Daily Calendar for Saturday, August 30, 2025
Born
- Mary Shelley (writer) –
- Ellen Arthur (wife of U.S. president Chester Arthur; died before he took office) –
- Ernest Rutherford (physicist) –
- Huey Long (politician) –
- Raymond Massey (actor) –
- Roy Wilkins (civil rights leader) –
- Ted Williams (baseball player) –
- Geoffrey Beene (fashion designer) –
- Jean-Claude Killy (Olympic gold medalist, skiing) –
- Tug McGraw (baseball player) –
- Cameron Diaz (actress) –
- Andy Roddick (tennis player) –
Died
- Lindsay Anderson (director of film) –
- Charles Bronson (actor) –
- Glenn Ford (actor) –
- Wes Craven (filmmaker) –
Events
- Streetcar service ended in Montreal, Quebec –
- Hotline between the White House and the Kremlin installed –
- Thurgood Marshall confirmed as the first African American justice of the U.S. Supreme Court –
- First night launch of a space shuttle (Challenger), Kennedy Space Center, Florida –
- Astronaut Guion Bluford became the first African-American to reach space –
- Vicki Keith became the first person to swim across all five Great Lakes –
- Hotel Queen Leona Helmsley convicted on tax evasion charges, later sentenced to four years in prison and fined $8.8 million –
- Houston Comets won WNBA championship in league’s first season
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- Tennis player Greg Rusedski served a ball at 141 mph at the U.S. Open in New York City –
- Curt Schilling of the Boston Red Sox became the 14th MLB pitcher to reach 3,000 career strikeouts –
Weather
- George Washington took advantage of foggy weather to evacuate Long Island after a defeat –
- Boston’s high temperature was 99 degrees F –
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