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History on the 30th of August

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30 Aug 1637 RELIGIOUS Colonial religious teacher Anne Hutchinson, 46, was charged with "traducing (i.e., degrading) the ministry" and was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Moving the following year to Rhode Island, then to New York, Anne and her family were killed by Indians in 1643.
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30 Aug 1770 RELIGIOUS Anglican clergyman and hymnwriter John Newton wrote in a letter: 'The exercised and experienced Christian, by the knowledge he has gained of his own heart and the many difficulties he has had to struggle with, acquires a skill and compassion in dealing with others.
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30 Aug 1820 RELIGIOUS Birth of George F. Root, American sacred music editor and composer. Root helped edit 75 musical collections, as well as composing several hundred original sacred melodies. One of these, JEWELS, is the tune to which is commonly sung the hymn, "When He Cometh."
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30 Aug 1856 RELIGIOUS Wilberforce University was established in Xenia, Ohio under auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1863, the university was transferred to the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church.
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30 Aug 1894 RELIGIOUS Independent Christian evangelist and educator Bob Jones, Sr. was converted at age 11 to a vital Christian faith. Licensed to preach by the Methodists at 15, Jones maintained a lifelong fundamentalist view of the Bible. In 1926, at age 32, he founded Bob Jones University.
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30 Aug 1914 WW2 Paris, France was bombed for the first time, by a German Taube flown by Lieutenant Ferdinand von Hiddessen. 
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30 Aug 1917 WW2 Kenkichi Ueda was assigned the concurrent duty with the Japanese Army Technical Bureau. 
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30 Aug 1923 WW2 Colorado was commissioned into service. 
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30 Aug 1932 WW2 Hermann Göring was elected the president of the German Reichstag. 
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30 Aug 1938 WW2 The Imperial Regalia of the Holy Roman Empire arrived at St. Catherine's Church in Nürnberg, Germany from Vienna, Austria. Items in this collection included both ceremonial items used by Holy Roman Emperors (the Imperial Crown, the Imperial Orb, the Imperial Sword, etc.) as well as relics of Christian mythology (a wood splinter said to be from the cross upon which Jesus Christ was cruxified, the spear blade said to have pierce Jesus Christ's side at the crucifixion, etc.). 
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30 Aug 1938 WW2 9 Japanese bombers escorted by 6 A5M4 fighters attacked an airfield near Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China; Galdiator fighters of Chinese 32nd Pursuit Squadron rose to intercept. 2 Japanese fighters and 6 Chinese fighters were shot down in the fighting. 
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30 Aug 1939 WW2 Poland refused to dispatch a delegation to Germany to negotiate over the topics of Danzig and the Polish Corridor. Polish Commander-in-Chief, Marshal of Poland, Edward Rydz-Smigly ordered the mobilization of the army. 
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30 Aug 1939 WW2 Isoroku Yamamoto was appointed the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet by Navy Minister Mitsumasa Yonai. 
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30 Aug 1940 WW2 In exchange for a German guarantee of security, Romania ceded the region of Dobrudja to Bulgaria and ceded Transylvania to Hungary. This move was forced on Romania by Hitler in an effort to prevent a possible war between Romania and Hungary. 
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30 Aug 1940 WW2 No. 303 (Polish) Squadron RAF was deemed operational in Britain. 
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30 Aug 1940 WW2 German submarine U-32 sank three ships of Allied convoy HX-66A four miles off Isle of Lewis, Scotland, United Kingdom between 0200 and 0248 hours; British ship Mill Hill was sunk with the entire crew of 34 lost, British ship Chelsea was sunk with 24 lost and 11 rescued by armed trawler HMS Lord Cecil, and Norwegian ship Norne was sunk with 17 lost and 11 survivors rescued by corvette HMS Hibiscus. Several hours later, German submarine U-59 attacked two ships of Allied convoy OB-205 70 miles northwest of Ireland between 0934 and 0953 hours; British tanker Anadara was damaged but remained float and without any casualties, and would be towed to the Clyde in Scotland by tug HMS Schelde; Greek ship San Gabriel also took on damage without sinking, but suffered 2 kills (she would later be declared a loss and her remaining 22 survivors would be taken off by destroyer HMS Warwick). Finally, also on this date, German submarine U-25 sank with all hands near Terschelling, the Netherlands after one of her own mines exploded. 
