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What happened in history on this day: August 30?
On August 30 in ...
- 1957 - ABC airs the last Kukla, Fran, and Ollie TV show.
- 1974 - CBS airs the last Your Hit Parade TV show.
- 1976 - Tom Brokaw becomes news anchor of the Today Show.
- 1991 - The last episode of the TV series The Challengers airs.
- 1993 - CBS-TV debuts Late Show with David Letterman. First musical guest to appear on the new show is Billy Joel.
Births on August 30
- 1896 - Birth of Raymond Massey in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; actor (Dr Gillespie - Dr Kildare).
- 1901 - Birth of John Gunther in Chicago, Illinois, USA; author/host (John Gunther's High Road).
- 1908 - Birth of Fred MacMurray in Illinois, USA; actor (Steve Douglas - My Three Sons).
- 1909 - Birth of Joan Blondell in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Real McCoys, Here Come the Brides).
- 1917 - Birth of Julie Bishop in Denver, Colorado, USA; actress (Northern Pursuit, Threat).
- 1927 - Birth of Bill Daily in Des Moines, Iowa, USA; actor (I Dream of Jeannie, Newhart, The Bob Newhart Show).
- 1928 - Birth of Johnny Mann in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; music director (Johnny Mann's Stand Up and Cheer).
- 1938 - Birth of Steve Delaney in Dobbs Ferry, New York, USA; newscaster (Monitor).
- 1939 - Birth of Elizabeth Ashley in Ocala, Florida, USA; actress (Coma, Evening Shade).
- 1941 - Birth of Ben Jones; actor (The Dukes of Hazzard), politician.
- 1947 - Birth of Peggy Lipton in Lawrence, New York, USA; actress (Julie - Mod Squad, Twin Peaks).
- 1948 - Birth of Lewis Black; comedian (The Daily Show, Root of All Evil).
- 1951 - Birth of Timothy Bottoms; actor (Paper Chase, East of Eden, That's My Bush, Land of the Lost).
- 1954 - Birth of David Paymer; actor (Line of Fire, Larry Sanders Show).
- 1963 - Birth of Michael Chiklis; actor (The Commish, The Shield).
- 1966 - Birth of Michael Michele; actress (ER, Kevin Hill, Homicide: Life On The Street).
- 1972 - Birth of Cameron Diaz; actress (Shrek the Halls).
- 1973 - Birth of Lisa Ling; TV personality (The View, Hollywood Squares).
Deaths on August 30
- 1963 - Axel Stordahl, orchestra leader (Frank Sinatra Show), dies at age 50.
- 1964 - Wesley Lau, actor (Lieutenant Anderson - Perry Mason), dies at age 43.
- 1968 - Death of William Talman at age 53 of cancer; actor (Hamilton Berger - Perry Mason).
- 1970 - Death of Del Moore at age 54 of a heart attack; actor/announcer (Life with Elizabeth TV show, Cal - Bachelor Father).
- 1989 - Death of Joe De Santis at age 80 of obstructive lung disease; actor (Pepper Young's Family radio show, Mr. District Attorney, March of Time, Gangbusters, Kate Smith, Playhouse 90 TV show, Studio One).
- 2003 - Death of Charles Bronson AKA Charles Buchinsky of Alzheimer's and pneumonia at age 81; actor (Travels of Jaimie McPheeters, Empire, Family of Cops I, II, & III).
- 2006 - Death of Glenn Ford at age 90; actor (Cade's County, The Family Holvak).
- 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.
- 2015 - Death of Wes Craven, American film director and writer (born 1939).
- 2017 - Death of Károly Makk, Hungarian film director and screenwriter (born 1925).
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