Today is Saturday, August 30, the 243rd day of 2008. There are 123 days left in the year.
31 B.C. _ Origin of Era of Augustus
1645 _ Dutch and Indians sign peace treaty
1843 _ First black participation in national political convention (Liberty Party)
1941 _ Siege of Leningrad by Nazi troops began during WW II
1944 _ Soviet troops enter Bucharest Romania
1945 _ Hong Kong liberated from Japan
1963 _ Hot Line communications link between Washington, D.C. and Moscow went begins
1976 _ Tom Brokaw becomes news anchor of the Today Show
1979 _ First recorded occurrence-comet hits sun (energy=1 mil hydrogen bombs)
1986 _ Soviet authorities arrested Nicholas Daniloff (U.S. News World Report)