Today in History - 30 August, 2025

Notable Events, Birthdays & Anniversaries

30 August 2025

Events

• 1146
  European leaders launch the Second Crusade.
• 1963
  Hotline established between Washington & Moscow during Cold War.
• 1999
  East Timor votes for independence from Indonesia.

Birthdays

• 1797
  Mary Shelley — author of *Frankenstein*.
• 1871
  Ernest Rutherford — Nobel Prize-winning physicist.

Death Anniversaries

• 1985
  J. B. Priestley — English novelist & playwright.