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August 30th in History

1900: Outbreak of bubonic plague in Glasgow, UK
1981: In Iran, the President and Prime Minister are killed by a bomb
1983: Guy Bluford becomes the first black American in space

August 30th birthdays

1797: Mary Shelley, English novelist and creator of 'Frankenstein'
1908: Fred MacMurray, American actor