THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 2012

Today is Thursday, August 30, the 243rd day of 2012. There are 123 days left in the year.

31 B.C. ― Origin of Era of Augustus

1885 ― 13,000 meteors seen in one hour near Andromeda

1905 ― Ty Cobb's first major league at bat (Detroit Tigers)

1944 ― Soviet troops enter Bucharest, Romania

1945 ― Hong Kong liberated from Japan

1963 ― Hot line communications link between Washington, D.C. and Moscow goes into operation

1968 ― First record under Apple label (Beatle's ``Hey Jude”)

1969 ― 120,000 attend Texas International Pop Festival

1979 ― First recorded occurrence; comet hits sun (energy=1 million hydrogen bombs)

1979 ― President Carter attacked by a rabbit on a canoe trip in Plains, Ga.