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Notable anniversaries in history for today: August 30
- 80th: 1944 - In Italy, Canadian forces crosses the Foglia River, and pierce the Gothic Line of German defences.
- 80th: 1944 - Former Paris Military Governor Colonel-General Karl Heinrich von Stülpnagel is hanged.
- 80th: 1944 - Soviet troops enter Bucharest, Romania.
- 80th: 1944 - Russian forces capture Ploesti, Romania.
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of David Paymer; actor (Line of Fire, Larry Sanders Show).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Stephen Baker; NFL receiver (New York Giants).
- 60th: 1964 - Wesley Lau, actor (Lieutenant Anderson - Perry Mason), dies at age 43.
- 50th: 1974 - CBS airs the last Your Hit Parade TV show.
- 50th: 1974 - Express train runs full speed into Zagreb, Yugoslavia rail yard killing 153.
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Aaron Barrett; singer, guitarist (Reel Big Fish).
- 40th: 1984 - Jim Rice of the Boston Red Sox makes his 33rd double play of the season establishing a new major league mark.
- 40th: 1984 - 12th Space Shuttle Mission (41-D) - Discovery 1 - launched (6 days).
- 20th: 2004 - (to September 2) U.S. President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney are re-nominated at the Republican National Convention in New York City.
- 15th: 2009 - British TV talk show host Simon Dee (real bame Nicholas Henty-Dodd), one of the biggest stars on British TV in the 1960s (Dee Time), dies at the age of 74 of bone cancer, in Winchester, Hampshire, England.
- 15th: 2009 - In Spa, Belgium, round 12 of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship is won by Kimi Räikkönen.
- 15th: 2009 - In Indianapolis, USA, round 12 of the FIM MotoGP Championship is won by Jorge Lorenzo.
- 15th: 2009 - Japan's Democratic Party of Japan win a landslide general election over the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, 308 seats to 119, throwing out the party after almost 50 years of rule. New prime minister will be Yukio Hatoyama.
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