A bit of August 30th history…
1146 - European leaders outlaw use of crossbow, intending to end war for all time
1363 - Battle of Lake Poyang: 2 Chinese rebel leaders are pitted against each other in what is one of the largest naval battles in history during the Mongol - led Yuan Dynasty
1890 - US President Harrison signed first US law requiring inspection of meat products
1909 - Burgess Shale fossils discovered (pictured)
1941 - Siege of Leningrad by German troops begins during WWII
1963 - Hotline communication link between the Pentagon in Washington DC and the Kremlin in Moscow installed; known as the “red telephone”
1967 - US Senate confirm Thurgood Marshall as 1st black Supreme Court Justice
1979 - 1st recorded occurrence of a comet hitting the sun, releases energy equal to 1 million hydrogen bombs
2019 - Outlook for the Great Barrier Reef downgraded to very poor according to official Australian reports
A bit of August 30th history… 1146 - European leaders...
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