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30 Aug 1940 WW2 Rear Admiral Charles S. Freeman relieved Rear Admiral Edward B. Fenner as the Commandant of the US Navy Thirteenth Naval District and as the Commandant of the Puget Sound Navy Yard in Bremerton, Washington, United States. 
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30 Aug 1940 WW2 The brand-new armoured aircraft carrier, HMS Illustrious, and a powerful escort left Gibraltar. Although her air group was small (only 15 fighters and 18 bomber aircraft), Illustrious was one of the first warships to be fitted with air-warning radars which gave her a big advantage in fleet defence, as she could detect and track hostile aircraft and give her aircraft time to gain altitude. With both Illustrious and Eagle under his command, Admiral Cunningham could now take the offensive. 
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30 Aug 1940 WW2 Captain Leicester Charles Assheton Curzon-Howe was named the commanding officer of HMS Mauritius. 
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30 Aug 1940 WW2 The Japanese-sponsored puppet state Manchukuo established a flight school in Fengtien Province to train military and civilian pilots. 
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30 Aug 1940 WW2 RAF Bomber Command aircraft attacked Berlin, Germany. 
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30 Aug 1940 WW2 French Ambassador to Tokyo Arsène Henry announced to the Japanese that the French government would allow 6,000 Japanese troops to station in Indochina and would allow the military use of ports, airfields, and railroads in the region. However, the French government attempted to delay on the implementation of the plan as long as they could. 
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30 Aug 1940 WW2 British RAF Bomber Command aircraft attacked oil refineries near Rotterdam, the Netherlands. 
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30 Aug 1940 WW2 Albert Kesselring knew that the British were used to large raids every few hours by this time, so he changed tactics by dispatching smaller raids every 20 to 30 minutes. The airfield at Biggin Hill in England, United Kingdom was attacked repeatedly, but for the most part bombs fell on the town instead of the airfield, killing 39 and wounding 26; nevertheless, the few bombs that hit the airfield did damage the operations room and briefly brought down defense coordination at this site. Other targets attacked by German bombers on this day include Dietling (placed out of commission for remainder of day), Debden, North Weald, Duxford, Eastchurch, Croydon, and Hornchurch. The Ken radars were also brought offline briefly as power lines were damaged. This day, with 1,310 sorties flown by the Luftwaffe, would become RAF Fighter Command's day of greatest casualties, with 40 aircraft destroyed, 9 people killed, and 18 people seriously injured. German losses were great as well: 33 fighters and 30 bombers. Heavy attacks continued in England after nightfall, with Liverpool, London, Portsmouth, Manchester, Worcester, and Bristol bombed. 
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30 Aug 1940 WW2 Douglas Bader's No. 242 Squadron RAF was moved from RAF Coltishall at Norwich, England, United Kingdom to RAF Duxford at Duxford, England. On the same day, the squadron claimed downing 10 German aircraft, with two of which, Bf 110 heavy fighters, claimed by Bader. 
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30 Aug 1940 WW2 After shooting down a German He 111 bomber and damaged a Bf 110 fighter over the Thames estuary in southern England, United Kingdom, James Lacey's Hurricane fighter was badly damaged, but he was able to successfully glide the aircraft and crash land the aircraft at Gravesend to the north. 
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30 Aug 1941 WW2 German troops captured Mga, Leningrad Oblast, Russia, severing the last railway leading into the city of Leningrad. 
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30 Aug 1941 WW2 Panzergruppe 1 of Army Group South under Paul von Kleist and Panzergruppe 2 of Army Group Center under Heinz Guderian began to envelope the Soviet Southwestern Front under Mikhail Kirponos at Kiev, Ukraine. 
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30 Aug 1941 WW2 Romanian troops captured Kubanka, Ukraine, but Soviet forces recaptured the city later in the day. 
