Today in History for 30th August 2017:
Historical Events
1721 – Russian/Swedish Peace of Nystad, ends North Sea War
1901 – Hubert Cecil Booth patents vacuum cleaner
1933 – Air France forms from five French airlines
1956 – White mob prevents enrollment of blacks at Mansfield High School, Texas
1971 – WNPI TV channel 18 in Norwood, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting
1987 – Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Nestle World Golf Championship
Famous Birthdays
1821 – Anita Garibaldi, Brazilian warrior; Garibaldi’s wife (War of Tatters) (d. 1849)
1878 – Paul Hazard [Paul-Gustave-Marie-Camille Hazard], French critic and literature historian, born in Nordpeene, France (d. 1944)
1884 – Theodor Svedberg, Sweden, chemist, worked with colloids (Nobel 1926)
1915 – Liesbeth Saijers, Dutch sculptor
1953 – Robert Parish, NBA center (Boston Celtics, Charlotte Hornets)
1975 – Radhi Jaidi, Tunisian footballer
Famous Deaths
1529 – Juan del Encina, composer, dies at 61
1617 – Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (b. 1586)
1879 – John B Hood, confederate general (lost Atlanta), dies at 48
1907 – Richard Mansfield, American actor and manager (b. 1857)
1999 – Raymond Poïvet, French comics artist (b. 1910)
2015 – Wes Craven, American filmmaker (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream), dies at 76