Almost September

Monday August 30^th

The International Day of the Disappeared on August 30 is an annual commemoration day created to draw attention to the fate of individuals imprisoned at places and under poor conditions unknown to their relatives and/or legal representatives.

Link of the day

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Today in History

1363

Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders are pitted against each other in what is one of the largest naval battles in history. One million soldiers are involved on China's largest freshwater lake.

1963

The Hotline between the leaders of the U.S.A. and the Soviet Union goes into operation. The fabled Red Phone.

1987

Toronto sprinter Ben Johnson runs the 100m dash at the world track and field championships in a world record 9.83, cutting one-tenth of a second from the previous record of 9.93; record later erased by IAAF because Johnson admitted using steroids; in 1988, he will win gold at the Seoul Olympics with a time of 9.79 seconds but will be stripped of the medal after testing positive for steroids.

1991

On her way to the Grand Ole Opry, Dottie West's Chrysler breaks down and she hitches a ride from passing driver George Thackston. He has an accident on the exit ramp to the Opry, and West is hospitalized with a lacerated liver. She dies five days later

2005

A day after Hurricane Katrina hit, floodwaters covered 80 percent of New Orleans, looting continued to spread and rescuers in helicopters and boats picked up hundreds of stranded people.

Birthdays

-wb91- Muriel Deason born in Nashville. Under the stage name Kitty Wells, her 1952 recording "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" is the hallmark of a Hall of Fame career that brings her 13 years hits, the nicknamed the Queen of Country Music

Cameron Diaz –38- films The Mask, My Best Friend's Wedding, and There's Something About Mary. Other notable film credits include Charlie's Angels, Vanilla Sky, Gangs of New York, and voicing Princess Fiona in the Shrek film series.