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30 Aug 1941 WW2 Joachim von Ribbentrop asked Soemu Toyoda regarding a possible Japanese attack on Vladivostok, Russia; the Japanese Navy admiral responded by saying that Japan was preparing for such a venture, and required more time to complete the preparations. 
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30 Aug 1941 WW2 Soviet destroyers Grozny, Oritsky, and Kuibyshev escorted the Allied convoy Dervish into the Dvina River and on to Arkhangelsk, Russia. Crewmen of the merchant ships of this first Allied convoy to arrive in Arkhangelsk reported poor cooperation from the Soviets. No stevedores were found so the crewmen attempted to unload the cargo themselves, only to be stopped by Soviet armed guards because they did not have the proper passes to step onto the shore; the situation was only improved after the arrival of higher ranking Soviet officers later in the day. 
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30 Aug 1942 WW2 US troops landed on Adak Island, Alaska. 
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30 Aug 1942 WW2 Luxembourg was formally annexed into German borders, leading to a general strike. 
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30 Aug 1942 WW2 Most of the Soviet 62nd and 64th Armies broke out of their encirclement by the German 48.Panzer Korps and escaped across the Chervlennaya River in the Caucasus region of southern Soviet Union. 
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30 Aug 1942 WW2 Douglas MacArthur sent a radio message to Washington DC, United States, urging a response to counter the Japanese attacks on the Allied New Guinea Force. 
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30 Aug 1942 WW2 USS S-1's batteries began to produce poisonous chlorine gas, but it was detected and quickly eliminated before causing casualties. 
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30 Aug 1942 WW2 Joseph Stilwell met with Archibald Wavell in Delhi, India, then had dinner with Lord Linlithgow. 
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30 Aug 1942 WW2 German submarine U-564 sank Norwegian tanker Vardaas 10 miles north of Tobago island at 0612 hours; all 41 aboard survived. 50 miles to the northeast, U-162 sank US ship Star of Oregon at 0828 hours; 1 was killed, 52 survived. 
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30 Aug 1942 WW2 German submarine U-66 sank Panamanian ship Sir Huon 375 miles east of Trinidad at 0926 hours; all 46 aboard survived. At 1930 hours, U-66 struck again, sinking US ship West Lashaway; all 56 aboard survived but some would die before being rescued. 
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30 Aug 1942 WW2 Tenryu arrived at Rabaul, New Britain. 
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30 Aug 1942 WW2 Japanese 144th Regiment attacked Australians at Isurava along the Kokoda Track in Australian Papua; after holding the position for the past few days and sustaining 99 killed and 111 wounded, the Australians finally gave up Isurava and fell back toward Eora; the Japanese suffered 140 killed and 231 wounded during the Isurava engagement. 
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30 Aug 1942 WW2 Japanese aircraft attacked and sank destroyer transport USS Colhoun in the Savo Sea north of Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands at 1400 hours; 51 were killed, 95 survived. Meanwhile, the rear echelon of US Marine Aircraft Group 23 arrived at Henderson Field. Overnight, Japanese destroyer transports landed 1,000 troops on Guadalcanal. 
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30 Aug 1942 WW2 Axis forces launched a new offensive toward El Alamein, Egypt, immediately meeting resistance from the air by the Desert Air Force. On the other side of the lines, British leaders already knew of the general German direction, learned from successful "Ultra" cryptanalysis. 
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30 Aug 1942 WW2 British submarine HMS Rorqual deployed 50 mines off Corfu, Greece; later in the day, she damaged Italian ship Monstella, forcing her to beach to prevent sinking. 
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30 Aug 1942 WW2 USS Permit arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her sixth war patrol. 
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30 Aug 1942 WW2 Over 20,000 British and Australian prisoners of war at the Selarang prisoner of war camp in Singapore refused to sign a pledge promising they would not attempt to escape. The Japanese rounded up these uncooperative prisoners of war, placed them in the central plaza, and denied them food, water, and medical treatment. Four prisoners who had previously attempted to escape were executed in front of the group to set an example. 
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30 Aug 1942 WW2 Admiral Scheer arrived at Schemenfjord near Narvik, Norway. 
