Today is Friday, August 30, the 243rd day of 2024. There are 123 days left in the year.
Today in History:
On August 30, 1916, on his fourth attempt, explorer Ernest Shackelton successfully returned to Elephant Island in Antarctica to rescue 22 of his stranded crew members, who had survived on the barren island for four and a half months after their ship sank. , the endurance.
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In 1941, during World War II, German forces approaching Leningrad cut off the remaining railway line out of the city.
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In 1963, the “Hot Line” communications link between Washington and Moscow became operational.
In 1967, the Senate confirmed the appointment of Thurgood Marshall as the first black justice on the United States Supreme Court.
In 2005, a day after Hurricane Katrina hit, flooding covered 80 percent of New Orleans, looting continued to spread, and rescuers in helicopters and boats picked up hundreds of stranded people.
In 2021, the United States completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan, ending America’s longest war with the Taliban back in power, as Air Force transport aircraft carried a remaining troop force from Kabul Airport. After watching the last US planes disappear into the skies over Afghanistan, Taliban fighters fired their weapons into the air and celebrated victory after a 20-year insurgency.
In 2022, Mikhail Gorbachev, who was the last leader of the Soviet Union, waged a losing battle to save a crumbling empire but produced extraordinary reforms that led to the end of the Cold War, died at the age of 91.
Today’s birthdays: Investor and philanthropist Warren Buffet is 94. Actor Elizabeth Ashley is 85. Actor John Kani is 82. Cartoonist Robert Crumb is 81. Olympic gold medalist Jean-Claude Killy is 81. Comedian Lewis Black is 76. Basketball Hall of Famer Robert Parish is 71. United States Senator Thom Tillis, RN.C., is 64. Actor Michael Chiklis is 61. Actor Cameron Diaz is 52. TV personality/journalist Lisa Ling is 51. Former MLB pitcher Adam Wainwright is 43. Previously professional tennis player Andy Roddick is 42. Singer-songwriter Bebe Rexha is 35.