30 AUGUST
1146 European leaders outlaw crossbow, intending to end war for all time
1363 Beginning of the Battle of Lake Poyang; two Chinese rebel leaders Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang are pitted against each other in what was one of the largest naval battles in history during Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty
1590 Tokugawa Ieyasu enters Edo Castle (Traditional Japanese date: August 1, 1590)
1682 William Penn leaves England to sail to the New World
1928 Jawaharlal Nehru requests independence of India
1941 Siege of Leningrad by German troops begins during WWII
Famous Birthday's
Peter the Cruel
(1334 - 1369)
Ted Williams
(1918 - 2002)
Cameron Diaz
45th Birthday
Famous Deaths
Vera-Ellen
(1921 - 1981)
Charles Bronson
(1921 - 2003)
Seamus Heaney
(1939 - 2013)
Famous Weddings
1846 Author and Christian pioneer Ellen G. White (18) weds preacher James Springer White (25) in Portland, Maine
1940 CBS news correspondent Mike Wallace (22) weds Norma Kaphan in Brookline, Massachusetts
1953 Future NYC mayor David Dinkins marries Joyce Burrows in NYC
1988 Tennis star Chris Everett weds skier Andy Mills
1989 Roman Polanski marries actress Emmanuelle Seigner
Famous Divorces
1988 Julianne Philips files for divorce from Bruce Springs****