Today in History: August 30, Shackelton’s Endurance crew rescued
In the present day is Saturday Aug the nd day of There are days left in the year In the modern day in history On Aug on his fourth attempt explorer Ernest Shackelton successfully returned to Elephant Island in Antarctica to rescue of his stranded crew members who had survived on the barren island for four and a half months after the sinking of their ship the Endurance Also on this date In during World War II German forces approaching Leningrad cut off the remaining rail line out of the city Related Articles Labor Day weekend has arrived What to know about the holiday Trump suggests more US cities need National Guard but crime stats tell a different story At present in History August Olympic marathoner attacked by spectator firefighters battling Washington state wildfire arrested by Perimeter Patrol In the current era in History August Emmett Till s brutalized body identified In U S Gen Douglas MacArthur arrived in Japan to set up Allied occupation headquarters In the Hot Line communications link between Washington and Moscow went into operation In the Senate ratified the appointment of Thurgood Marshall as the first Black justice on the U S Supreme Court In a day after Hurricane Katrina hit floods covered percent of New Orleans looting continued to spread and rescuers in helicopters and boats picked up hundreds of stranded people In the United States completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan ending America s longest war with the Taliban back in power as Air Force passage planes carried a remaining contingent of troops from Kabul airport After watching the last U S planes disappear into the sky over Afghanistan Taliban fighters fired their guns into the air celebrating domination after a -year insurgency In Mikhail Gorbachev who was the last leader of the Soviet Union and waged a losing battle to salvage a crumbling empire but produced extraordinary reforms that led to the end of the Cold War died at age In contemporary times s Birthdays Investor and philanthropist Warren Buffet is Actor Elizabeth Ashley is Actor John Kani is Cartoonist Robert Crumb is Olympic gold medal skier Jean-Claude Killy is Comedian Lewis Black is Basketball Hall of Famer Robert Parish is U S Senator Thom Tillis R-N C is Actor Michael Chiklis is Actor Cameron Diaz is TV personality journalist Lisa Ling is Former MLB pitcher Adam Wainwright is Former professional tennis participant Andy Roddick is Singer-songwriter Bebe Rexha is