Daily Calendar for Sunday, August 30, 2026

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Mary Shelley (writer) – 1797
Ellen Arthur (wife of U.S. president Chester Arthur; died before he took office) – 1837
Ernest Rutherford (physicist) – 1871
Huey Long (politician) – 1893
Raymond Massey (actor) – 1896
Roy Wilkins (civil rights leader) – 1901
Ted Williams (baseball player) – 1918
Geoffrey Beene (fashion designer) – 1927
Jean-Claude Killy (Olympic gold medalist, skiing) – 1943
Tug McGraw (baseball player) – 1944
Cameron Diaz (actress) – 1972
Andy Roddick (tennis player) – 1982

Following a defeat at the Battle of Long Island, General George Washington ordered a strategic retreat to Manhattan, under cover of a heavy fog. – 1776
Streetcar service ended in Montreal, Quebec – 1959
Hotline between the White House and the Kremlin installed – 1963
Thurgood Marshall confirmed as the first African American justice of the U.S. Supreme Court – 1967
First night launch of a space shuttle (Challenger), Kennedy Space Center, Florida – 1983
Astronaut Guion Bluford became the first African-American to reach space – 1983
Vicki Keith became the first person to swim across all five Great Lakes – 1988
Hotel Queen Leona Helmsley convicted on tax evasion charges, later sentenced to four years in prison and fined $8.8 million – 1989
Tennis player Greg Rusedski served a ball at 141 mph at the U.S. Open in New York City – 1997
Houston Comets won WNBA championship in league’s first season – 1997
Curt Schilling of the Boston Red Sox became the 14th MLB pitcher to reach 3,000 career strikeouts – 2006

George Washington took advantage of foggy weather to evacuate Long Island after a defeat – 1776
Boston’s high temperature was 99 degrees F – 1973