\nSkier<\/td>\n73<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Peggy Lipton<\/td>\nActress (“The Mod Squad”)<\/td>\n69<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lewis Black<\/td>\nComedian (“The Daily Show”)<\/td>\n68<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Timothy Bottoms<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Robert Parish<\/td>\nBasketball Hall of Famer<\/td>\n63<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michael Chiklis<\/td>\nActor (“The Shield”)<\/td>\n53<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lisa Ling<\/td>\nTV personality<\/td>\n43<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cliff Lee<\/td>\nBaseball player<\/td>\n38<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andy Roddick<\/td>\nTennis player<\/td>\n34<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actress Cameron Diaz turns 44 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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