Historical Events for 30th August 2022

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257 - St Sixtus II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1125 - Duke Lotharius of Supplinburg elected king of Germany
1862 - Battle of Altamont-Confederates beat Union forces in Tennessee
1900 - Last 2,000 British prisoners in Nooitgedagt, South Africa, freed
1910 - Yank Tom Hughes pitches 9 no-hit innings but loses to Cleveland 5-0 in 11
1939 - Isoroku Yamamoto appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese fleet
1972 - Amidst Olga Korbut mania at the Munich Olympics, Soviet teammate Ludmilla Tourischeva wins the gymnastics individual all-round competition, her 2nd gold medal of the Games
2006 - Greg Maddux wins his 330th career game
2018 - Film "Roma" directed and written by Alfonso Cuarón, (Best Director 2019 Academy Awards) starring Yalitza Aparicio and Marina de Tavira premieres at the Venice Film Festival
2018 - Ugandan pop star MP Bobi Wine re-arrested attempting to leave the country

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