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30 Aug 1942 WW2 Soviet ship Revolutionary, damaged by Admiral Scheer at Dikson, Russia three days prior, was repaired and put back into service. 
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30 Aug 1942 WW2 HMS Howe was assigned to the British Navy Home Fleet. 
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30 Aug 1943 WW2 Danish Prime Minister Erik Scavenius refused to work for the German occupation. 
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30 Aug 1943 WW2 Germans evacuated Taganrog, Russia. 
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30 Aug 1943 WW2 HMCS Haida (G63) was commissioned into service with Commander H. C. DeWolf in command. 
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30 Aug 1943 WW2 USS Snook arrived in the Marcus Island area and a conducted photograph reconnaissance mission. 
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30 Aug 1943 WW2 Light carrier Ryuho disembarked the air group originally from carrier Hiyo as Hiyo's repairs were completed. 
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30 Aug 1943 WW2 8th Fighter Squadron (both flying P-40 aircraft) of USAAF 49th Fighter Group was transferred out of Port Moresby to Dobodura Airfield, Australian Papua. 
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30 Aug 1943 WW2 USS Cabrilla arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. 
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30 Aug 1943 WW2 A massive air battle took place over Aversa, Italy when 44 US P-38 fighters escorting a B-26 bombing raid on the rail marshaling yards engaged 75 Luftwaffe fighters. While no bombers were shot down, 13 US and 9 German fighters fell. 
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30 Aug 1943 WW2 Bernard Montgomery hosted a victory celebration at Catania, Sicily, Italy. 
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30 Aug 1944 WW2 German troops withdrew from Bulgaria. 
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30 Aug 1944 WW2 USS Pollack again bombarded the Japanese phosphate plant at Fais Island, Caroline Islands. 
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30 Aug 1944 WW2 Joseph Stilwell departed Kandy, Ceylon for Delhi, India to meet with Patrick Hurley. 
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30 Aug 1944 WW2 Slovakian resistance fighters captured Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia. 
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30 Aug 1944 WW2 While at port at Stettin, Germany, submarine U-869 lost one crew member to British bombing when several bombs hit the barracks where the crew was bunked. 
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30 Aug 1944 WW2 Canadian armored units attacked Pesaro, Italy, but they were beaten back, losing 32 of 50 tanks in the process. 
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30 Aug 1944 WW2 The Italian motor torpedo boat base Base West was moved from Villefranche-sur-Mer, France to Sanremo, Italy. 
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30 Aug 1944 WW2 USS Alabama departed Eniwetok, Marshall Islands. 
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30 Aug 1944 WW2 After dark, USS Redfin picked up the 8 survivors of USS Flier from Mantangula Island, Palawan Province, Philippine Islands. 
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30 Aug 1944 WW2 Irako departed Takao (now Kaohsiung), Taiwan for Manila, Luzon, Philippine Islands. 
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30 Aug 1944 WW2 USS Ticonderoga departed Norfolk, Virginia, United States at 1407 hours for the Panama Canal. 
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30 Aug 1945 WW2 Submarine I-369 was surrendered to the Americans. 
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30 Aug 1945 WW2 Zang Shiyi was captured by Soviet troops. 
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30 Aug 1945 WW2 USS Whale departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. 
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30 Aug 1945 WW2 Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Air Group 63 departed. 
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30 Aug 1945 WW2 A British battle squadron led by the aircraft carrier Indomitable entered Hong Kong to reoccupy the Crown Colony. 
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30 Aug 1945 WW2 The main Allied forces began going ashore on mainland Japan. 
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30 Aug 1945 WW2 Douglas MacArthur arrived at Atsugi Airfield near Tokyo, Japan. 
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30 Aug 1945 WW2 USS San Diego arrived at Yokosuka, Japan. 
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30 Aug 1945 WW2 Jonathan Wainwright arrived at Manila, Philippine Islands. 
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30 Aug 1947 WW2 US Marines departed China. 
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30 Aug 1947 WW2 USS Missouri arrived at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 
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30 Aug 1947 WW2 British engineers set off 25 tons of explosives in a failed attempt to demolish the main building of the Berlin Zoo Flak Tower in Berlin, Germany. 
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