At present is Friday, Aug. 30, the 243rd day of 2024. There are 123 days left within the 12 months.
At present in historical past:
On Aug. 30, 2005, a day after Hurricane Katrina hit, floods lined 80 p.c of New Orleans, looting continued to unfold and rescuers in helicopters and boats picked up tons of of stranded folks.
Additionally on this date:
In 1916, on his fourth try, explorer Ernest Shackelton efficiently returned to Elephant Island in Antarctica to rescue 22 of his stranded crew members, who had survived on the barren island for 4 and a half months after the sinking of their ship, the Endurance.
In 1941, throughout World Struggle II, German forces approaching Leningrad reduce off the remaining rail line out of the town.
In 1945, U.S. Gen. Douglas MacArthur arrived in Japan to arrange Allied occupation headquarters.
In 1963, the “Sizzling Line” communications hyperlink between Washington and Moscow went into operation.
In 1967, the Senate confirmed the appointment of Thurgood Marshall as the primary Black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court docket.
In 2021, america accomplished its withdrawal from Afghanistan, ending America’s longest warfare with the Taliban again in energy, as Air Drive transport planes carried a remaining contingent of troops from Kabul airport. After watching the final U.S. planes disappear into the sky over Afghanistan, Taliban fighters fired their weapons into the air, celebrating victory after a 20-year insurgency.
In 2022, Mikhail Gorbachev, who was the final chief of the Soviet Union, and waged a shedding battle to salvage a crumbling empire however produced extraordinary reforms that led to the top of the Chilly Struggle, died at age 91.
At present’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 medal skier Jean-Claude Killy (zhahn-KLOHD’ kee-LEE’) is 81.
- Comic Lewis Black is 76.
- Basketball Corridor of Famer Robert Parish is 71.
- U.S. Senator Thom Tillis, R-N.C., is 64.
- Actor Michael Chiklis is 61.
- Actor Cameron Diaz is 52.
- TV character/journalist Lisa Ling is 51.
- Former MLB pitcher Adam Wainwright is 43.
- Former skilled tennis participant Andy Roddick is 42.
- Singer-songwriter Bebe Rexha is 35.