1767
Politics
Opening of the Legislative Commission — first representative national assembly
Catherine convenes Russia's first empire-wide representative assembly in Moscow on 30 August 1767 to consider her Nakaz law code.
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30August
22 indexed achievements across recorded history.
1797
Literature
Birth of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin
Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin (later Mary Shelley) is born in London, England.
View details1797
Literature
Birth of daughter Mary Shelley
Mary Wollstonecraft gave birth to Mary Shelley on August 30, 1797.
View details1797
Literature
Birth of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin
Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin (later Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley) is born in Somers Town, London.
View details1821
Science
Birth of Anita Garibaldi in Laguna, Brazil
Ana Maria de Jesus Ribeiro was born in Laguna, Santa Catarina, Brazil, on August 30, 1821.
View details1904
1907
Science
Birth of Bertha Parker Cody
Birth of Bertha Parker Cody, a pioneering Native American archaeologist.
View details1909
Literature
Birth of Virginia Lee Burton in Newton Centre, Massachusetts
Virginia Lee Burton was born on August 30, 1909, in Newton Centre, Massachusetts, to a family that nurtured her artistic talents from an early age.
View details1912
Activism
Birth of Nancy Wake in Wellington, New Zealand
Born on 30 August 1912 in Wellington, New Zealand; Nancy Grace Augusta Wake would become one of the most decorated women of the Second World War.
View details1931
Science
Birth of Carrie Saxon Perry
Carrie Saxon Perry was born in Hartford, Connecticut, the city she would later lead as its first Black woman mayor.
View details1932
Science
'Protograph' typewriter duplicating attachment patented
Patented the 'Protograph' (US 1,874,749), a typewriter attachment producing an original plus up to four copies without carbon paper.
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1944
Science
Born in Monterey, California
Mary Tyler 'Molly' Ivins was born on August 30, 1944, in Monterey, California, and raised in Houston, Texas.
View details1958
Science
Birth of Anna Politkovskaya in New York City
Anna Stepanovna Mazepa was born in New York City to Soviet Ukrainian diplomat parents working at the United Nations.
View details1966
Law
Confirmed as U.S. District Judge
Motley was confirmed to the federal judiciary on this date.
View details1978
Activism
Death of Geertruida Wijsmuller
Geertruida Wijsmuller passed away on August 30, 1978.
View details1985
Science
Death of Tatiana Proskouriakoff in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Died on August 30, 1985, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, leaving a lasting legacy as a founder of modern Maya epigraphy.
View details1989
Arts
Death of Dorothy Schiff
Dorothy Schiff dies of cancer in New York City at age 86, closing the career of the first woman to publish a major New York daily newspaper.
View details2001
Sports
First woman to play and score in an NCAA Division I football game
As Jacksonville State's placekicker, Ashley Martin became the first woman to play and score in an NCAA Division I football game, converting three extra points.
View details2003
Science
First woman to score in an NCAA Division I-A (FBS) football game
Hnida kicked two extra points for New Mexico in a 72–8 win over Texas State, becoming the first woman to score in a Division I-A football game.
View details2010
Science
ACM SIGCOMM Award
ACM honored Perlman for her lifetime contributions to communication networks.
View details2010
Arts
Awarded the Polar Music Prize
Björk received the Polar Music Prize, often called the 'Nobel Prize of Music,' in Stockholm on August 30, 2010.
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