What to remember about August 30th…
- 1780 Benedict Arnold sends letter to General Clinton agreeing to terms; for £20,000 Arnold would betray his country and deliver West Point and the Hudson to the British
- 1862 Rebels rout Union forces at Battle of Richmond
- 1918 Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin shot by Fanya Kaplan but survives; millions will die in the years to follow in pogroms and gulags
- 1963 “Hotline” is established between Soviet Union and United States to allow crisis communication between their leaders
- 1967 Thurgood Marshall is confirmed as 1st African-American Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
- 1983 On space shuttle Challenger, Lieutenant Colonel Guion S. Bluford (USAF) becomes 1st African-American in space
- 2003 American tough-guy actor Charles Bronson dies in L.A. (b. 1921)
- 2005 Following Hurricane Katrina, Lake Ponchartrain levees break causing widespread flooding in New Orleans
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