August 30
1862
The Second Battle of Bull Run took place during the Civil War.
1905
Ty Cobb made his major league batting debut, playing for the Detroit Tigers.
1941
The two-year siege of Leningrad during World War II began.
1963
A hot line between the Kremlin and the White House went into operation to reduce the chances of an accidental war.
1967
Cleopatra VII, Queen of Egypt, committed suicide.
1999
East Timor residents voted to secede from Indonesia.
Birthdays
Jacques-Louis David
Pronunciation: [zhäk-lwE´ dävEd´] 1748–1825, French painter.
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
author (1797)
Huey Long
politician (1893)
Roy Wilkins
civil-rights leader (1901)
Fred MacMurray
actor (1908)
Ted Williams
baseball player (1918)
Warren Buffett
financial executive (1930)