Today In History

Wed., Aug. 30, 2000

30 B.C.: (on Aug. 30, by some estimates), Cleopatra, the seventh and most famous queen of ancient Egypt, committed suicide.

1861: Union General John C. Fremont instituted martial law in Missouri and declared slaves there to be free. (However, Fremont’s order was countermanded a few days later by President Lincoln).

1862: Union forces were defeated by the Confederates at the Second Battle of Bull Run in Manassas, Va.

1941: the World War II siege of Leningrad by Nazi forces began.

1945: Gen. Douglas MacArthur arrived in Japan, and set up Allied occupation headquarters.

1963: the “hot line” communications link between Washington and Moscow went into operation.

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