MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 2021

1850 ― Honolulu, Hawaii becomes capital of independent Kingdom of Hawaii

1941 ― Siege of Leningrad by Nazi troops begins during WW II

1944 ― Soviet troops enter Bucharest, Romania

1945 ― Hong Kong liberated from Japan

1956 ― White mob prevents enrollment of Black students at Mansfield High School, TX

1961 ― Oriole Jack Fisher walks 12 LA Angels in a 9-inning game

1963 ― Hot line communications link between Washington, D.C. & Moscow begins

1965 ― Section of Allalin Glacier wipes out construction site at Mattmark Dam near Saas-Fee, Switzerland

1967 ― U.S. Senate confirms Thurgood Marshall as 1st Black Supreme Court justice

1969 ― Racial disturbances in Fort Lauderdale, FL

1979 ― President Carter “attacked” by a rabbit while fishing in his hometown of Plains, GA

1989 ― Roman Polanski marries actress Emmanuelle Seigner

1991 ― Mike Powell of the U.S. sets then-long jump record at 8.95m