Today in History: On August 30, the crew of Shackleton’s Endurance were rescued
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Today is Friday, August 30, the 243rd day of 2024. There are 123 days left in the year.
On August 30, 1916, on his fourth attempt, explorer Ernest Shackleton successfully returned to Elephant Island, Antarctica, to rescue 22 of his stranded crew members who had survived on the deserted island four and a half months after their ship sank. , Persistence.
In 1941, during World War II, German forces approaching Leningrad cut off the remaining railway line from the city.
In 1945, American General Douglas MacArthur arrived in Japan to set up an Allied occupation command.
In 1963, the “Hot Line” communication link between Washington and Moscow was put into operation.
In 1967, the Senate confirmed the appointment of Thurgood Marshall as the first black justice on the US Supreme Court.
In 2005, the day after Hurricane Katrina, flooding covered 80 percent of New Orleans, looting continued, and rescuers in helicopters and boats picked up hundreds of stranded people.
In 2021, the United States completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan, ending America’s longest war with the Taliban, who are back in power, as Air Force transport planes transported the remaining contingent of troops from Kabul Airport. After watching the last US planes disappear in the skies over Afghanistan, Taliban fighters fired their weapons into the air and celebrated victory after a 20-year insurgency.
Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, died in 2022 at the age of 91. He led a losing battle to save the crumbling empire but brought extraordinary reforms that led to the end of the Cold War.
Birthdays today: Investor and philanthropist Warren Buffet is 94. Actor Elizabeth Ashley is 85. Actor John Kani is 82. Cartoonist Robert Crumb is 81. Skier Jean-Claude Killy (zhahn-KLOHD’ kee-LEE’) is 81. Comedian Lewis Black is 76. Basketball Hall of Famer Robert Parish is 71. U.S. Senator Thom Tillis, RN.C., is 64. Actor Michael Chiklis is 61. Actor Cameron Diaz is 52. Television personality/journalist Lisa Ling is 51. Former MLB pitcher Adam Wainwright is 43. Former professional tennis player Andy Roddick is 42. Singer-songwriter Bebe Rexha is 35.