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It happened one 30 August
1945 : General MacArthur arrived in JapanOn August 30, 1945, General MacArthur arrived in Japan to receive the surrender of the Japanese government and to reorganize the country. |
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1963 : The hot line becomes operationalAugust 30, 1963, the hot line, the hotline between Washington and Moscow was installed. It was intended to improve communication and speed of connection between the authorities of the two States. In Washington, the line was installed in the Pentagon (not in the White House) and in Moscow, it was installed in the Kremlin. The line became very popular in Cold War movies. It was replaced by a direct secure line in 1999. |
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1974 : A train derailed into Zagreb stationOn August 30, 1974, a crowded train, from Belgrade to Dortmund, launched at full speed and which went through a red light, derailed on reaching the station of Zagreb in Yugoslavia. 153 people were killed in the disaster. Both engineers, who did not respect the signs, due to falling asleep or being drunk, were sentenced to 15 and 8 years in prison. |
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1984 : Maiden Flight of Space Shuttle DiscoveryOn August 30, 1984, the shuttle Discovery made its first trip into space and was launched from Florida. Its mission lasted 6 days during which it deplyed three communications satellites. Its last trip took place on March 9, 2011. |
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2009 : Japanese ElectionsOn August 30, 2009, Japanese parliamentary elections were won by the Democratic Party after 48 years of rule by the Liberal Democrat Party. |
Quote of the day : 30 August
| Douglas MacArthur You are remembered for the rules you break. |
Birthdays : 30 August
| Mary Shelley, English writer (1797) | |
| Théophile Gautier, French writer (1811) | |
| Anita Garibaldi, Giuseppe Garibaldi's wife and comrade (1821) | |
| Ernest Rutherford, British physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1871) | |
| Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist, Nobel laureate (1884) | |
| Raymond Massey, Canadian actor (1896) | |
| Joan Blondell, American actress (1906) | |
| Fred MacMurray, American actor (1908) | |
| Roger Bushell, RAF Squadron Leader, Organiser of the Great Escape from a German prison camp (1910) | |
| Edward Purcell, American physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (1912) | |
| Nancy Wake, SOE Agent during World War II (1912) | |
| Roger Pierre, French actor (1923) | |
| Jack Swigert, American astronaut (1930) | |
| Geneviève de Fontenay, Ex-President of the Miss France Committee (1932) | |
| Bruce McLaren, Race-car designer and driver from New Zealand (1937) | |
| Frank Vincent, American actor (1939) | |
| Jean-Claude Killy, French alpine skier (1943) | |
| Fred Hampton, Black Panther Party activist (1948) | |
| Anna Politkovskaya, Russian journalist (1958) | |
| Yves Calvi, French journalist (1959) | |
| Laurent Delahousse, French journalist (1969) | |
| Cameron Diaz, American actress (1972) | |
| Javier Otxoa, Spanish cyclist (1974) | |
| Marina Anissina, Russian French ice dancer (1975) | |
| Juan Ignacio Chela, Argentine tennis player (1979) | |
| Simone Pepe, Italian footballer (1983) | |
| Leisel Jones, Australian swimmer (1985) | |
| Lelia Masaga, New Zealand All Black rugby player (1986) | |
| Emily Bear, American pianist and composer (2001) |
They left us one 30 August
| Shōkō, Emperor of Japan (1428) | |
| Wilhelm Wien, German physicist, Nobel Prize (1928) | |
| Henri Barbusse, French journalist (1935) | |
| J. J. Thomson, English physicist, Nobel Prize (1940) | |
| Charles Coburn, American actor (1961) | |
| Guy Burgess, British double agent working for the Soviets (1963) | |
| Jean Seberg, American actress (1979) | |
| Jean Seberg, American actress (1979) | |
| Richard Jordan, American actor (1993) | |
| Christine Pascal, French actress (1996) | |
| J. Lee Thompson, English director (2002) | |
| Charles Bronson, American actor (2003) | |
| Glenn Ford, American Canadian actor (2006) | |
| Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian writer, Nobel Prize in Literature (2006) | |
| Alain Corneau, French director (2010) |
Tip of the Day : 30 August
Stop saying yes to everyoneWhen you want to please everyone, you tend to say yes to everyone and you can eventually find youselves in difficulty. It is therefore better to change this habit. When someone asks for something, the first reaction is to think before answering : you should consider all the consequences of your decision. You can also have strict limits which should never be crossed and stick to it. You must then learn how to say no : it does not offend people to tell them no. You can even start by saying no to people and while they are trying to change your mind by a series of arguments, you have time to think about what to do. In making the decision, you can remember all the times you said yes, and what were the consequences. The aim is not to say no to everything but to say yes only when you want to say yes and not because you do not dare to say no. |
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