12 History Lessons + 7 Births & 7 Deaths for August 30, 2025
Today’s History:
- 1800 – Gabriel Prosser’s planned slave revolt in Richmond is thwarted by a severe storm and informants.
- 1813 – Fort Mims massacre in present-day Alabama sparks the Creek War.
- 1862 – American Civil War: Second Battle of Bull Run ends in a Confederate victory.
- 1918 – Fanny Kaplan shoots Vladimir Lenin; Red Terror soon follows.
- 1922 – Battle of Dumlupınar secures a decisive Turkish victory in the Greco-Turkish War (Victory Day in Turkey).
- 1945 – British forces land to reoccupy Hong Kong, ending Japanese rule.
- 1963 – The Moscow–Washington “hotline” goes into operation.
- 1967 – Thurgood Marshall is confirmed as the first Black U.S. Supreme Court justice.
- 1983 – STS-8 launches: Guion “Guy” Bluford becomes the first African American in space.
- 1995 – NATO begins Operation Deliberate Force against Bosnian Serb forces.
- 1999 – East Timor votes for independence in a UN-run referendum.
- 2021 – The U.S. completes its military withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Today’s Birthdays:
- 1930 – Warren Buffett, investor; longtime Berkshire Hathaway CEO (95)
- 1948 – Lewis Black, stand-up comedian and actor (77)
- 1963 – Michael Chiklis, actor (“The Shield”) (62)
- 1972 – Cameron Diaz, actress (“There’s Something About Mary”) (53)
- 1973 – Lisa Ling, journalist and TV host (52)
- 1982 – Andy Roddick, tennis player; 2003 US Open champion (43)
- 1989 – Bebe Rexha, singer-songwriter (“Meant to Be”) (36)
Today’s Deaths:
- 1940 – J. J. Thomson, physicist who discovered the electron (83)
- 2003 – Charles Bronson, film actor (“Death Wish”) (81)
- 2006 – Glenn Ford, film actor (“Gilda,” “Blackboard Jungle”) (90)
- 2013 – Seamus Heaney, Irish poet; Nobel laureate (74)
- 2015 – Wes Craven, horror director (“A Nightmare on Elm Street,” “Scream”) (76)
- 2019 – Valerie Harper, TV actress (“Rhoda”) (80)
- 2022 – Mikhail Gorbachev, last leader of the Soviet Union (91)
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