Today In History
Today is Thursday, Aug. 30, the 242nd day of 2018. There are 123 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
› 1963: The “Hot Line” communications link between Washington and Moscow went into operation.
ON THIS DATE
› 1967: The Senate confirmed the appointment of Thurgood Marshall as the first black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
› 1983: Guion S. Bluford Jr. became the first black American astronaut to travel in space as he blasted off aboard the Challenger.
› 1984: The space shuttle Discovery was launched on its inaugural flight.
› 1991: Azerbaijan declared its independence, joining the stampede of republics seeking to secede from the Soviet Union.
› 1997: Americans received word of the car crash in Paris that claimed the lives of Princess Diana, her boyfriend, Dodi Fayed, and their driver, Henri Paul.
› 2005: A day after Hurricane Katrina hit, floods were covering 80 percent of New Orleans, looting continued to spread and rescuers in helicopters and boats picked up hundreds of stranded people.
› 2007: In a serious breach of nuclear security, a B-52 bomber armed with six nuclear warheads flew cross-country unnoticed; the Air Force later punished 70 people.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Actor Bill Daily is 91. Actress Elizabeth Ashley is 79. Actor Ben Jones is
77. Cartoonist R. Crumb is 75. Olympic gold medal skier Jean-Claude Killy is
75. Actress Peggy Lipton is 72. Comedian Lewis Black is 70. Actor Timothy Bottoms is 67. Actor David Paymer is 64. Jazz musician Gerald Albright is 61. Actor Michael Chiklis is 55. Music producer Robert Clivilles is 54. Actress Michael Michele is 52. Country musician Geoff Firebaugh is 50. Country singer Sherrie Austin is 47. Rock singer-musician Lars Frederiksen (Rancid) is
47. Actress Cameron Diaz is 46. Rock musician Leon Caffrey (Space) is 45. TV personality Lisa Ling is
45. Rock singer-musician Aaron Barrett (Reel Big Fish) is 44. Actor Raul Castillo is 41. Actor Michael Gladis is 41. Tennis player Andy Roddick is 36. Singer Rachael Price (Lake Street Dive) is 33. Actress Johanna Braddy is 31. Actor Cameron Finley is 31.