Historical Events for 30th August 2026

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1888 - Lord Walsingham kills 1,070 grouse in a single day
1922 - Babe Ruth is thrown out of a game for the fifth time in 1922
1924 - The Rentenmark is replaced by the Reichsmark as legal tender in Germany, during Hans Luther's tenure as Minister of Finance.
1933 - Portuguese dictator António de Oliveira Salazar forms the secret police (PIDE)
1956 - White mob prevents enrollment of Black students at Mansfield High School, Texas
1966 - American medical drama series "Dr. Kildare," starring Richard Chamberlain and Raymond Massey, ends a five-season run on NBC-TV
1969 - Three-day Texas International Pop Festival opens in Lewisville, Texas, with 125,000 attendees, featuring performers such as Chicago Transit Authority, Delaney and Bonnie and Friends, Grand Funk Railroad, Janis Joplin, B.B. King, Led Zeppelin, Nazz, Sam and Dave, Sly and the Family Stone, and Johnny Winter
2006 - 63rd Venice Film Festival: "Still Life" directed by Jia Zhangke wins Golden Lion

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