Today in History: August 30, Shackelton’s Endurance crew rescued

Currently is Saturday Aug the nd day of There are days left in the year This day in history On Aug on his fourth attempt explorer Ernest Shackelton successfully returned to Elephant Island in Antarctica to rescue of his stranded crew members who had survived on the barren island for four and a half months after the sinking of their ship the Endurance Also on this date In during World War II German forces approaching Leningrad cut off the remaining rail line out of the city Related Articles Late crime-busting sheriff Buford Pusser inspired Hollywood Investigators say he killed his wife Oregon could join Hawaii in mandating pay-per-mile fees for EV owners as gas tax projections fall Tesla asks court to throw out big damage award in crash by arguing comments about Musk misled jury Cruise industry sues to challenge Hawaii s tourism tax designed to deal with context change issues Western states seek to end long-running water dispute over dwindling Rio Grande In U S Gen Douglas MacArthur arrived in Japan to set up Allied occupation headquarters In the Hot Line communications link between Washington and Moscow went into operation In the Senate substantiated the appointment of Thurgood Marshall as the first Black justice on the U S Supreme Court In a day after Hurricane Katrina hit floods covered percent of New Orleans looting continued to spread and rescuers in helicopters and boats picked up hundreds of stranded people In the United States completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan ending America s longest war with the Taliban back in power as Air Force movement planes carried a remaining contingent of troops from Kabul airport After watching the last U S planes disappear into the sky over Afghanistan Taliban fighters fired their guns into the air celebrating accomplishment after a -year insurgency In Mikhail Gorbachev who was the last leader of the Soviet Union and waged a losing battle to salvage a crumbling empire but produced extraordinary reforms that led to the end of the Cold War died at age Nowadays s Birthdays Investor and philanthropist Warren Buffet is Actor Elizabeth Ashley is Actor John Kani is Cartoonist Robert Crumb is Olympic gold medal skier Jean-Claude Killy is Comedian Lewis Black is Basketball Hall of Famer Robert Parish is U S Senator Thom Tillis R-N C is Actor Michael Chiklis is Actor Cameron Diaz is TV personality journalist Lisa Ling is Former MLB pitcher Adam Wainwright is Former professional tennis sportsman Andy Roddick is Singer-songwriter Bebe Rexha is